Apparatus and method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A45F-003/14
A45F-005/00
출원번호
US-0949630
(2013-07-24)
등록번호
US-8662362
(2014-03-04)
발명자
/ 주소
Bastian, James W.
Bastian, Thomas W.
출원인 / 주소
Bastian, James W.
대리인 / 주소
Lingbeck, Dave Alan
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
34인용 특허 :
6
초록▼
An apparatus and method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm for safeguarding the phone and providing immediate and convenient functional access to the phone. The apparatus and method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm includes
An apparatus and method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm for safeguarding the phone and providing immediate and convenient functional access to the phone. The apparatus and method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm includes an arm mount assembly including a curved arm mount being adapted to fit upon a user's forearm region, and also having a cushion member being attached to the arm mount, the arm mount assembly also including fastening members for fastening the arm mount to the user's forearm; a connector assembly in communication with the arm mount; and an electronic device holder rotatably supported by the connector assembly.
대표청구항▼
1. An apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm comprising: an arm mount assembly including a curved arm mount being adapted to fit upon a user's forearm region, and also including fastening members for fastening the arm mount to the user's forearm, wherein th
1. An apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm comprising: an arm mount assembly including a curved arm mount being adapted to fit upon a user's forearm region, and also including fastening members for fastening the arm mount to the user's forearm, wherein the arm mount is a laterally curved plate having a top side and a bottom side;a connector assembly in communication with the arm mount, wherein the connector assembly includes a support member attached to the top side of the curved plate, and also includes a swivel joint being selectively rotatable upon the support member, wherein the support member has an annular side wall and the swivel joint has a top wall, an annular side wall depending from the top wall and a lip disposed along a bottom edge of the annular side wall of the swivel joint for retaining the swivel joint to the support member, the annular side wall of the swivel joint having a greater circumference than that of the annular side wall of the support member; andan electronic device holder rotatably supported by the connector assembly and rotatable relative to the arm mount. 2. An apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm comprising: an arm mount assembly including a curved arm mount being adapted to fit upon a user's forearm region, and also including fastening members for fastening the arm mount to the user's forearm, wherein the arm mount is a laterally curved plate having a top side and a bottom side;a connector assembly in communication with the arm mount, wherein the connector assembly includes a support member attached to the top side of the curved plate, and also includes a swivel joint being selectively rotatable upon the support member, wherein the support member has a bottom wall attached to the top side of the arm mount and has a front edge, a convexly curved back edge, and side edges with a rail attached to a top of the bottom wall and extending along the curved back and side edges and also with a lip integral to a top of the rail and extending inwardly thus forming a groove between the lip and the bottom wall, and further with ribs being aligned and spaced upon the top of the bottom wall to retain the connector member to the support member; andan electronic device holder rotatably supported by the connector assembly and rotatable relative to the arm mount. 3. The apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm as described in claim 2, wherein the lip also has lugs integral to and at the ends of the rail at the front edge of the bottom wall with the lugs projecting inwardly of the support member. 4. The apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm as described in claim 2, wherein the connector assembly has a biased and depressible ramp being secured upon the top side of the arm mount forward of the support member and having a back edge biasedly extending higher than the front edge of the support member, but when depressed the back edge of the biased ramp aligning with the front edge of the support member. 5. The apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm as described in claim 1, wherein the swivel joint includes a truncated cylindrical member having a thickness and also having back, front and side edges with the front and back side edges being convexly curved and the opposed side edges being truncated, the truncated cylindrical member being attached to a bottom side of the electronic device holder. 6. The apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm as described in claim 5, wherein the swivel joint further includes a connector member being disc-shaped and having a planar bottom side and a planar top side and also having a tapered circumferential front edge portion and having a vertically straight circumferential back edge portion which is perpendicular to the planar top side and planar bottom side of the connector member to prevent removal of the electronic device holder from the arm mount. 7. The apparatus for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm as described in claim 6, wherein the top side of the connector member is attached to a bottom side of the planar member and is removably received in the support member, the connector member further having notches aligned and spaced in the bottom side of the connector member to retain the connector member to the support member. 8. A method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm comprising: providing a curved arm mount, a connector assembly, and an electronic device holder, wherein the step of providing a connector assembly includes providing a support member which is attached to the curved arm mount and also providing a swivel joint attached to the electronic device holder;removably securing the curved arm mount upon a user's forearm;inserting an electronic device including a phone to the electronic device holder and connecting the swivel joint to the support member;rotating the phone relative to the user's forearm and arm mount as desired to position the phone; anddisconnecting the swivel joint from the support member to remove the electronic device holder from the curved arm mount without removing the curved arm mount from about the user's forearm as desired by the user, wherein the step of disconnecting the swivel joint includes rotating the swivel joint so that a tapered front edge portion of the swivel joint faces a back edge of a biased ramp adjacent to the support member. 9. The method for supporting and operating an electronic device upon a user's forearm as described in claim 8, wherein the step of rotating the swivel joint includes depressing the biased ramp adjacent to the support member to unblock the swivel joint and allow for the removal of the electronic device holder from the arm mount.
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