IP Library Granted Patent US 11,684,688
Granted Patent B2
US 11,684,688 · App. 16/846,988 · Granted Jun 27, 2023

Apparatus that attaches to mobile electronic devices and distributes sanitizer/disinfectants

Inventor: Frank Gary Bardonaro, Jr. (Union, KY)
A61L2/26A61L2/18A61L2202/15A61L2202/16A61L2202/181
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Patent No.
US 11,684,688
App. No.
16/846,988
Granted
Jun 27, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A piggybacking apparatus for mobile devices is provided. The piggybacking apparatus may be dimensioned and adapted to removably attach to the surface area of a mobile electronic device, such as a smart phone, in a generally coextensive manner. The piggybacking apparatus may provide a pouch for retrievably storing fluid and semifluid product that a user wants handy when they are handling the mobile electronic device, Through a conduit the user may urge the product from the pouch when and where desired. The piggybacking apparatus may also provide attachment points along a periphery thereof for operatively associating with the mobile electronic device in the coextensive manner, or alternatively to a case of the mobile electronic device, or even in between the two.

Claims (18)

1. A piggybacking container for a mobile device, comprising: a pouch having a fluidly connected conduit;

the pouch being dimensioned to have a pouch surface area generally coextensive with a surface area of said mobile device; and

a plurality of clips spaced apart along a periphery of the pouch for removably attaching to said mobile device, wherein each clip is pivotable between an operable position for removably attaching to said mobile device and a storage position flush with the pouch surface area.

2. The piggybacking container for a mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fluid/semifluid product in the pouch.

3. The piggybacking container for a mobile device of claim 2 , wherein the fluid/semifluid product has primarily sanitation or disinfectant properties.

4. The piggybacking container for a mobile device of claim 1 , wherein the pouch surface area is defined by a height and a width that each range between 70 to 75 millimeters and 150 to 160 millimeters, respectively.

5. The piggybacking container for a mobile device of claim 1 , further comprising a case for said mobile device, wherein the plurality of clips spaced apart are dimensioned for removably attaching to said case.

6. A piggybacking container for a mobile device, comprising:

a pouch having a fluidly connected conduit;

the pouch being dimensioned to have a pouch surface area generally coextensive with a surface area of said mobile device, wherein the pouch surface area is defined by a height and a width that each range between 70 to 75 millimeters and 150 to 160 millimeters, respectively;

a plurality of attachment clips spaced apart along a periphery of the pouch for removably attaching to said mobile device, wherein each attachment clip is pivotable between an operable position for removably attaching to said mobile device and a storage position flush with the pouch surface area; and

a case for said mobile device, wherein the plurality of clips spaced apart are dimensioned for removably attaching to said case.

7. The piggybacking container for a mobile device of claim 6 , further comprising a fluid/semifluid product in the pouch, wherein the fluid/semifluid product has primarily sanitation or disinfectant properties.

8. A method of operatively associating a sanitizer or disinfectant product to a mobile device, comprising:

providing the piggybacking container for a mobile device of claim 7 ;

moving the plurality of attachment clips to a storage position; and

sandwiching said piggybacking container for a mobile device between said mobile device and the case.

Continuity (1)
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