Mobile Phone Holder with Strap Clips for Hands-Free Use
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional mobile phone holders do not provide a secure and convenient way to attach a phone to a user's clothing, limiting mobility and usability during tasks.
Innovation Solution
A mobile phone holder with a housing featuring arcuate sidewalls and cut-out portions to accommodate the phone, along with opposing straps equipped with clips to securely attach to clothing, allowing hands-free use.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of operation
If conventional mobile phone holders are used, then the phone can be held, but the user cannot perform tasks simultaneously due to lack of hands-free capability
Solution Approach 1:
The holder is divided into distinct functional segments: a housing for securing the phone, straps for attachment to clothing, and clips for fastening. This segmentation allows each component to perform its specific function independently, enabling hands-free operation while maintaining mobility.
Solution Approach 2:
The holder serves multiple functions: it secures the phone in place, attaches to various types of clothing through universal straps and clips, and provides hands-free usability. The universal design of the straps and clips allows the device to be used with different garments, enhancing versatility.
2Stability of the object's composition
If the phone is securely held in conventional holders, then stability is improved, but attachment to clothing is not achieved
Solution Approach 1:
The invention merges two separate functions into one device: a secure phone holder and a clothing attachment system. The housing provides stable phone security while the integrated straps and clips provide clothing attachment capability, allowing both functions to work together seamlessly.
Solution Approach 2:
The straps and clips act as intermediaries between the phone holder and the clothing. They mediate the connection between these two elements, allowing the holder to be securely attached to various types of clothing while maintaining phone stability.
3Ease of manufacture
If the housing structure is simplified, then manufacturing is easier, but access to phone inputs and outputs is limited
Solution Approach 1:
The design extracts or removes portions of the housing structure in the form of cut-out sections. These cut-outs provide access to phone inputs and outputs while maintaining a relatively simple overall housing structure that is easy to manufacture. The minimal material removal achieves the necessary functionality without complicating production.
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AI summary
A mobile phone holder. The mobile phone holder provides a device for securing a cellular communications device to clothes. The holder includes a housing having an open upper end, a rear wall, arcuate side walls, and a bottom end forming a pocket configured to slidably receive and secure a phone in the housing. The sidewalls include cut-out portions and the bottom end includes a slot for providing access to inputs and outputs of a cell phone. A pair of opposing straps are disposed on an exterior surface of the rear wall that are configured to secure the holder to a user's clothing. In this way, a user may attach a cell phone to his or her clothes in order to communicate over the phone without compromising his or her hands.