Apparatus for carrying hand-held wireless electronic device

Abstract

An apparatus and method to enable the carrying of a wireless device safely and securely while adding protection to the device and while preserving accessibility for use of the device with minimal adverse impact on such use. The apparatus and method enable a plurality of structures for carrying the wireless device.

Description

FIELD OF INVENTION[0001]The present application relates generally to the field of personal electronic devices, and more particularly to apparatus and methods for enabling a user of such devices to safely and conveniently carry them.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0002]Personal electronic wireless devices such as mobile telephones, personal audio and video players, and personal electronic work aids have become increasingly popular and widely used over the past decade. This development has created a market for protective cases for these devices. These cases generally perform their primary function of protecting the wireless device but typically do not address another common user requirement—some means for carrying the wireless device on or near one's person in such a manner as to preserve ready accessibility. Carrying the wireless device in a pocket or purse often defeats rapid access to the device when needed, for example, to answer a wireless telephone or to make entries onto a personal...

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Benefits of technology

[0004]Accordingly, it is a purpose of embodiments of the present invention to provide apparatus and methods for protecting a wireless device which also provides a means for safely and securely carrying the device while preserving accessibility for use of the device with minimal adverse impact on such use. It is a further purpose of the embodiments of the present invention to provide such means with flexible and multiple methods of carrying available to the user. It is also a purpose of the embodiments of the present invention to provide a means for safely and securely carrying a wireless device without also requiring that the device be enclosed in a protective case.

[0006]One feature of embodiments of the invention is to provide a structure which serves to protect a wireless device and which also provides a means by which a user may conveniently and securely carry the device.

[0008]A further feature is to provide a structure which enables a user of a wireless device to conveniently and securely carry the device without a requirement that the device be enclosed in a protective case.

Problems solved by technology

These cases generally perform their primary function of protecting the wireless device but typically do not address another common user requirement—some means for carrying the wireless device on or near one's person in such a manner as to preserve ready accessibility.

Carrying the wireless device in a pocket or purse often defeats rapid access to the device when needed, for example, to answer a wireless telephone or to make entries onto a personal electronic work aid.

Such holders may be bulky and often interfere with handling the device during use.

Satisfactory protective cases for wireless devices which provide a means both for protecting the device as well as for carrying the device without adding bulk and which does this while providing good accessibility for use of the device with minimal interference are generally not available.

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