Receptacle with multiple openings for concealing a screen of a mobile electronic device and permitting a user to access and control the mobile electronic device housing inside the pouch at the discretion of the user
View Patent ↗An receptacle with openings for concealing a screen of a mobile electronic device and permitting a user to access and control the mobile electronic device at the discretion of a user is a pouch comprising a color-coded shell with multiple openings and a chamber to house the mobile electronic device therein; and a dividing mechanism that may be engaged or disengaged for converting between a single opening and two openings so that a user may access and control the device housed inside the pouch when the dividing mechanism is engaged. Furthermore, engaging the dividing mechanism may be disengaged by a user or a supervisor with a detacher. A pouch has various colors to represent pre-determined conditions at the discretion of supervisors of an area so they would know which pouch to disengage base on its color. Lastly, the shell of the pouch is constructed from a rectangular sheet of fabric for environmental and cost-saving benefits.
1. A pouch to house a mobile electronic device, the pouch comprising:
a shell constructed of a fabric and defining an interior space, the shell further defining an outer wall with through access openings for a user to access and manually control operation of the mobile electronic device when the device is inserted inside the interior space of the shell;
a locking mechanism including a tag and a pin, the locking mechanism disposed on the shell at a defined insertion opening of the shell between opposite wall portions of the shell, the insertion opening allows insertion of the mobile electronic device into the shell;
the locking mechanism including a locking assembly with a passage in the tag to receive an elongated rod of the pin, insertion of the elongated rod into the passage will lock the pin to the tag and secure the opposite wall portions of the shell to each other to partially close the defined opening and leaving two smaller openings of the defined opening on opposite sides of the locking mechanism, the smaller openings preventing removal of the mobile electronic device from the shell, but allowing appropriately smaller accessories to be inserted through the smaller openings into the interior space of the shell.