System and method for cell phone cases with charging port illumination
View Patent ↗Implementations of a system and method for cell phone cases with charging port illumination are provided. In some implementations, the system for cell phone cases with charging port illumination comprises a circuitry comprising a battery, a switch, and a light emitting diode (LED). In some implementations, the circuitry is configured to securely attach to a cell phone case. In some implementations, the circuitry is configured to illuminate a charging port opening of the cell phone case. In some implementations, the method for cell phone cases with charging port illumination comprises securely attaching the circuitry to the cell phone case. In some implementations, the method further comprises illuminating the charging port opening of the cell phone case with the circuitry.
1 . A cell phone case comprising:
a removable case separable from the other shell of a cell phone wherein the removable case has an inner side and outer side wherein the case is configured to securely house a cell phone within its inner side wherein the case comprises a back panel configured to cover the back of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the case and a side wall extending from the back panel toward the inner side of the case wherein the side wall comprises a charging port opening configured to provide access through the charging port opening to a charging port of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the case wherein the charging port opening is configured to at least partially surrounds the charging port of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the removable case; and
circuitry comprising a battery, a switch, and a light emitting diode (LED) electrically connected together so that the battery powers the LED to emit light when the switch is operated wherein
the circuitry is embedded in the back panel of the removable case and wherein the LED is positioned in the back panel of the case so that the LED is positioned above the charging port of the cell phone when the cell phone is housed in the removable case and the light emitted from the LED is emitted from above is directed from within the back panel of the cell phone case toward the inner side of the side wall to illuminate the charging port opening.
2 . The cell phone case of claim 1 , wherein the circuitry is positioned within the back panel of the case adjacent to the charging port opening.
3 . The cell phone case of claim 1 , wherein the switch is configured to operate by pressing the switch through the back panel of the case.
4 . The cell phone case of claim 1 , wherein the switch is a tactile switch.
5 . The cell phone case of claim 1 wherein the circuitry further comprises a timer electrically connected to the circuitry and configured to turn off the LED at a preset amount of time after the LED is turned on by the circuitry.
6 . The cell phone case of claim 1 wherein the switch is a pushbutton switch.
7 . The cell phone case of claim 1 wherein the circuitry comprises only one light emitting diode.
8 . A method of using the cell phone case of claim 1 , the method comprising:
placing a cell phone in the case and
causing the circuitry to power the LED to illuminate the charging port opening by pressing the switch.