Organizer and stand system
View Patent ↗An organizer, intended for use in managing mobile device cables, has a main body made of elastomeric material and a weight contained in a weight cavity. The main body is flexible but comparatively less dense than the weight. The main body has end channels and, in many versions, cable channels. The cable channels have a smaller cross section than the end channels. In some versions, advantageously placing the cable channels helps make it easier to open up the end channels to accommodate a mobile device or various attachments.
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a main body and a weight;
the main body comprising flexible material having a first density, the weight comprising inflexible material having a second density, the second density being greater than the first density;
the main body further comprising a weight cavity accommodating the weight;
the main body having dimensions, the dimensions of the main body comprising a main body length along a first axis, a main body width along a second axis perpendicular to the first axis, and a main body height along a third axis perpendicular to the first axis and to the second axis;
the first axis and the second axis defining a first plane, the first axis and the third axis defining a second plane, the second axis and the third axis defining a third plane;
the first plane, the second plane, and the third plane defining planes of the main body;
the first axis, the second axis, and the third axis intersecting at a common reference point of the main body and defining axes of the main body;
the main body further having pairs of sides including a first pair of the sides, a second pair of the sides, and a third pair of the sides, the first pair of the sides comprising a main body front side before the second plane and a main body rear side behind the second plane, the second pair of the sides comprising a main body top side above the first plane and a main body bottom side below the first plane, and the third pair of the sides comprising a main body left side and a main body right side;
the first pair of the sides, the second pair of the sides, and the third pair of the sides defining the sides of the main body;
the main body further comprising a first end channel communicating along a first end channel direction between the first pair of the sides or between the second pair of the sides; and
the first end channel having a first end channel passage that communicates from an interior of the first end channel to outside of the main body.
2. The apparatus as in claim 1 , further comprising:
the first end channel communicating between the first pair of the sides;
the first end channel passage communicating through the main body top side;
the main body further comprising a second end channel communicating along a second end channel direction, parallel to the first end channel direction, between the first pair of the sides; and
the second end channel having a second end channel passage that communicates from the interior of the second end channel to outside of the main body through the main body bottom side.
3. The apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises an elastomeric material.
4. The apparatus as in claim 1 , further comprising:
the first end channel having a first end channel cross-sectional area, where the interior of the first end channel is crossed, normal to the first end channel direction, by one of the planes;
the main body having a first cable channel communicating between the first pair of the sides;
the first cable channel having a first cable channel cross-sectional area where the second plane crosses the first cable channel;
the first cable channel having a first cable channel passage that communicates between the first cable channel and one of the second pair of the sides; and
the first end channel cross-sectional area being greater than the first cable channel cross-sectional area.
5. The apparatus as in claim 4 , further comprising:
the main body having a core surrounding the common reference point;
the main body having a first torso extending from the core toward one of the third pair of the sides, a first torso height of the first torso, in the direction of the third axis, being less than the main body height;
the first torso having extending therefrom a first shoulder from which a first arm extends toward the one of the third pair of the sides;
the first arm having a first grip extending therefrom, parallel to the third plane, the first grip being spaced from the first torso by the first end channel;
the main body further comprising a first main body extension extending from the main body toward the first arm and being spaced from the first torso and the first arm; and
the first arm further comprising a first arm extension extending from the first arm toward the main body first extension and being spaced from the first torso and the main body.
6. The apparatus as in claim 5 , further comprising:
the first end channel communicating between the first pair of the sides;
the first end channel passage communicating through the main body left side;
the main body further having a second end channel communicating between the first pair of the sides; and
the second end channel having a second end channel passage that communicates from the interior of the second end channel to outside of the main body through the main body right side.
7. The apparatus as in claim 6 , further comprising:
the first cable channel passage communicating between the first cable channel and the main body top side;
the main body further having a second cable channel communicating between the first pair of the sides;
the second cable channel having a second cable channel cross-sectional area where the second plane crosses the second cable channel;
the second cable channel having a second cable channel passage that communicates between the second cable channel and the main body bottom side; and
the second cable channel cross-sectional area matching the first cable channel cross-sectional area.
8. The apparatus as in claim 7 , further comprising the first cable channel and the second cable channel being disposed symmetrically, with respect to each other, about the first plane.
9. The apparatus as in claim 8 , further comprising:
the main body further having a third cable channel communicating between the first pair of the sides;
the third cable channel having a third cable channel cross-sectional area where the second plane crosses the third cable channel;
the third cable channel having a third cable channel passage that communicates between the third cable channel and the main body top side; and
the third cable channel cross-sectional area matching the first cable channel cross-sectional area.
10. The apparatus as in claim 9 , further comprising the first cable channel and the third cable channel being disposed symmetrically, with respect to each other, about the third plane.
11. The apparatus as in claim 10 , further comprising:
the main body further having a fourth cable channel communicating between the first pair of the sides;
the fourth cable channel having a fourth cable channel cross-sectional area where the second plane crosses the fourth cable channel;
the fourth cable channel having a fourth cable channel passage that communicates between the fourth cable channel and the main body bottom side; and
the fourth cable channel cross-sectional area matching the first cable channel cross-sectional area.
12. The apparatus as in claim 11 , further comprising:
the third cable channel and the fourth cable channel being disposed symmetrically, with respect to each other, about the first plane; and
the second cable channel and the fourth cable channel being disposed symmetrically, with respect to each other, about the third plane.
13. The apparatus as in claim 7 , further comprising:
the first torso having extending therefrom a second shoulder from which a second arm extends toward the one of the third pair of the sides;
the second arm having a second grip extending therefrom, parallel to the third plane and spaced from the first torso by the first end channel;
the main body further comprising a second main body extension extending from the main body toward the second arm and being spaced from the first torso and the second arm; and
the second arm further comprising a second arm extension extending from the second arm toward the main body second extension and being spaced from the first torso and the main body.
14. The apparatus as in claim 13 , further comprising:
the first grip extending from the first arm toward the main body bottom side; and
the second grip extending from the second arm toward the main body top side.
15. The apparatus as in claim 14 , further comprising the first grip and the second grip extending toward each other in a common plane parallel to the third plane.
16. The apparatus as in claim 13 , further comprising the first end channel passage communicating through the main body left side between the first grip and the second grip.
17. The apparatus as in claim 16 , further comprising:
the first cable channel having a first proximal cable channel wall adjacent the core;
the first cable channel having a first inner cable channel wall adjacent the first torso;
the first cable channel having a first distal cable channel wall adjacent the first arm;
the first end channel having a first upper end channel wall adjacent the first arm;
the first end channel having a first lower end channel wall adjacent the second arm;
the first end channel having a first proximal end channel wall adjacent the first torso; and
the first upper end channel wall being closer to the main body top side than the first inner cable channel wall.
18. The apparatus as in claim 17 , further comprising:
the first cable channel having a first cable channel width between the first proximal cable channel wall and the first distal cable channel wall;
the first arm having a first arm thickness between the first upper end channel wall and the main body top side; and
the first cable channel width is not less than the first arm thickness.
19. The apparatus as in claim 17 , further comprising:
the first cable channel having a first cable channel width between the first proximal cable channel wall and the first distal cable channel wall; and
the first shoulder having a thickness, between the first distal cable channel wall and the first proximal end channel wall, that is approximately half of the first cable channel width.
20. The apparatus as in claim 1 , wherein all of the sides of the main body are free of any adhesive.