Electronic device & accessory support

Abstract

An electronic device & accessory support is a sash shaped structure which enables a user to “put on” and “wear” an electronic device & its connectivity accessories as easily as wearing a shoulder bag. The electronic device & accessory support securely holds a small electronic device and connected wire sets which extend through and exit the support from the upper end of the loop near the shoulder. The overall “sash” configuration stabilizes the support and the shoulder exit for ear bud speakers.

Description

[0001]Continuation of Provisional Patent No. 61 / 389,387 filed Oct. 4, 2010.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to improvements in the field of support structures for both supporting and organizing electronic devices and their accessories, and which will enhance the user's utility in the electronic devices and accessories by providing support for conductors and for other objects commonly supported with such electronic devices.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]The provision of support and organization of electronic devices and their accessories has included a balance between miniaturization of the devices to permit a smaller storage footprint, and providing a rigid body support structure which permits ease of deployment and use. For example, most music listening devices are small and rectangular and provide ear buds for insertion into the ear canal, and with a cord set which may be about three to four feet long. However, the cord set can easily snag on clothing or...

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[0006]An electronic device & accessory support is a sash shaped structure which enables a user to “put on” and “wear” an electronic device & its connectivity accessories as easily as wearing a shoulder bag. The electronic device & accessory support securely holds a small electronic device and connected wire sets which extend through and exit the support from the upper end of the loop near the shoulder. The overall “sash” configuration stabilizes the support and the shoulder exit for ear bud speakers, while providing an angular joinder of the ends of a loop to stabilize the support on a person. Instead of hunting for a random place to support the device, such as a pocket or belt support, followed by stringing the wire sets randomly across the user's front upper body, a user of the electronic device & accessory support simply puts on the sash shape, attaches the ear buds which extend from the upper portion of the sash shape a short distance from the user's ears, and then grasps the end of the support with one hand to view the electronics housing through a touch sensitive display pocket and turns the device on. For any activity below the level of active sports, the support stably secures the electronics housing and facilitates one handed viewing and manipulation of the supported electronic device.

[0007]An electronic device & accessory support is provided which has a wide range of advantages. First, it can be formed by joining the ends of a flattened length of material, having some tubular character, in a parallel plane to form a sash shape. Second, since it may rely upon a necktie shaped material, it is possible for use to form the overall sash shape of the support from neckties thus making the supply of raw material for construction virtually endless. One of the unexpected results from using a tie shaped material is that the resulting sash shape has a major width near its broad end which easily accommodates most electronic devices and a minor width near the tapering attachment end which does not provide significant obstruction when the major end is manipulated to be viewed by the user or to be manipulated and viewed by the user, especially with one hand.

[0008]The electronic device & accessory support may hold an MP3 or other media player, telephone or computing device as a manipulation assisting support and carrying case. The display pocket in which the electronic device is secured allows it to be accessed and operated without removal from the support. The support may preferably provide a touch sensitive material to form a touch sensitive electronic device display pocket. The display pocket may have a closure which can be Velcro, magnetic, button, zipper or more, and which will be effective in securing the electronic device within the display pocket.

[0010]The miscellaneous storage pouch and cord set guide may preferably be a zippered pouch having the zippered opening along its longer length, arranged to open in a generally upward direction when the support is worn, and may have reinforced button slot openings at the top and bottom for facilitating routing the cord sets in a first or opposite second direction with respect to the flattened length of material. Once a cord set is routed through the zippered miscellaneous storage pouch, it can be routed into the upper portion of the sash shaped structure and out of a button reinforcement which should be located close to the user's upper body to make ear bud access to the user's ears much more organized and to make the free conductor paths much shorter and less prone to interference. Excess lengths of cord can be stored between the main structure and the storage pouch.

[0011]The inventive process for constructing the electronic device & accessory support may include the step of attaching a first end of an elongate length of material to its second end, preferably by an overlapping sewn attachment, and preferably at an approach angle. It is also preferable to attaching at least one of a privacy pocket material or a touch sensitive display pocket material over the second end of the elongate length of material so that the overlap will be hidden. As will be shown, the front, normally exposed side when worn can have decorative structure or an external pocket or a decorative button, or left with the normally decorative material exposed. Where the base material structure forming the bulk of the support can be selected from a very large and inexpensive supply of old neckties as a starting material, the cost of the overall electronic device and accessory support will be low.

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Second, since it may rely upon a necktie shaped material, it is possible for use to form the overall sash shape of the support from neckties thus making the supply of raw material for construction virtually endless.

One of the unexpected results from using a tie shaped material is that the resulting sash shape has a major width near its broad end which easily accommodates most electronic devices and a minor width near the tapering attachment end which does not provide significant obstruction when the major end is manipulated to be viewed by the user or to be manipulated and viewed by the user, especially with one hand.

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