Retractable cleaning cloth for mobile devices
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
A45C-015/00
B08B-001/00
A47L-025/00
G06F-003/02
A45C-011/00
출원번호
US-0902803
(2013-05-25)
등록번호
US-9073097
(2015-07-07)
발명자
/ 주소
Lodge, Jennifer L.
Lodge, Thomas N.
출원인 / 주소
Lodge Idea, LLC
대리인 / 주소
Northern Michigan Patent Law, PLC
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A cleaning case for a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone or tablet computer. The case is adapted to be secured to or receive a lower side or face of the electronic device, and includes a housing with a wipe storage compartment for a reusable screen wipe. The wipe can be pulled from th
A cleaning case for a portable electronic device such as a mobile phone or tablet computer. The case is adapted to be secured to or receive a lower side or face of the electronic device, and includes a housing with a wipe storage compartment for a reusable screen wipe. The wipe can be pulled from the storage compartment in a flat sheet configuration through a slot in the housing, up and around the housing and device mounted thereon, in order to clean the screen of the device. The housing further includes a retraction means for retracting the wipe back into the storage compartment after use. The case may also be formed integrally with the electronic device.
대표청구항▼
1. A cleaning case for an electronic device with a display screen, the case comprising: a housing comprising an upwardly-facing, open screen face at an upper side of the case for displaying and providing access to a screen of an electronic device;a screen wipe storage compartment in the housing belo
1. A cleaning case for an electronic device with a display screen, the case comprising: a housing comprising an upwardly-facing, open screen face at an upper side of the case for displaying and providing access to a screen of an electronic device;a screen wipe storage compartment in the housing below the screen face, and a substantially flat, sheet-like, reusable screen wipe stored in the wipe storage compartment;a wipe-retracting means in the housing in operative communication with the wipe storage compartment; wherein,an inner end of the screen wipe is secured to the housing in a fixed position in the wipe storage compartment, and an intermediate portion of the screen wipe is operatively and movably connected to the wipe-retracting means in the wipe storage compartment, and an outer free end of the screen wipe is positioned at a wipe access slot opening onto a side of the case in communication with the wipe storage compartment, the wipe access slot having a width equal to or greater than a width of the screen wipe, the outer free end of the wipe being held in a substantially flat sheet-like configuration at the wipe access slot opening across substantially the width of the wipe access slot and manually accessible from outside the case; and wherein,the screen wipe has a length along an extension-retraction axis thereof sufficient for at least some of the intermediate portion of the screen wipe to be pulled out of the wipe compartment from the side of the case through the wipe access slot in the substantially flat sheet-like configuration by the outer free end to an extended cleaning position over substantially the entirety of the screen face. 2. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein in the retracted position, the screen wipe is stored in a substantially sheet-like configuration in the wipe compartment. 3. The cleaning case of claim 2, wherein an inner portion of the screen wipe is stored in a rolled sheet-like configuration in the wipe compartment, and an outer portion of the screen wipe is stored in a flat sheet-like configuration in the wipe compartment. 4. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the outer free end of the screen wipe is positioned outside the wipe compartment in the retracted position, and includes stop means for preventing the outer free end from being retracted into the wipe compartment. 5. The cleaning case of claim 4, wherein the stop means comprises a substantially rigid rod member secured to the outer free end of the screen wipe and having a diameter or length greater than a height or length, respectively, of the wipe access slot. 6. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the screen wipe has a width substantially corresponding to a width of the screen face. 7. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the retracting means comprises means tensioned by the withdrawal of the screen wipe from the wipe compartment to automatically retract the wipe back into the compartment when the wipe is released. 8. The cleaning case of claim 7, wherein the retracting means comprises a spring member. 9. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the retracting means comprises an elastic member. 10. The cleaning case of claim 9, wherein the retracting means includes a latch mechanism. 11. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the housing comprises a device-mounting face at an upper side of the case associated with the screen face for mounting a separate electronic device with a screen in operative association with the screen face, the device-mounting face including means for securing a device to the housing. 12. The cleaning case of claim 11, wherein the means for securing a device to the housing comprises means for securing the housing to a lower face of a device. 13. The cleaning case of claim 12, wherein the means for securing the housing to a lower face of the device comprises a frame configured to fit over and surround a peripheral portion of the device and to be secured to the housing. 14. The cleaning case of claim 12, wherein the means for securing the housing to a lower face of the device comprises one or more locking members on the housing adapted to receive a peripheral portion of the device. 15. The cleaning case of claim 11, wherein the device-mounting face comprises a mounting face covering the wipe storage compartment. 16. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein an outer portion of the wipe including the outer end of the wipe and at least some of the intermediate portion of the wipe is removably connected to an inner portion of the wipe comprising at least the inner end of the wipe such that the outer portion of the wipe can be replaced without replacing the inner portion of the wipe. 17. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the retracting means comprises a motor. 18. The cleaning case of claim 1, wherein the retracting means comprises manual means operable from outside the housing to manually retract the wipe back into the compartment. 19. In combination with an electronic device comprising a lower face and an upper face with a display screen, a cleaning case comprising: a housing comprising an upwardly-facing, open screen face at an upper side of the case for displaying and providing access to the screen of the electronic device;a screen wipe storage compartment in the housing below the screen face, and a substantially flat, sheet-like, reusable screen wipe stored in the wipe storage compartment;a wipe-retracting means in the housing in operative communication with the wipe storage compartment; wherein,an inner end of the screen wipe is secured to the housing in a fixed position in the wipe storage compartment, and an intermediate portion of the screen wipe is operatively and movably connected to the wipe-retracting means in the wipe storage compartment, and an outer free end of the screen wipe is positioned at a wipe access slot opening onto a side of the case in communication with the wipe storage compartment, the wipe access slot having a width equal to or greater than a width of the screen wipe, the outer free end of the wipe being held in a substantially flat sheet- like configuration at the wipe access slot opening across substantially the width of the wipe access slot and manually accessible from outside the case; and wherein,the screen wipe has a length along an extension-retraction axis thereof sufficient for at least some of the intermediate portion of the screen wipe to be pulled out of the wipe compartment from the side of the case through the wipe access slot in the substantially flat sheet-like configuration by the outer free end to an extended cleaning position over substantially the entirety of the screen at the screen face. 20. A retractable cleaning cloth for an electronic device, contained within a protective device case, further comprising: a substantially flat, sheet-like, reusable fabric wipe;a protective case of an electronic device including within its interior a cavity, the cavity including a wipe access slot opening on a side of the case, the wipe access slot opening having a width equal to or greater than a width of the screen wipe;a retracting means within the cavity operatively connected to a first end of the fabric wipe, the fabric wipe extending from the retracting means through the wipe access slot opening in the case to a second end held in a substantially flat sheet-like configuration at the wipe access slot opening across substantially the width of the wipe access slot opening;stop means attached to the second end of the wipe sufficient to prevent the second end of the wipe from being retracted into the case through the wipe access slot opening; and,an intermediate portion of the wipe being retractably removable from the case through the wipe access slot opening in the substantially flat sheet-like configuration to a distance sufficient to allow the extracted portion of the wipe to be applied to the viewing face of an electronic device contained in the case for cleaning purposes. 21. The retractable cleaning cloth apparatus of claim 20, wherein the case is integral with the device. 22. The retractable cleaning cloth apparatus of claim 20, wherein the case is formed separately from the device, and the device is removably contained in the case.
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