(19) United States
`(12) Patent Application Publication (10) Pub. No.: US 2008/0157712 A1
`(43) Pub. Date:
`Jul. 3, 2008
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`HOLDER AND BATTERY CHARGER
`SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC
`DEVICE
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`Inventor:
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`Vicente Garcia, Montreal (CA)
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`Correspondence Address:
`INVENTARIUM
`SUITE 1607, 4050 ROSEMONT
`MONTREAL, QC H1X1M4
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`Appl. No.:
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`11/947,253
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`Filed:
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`Nov. 29, 2007
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`Related US. Application Data
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`(60)
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`Provisional application No. 60/877,241, ?led on Dec.
`27, 2006.
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`Publication Classi?cation
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`Int. Cl.
`H02] 7/00
`H02] 7/02
`H02] 7/14
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`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
`(2006.01)
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`(52) US. Cl. ........ .. 320/101; 320/111; 320/115; 320/103
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`ABSTRACT
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`A holder and battery charger system for portable electronic
`devices comprises a back panel and a releasably detachable
`front panel. The back panel itself comprised of a plurality of
`integrated sources of poWer for charging a device. Amongst
`the plurality of integrated sources of poWer for charging a
`device are:
`a ?ip out AC plug.
`a slide out USB connector sliding out from Within the back
`panel.
`a carplug and a car plug sheath attached to the side of the back
`panel.
`a hand cranked dynamo and a dynamo holder that is attached
`to the side of the back panel.
`An interface connector electrically connects the universal
`holder and charger to the portable device.
`a belt clip connector With a releasably attached belt clip.
`a 9 volt battery snap connector.
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`US 2008/0157712 A1
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`Jul. 3, 2008
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`HOLDER AND BATTERY CHARGER
`SYSTEM FOR PORTABLE ELECTRONIC
`DEVICE
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`[0001] This application claims priority based on provi
`sional 60/877,241 ?led Dec. 27, 2006
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`FIELD OF THE INVENTION
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`[0002] The present invention relates generally to a holder
`and battery charger system for a portable electronic device
`such as a cellular telephone, PDA, GPS, hand held PC, digital
`camera or the like.
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`[0003] There are several knoWn Ways to recharge a cellular
`phone battery and even though these means of recharging a
`cellular phone battery exist, one often ends up With a dis
`charged battery at the time it is needed to make or receive a
`call. Thus, there is a need for a portable electronic device
`charger that uses different means for charging, depending on
`the resources available and the location of the person using
`the portable electronic device.
`[0004] Although there is a Wide array of holders for por
`table devices, these holders are generally, at their simplest, a
`belt clip mechanically attached to the portable device or a
`pocket of some kind With an attachment means to a belt or a
`piece of clothing. Some protective holders are similar to
`protective dust sleeves (for books) but used for ?ip phones.
`Some protective cases have Zippers or other means to
`securedly enclosed the portable devices. As far as is knoWn,
`there are no such holders, clips, sleeves, cases that have inte
`grated any form of emergency poWer supply such as those to
`be discussed in herein.
`[0005] Although there are evidence of electrically poWered
`devices such as ?ashlights and radios that make use alternate
`means of generating electricity such as hand cranked dyna
`mos or passive solar captors and although such alternate
`means could also be used for other devices such as cellular
`phones, PDAs, MP3 players and related electronic gadge
`tries, this does not constitute an integration into a holder, clip,
`sleeves, or case.
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`SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
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`[0006] In vieW of the foregoing disadvantages inherent in
`the knoWn apparatus noW present in the prior art, the present
`invention, Which Will be described subsequently in greater
`detail, is to provide objects and advantages Which are:
`[0007] To have a holder and charger system that provides
`the features and bene?ts of having a plurality of charging
`system that makes it versatile. Although the individual ele
`ments are already available and that there are hundreds of
`millions of cellular phone users WorldWide Who have prob
`lems With cell phones that have loW or no battery charge left
`and although this problem is felt by the large user base, there
`does not appear to be a simple and practical solution to that
`problem. That is until noW.
`[0008] To attain these unobvious ends, the present inven
`tion generally comprises a back panel and a releasably
`detachable front panel. The back panel itself comprised of a
`plurality of integrated sources of poWer for charging a device.
`[0009] Amongst the plurality of integrated sources of
`poWer for charging a device are:
`a ?ip out AC plug.
`a slide out USB connector sliding out from Within the back
`panel.
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`a carplug and a car plug sheath attached to the side of the back
`panel.
`a hand cranked dynamo and a dynamo holder that is attached
`to the side of the back panel.
`an interface connector electrically connects the universal
`holder and charger to the portable device.
`a belt clip connector With a releasably attached belt clip.
`a 9 volt battery snap connector.
`[0010] Also, footings cooperating With the front panel and
`the rear panel to hold the portable device Within. The front
`panel having a solar cell facing and a Wire bringing electrical
`poWer into the rear panel, and the snap-on changeable front
`panel is releasably attached to the rear panel by Way of snap
`on buttons.
`[0011] There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the
`more important features of the invention in order that the
`detailed description thereof that folloWs may be better under
`stood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may
`be better appreciated. There are additional features of the
`invention that Will be described hereinafter and Which Will
`form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto.
`[0012] In this respect, before explaining at least one
`embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood
`that the invention is not limited in its application to the details
`of construction and to the arrangements of the components set
`forth in the folloWing description or illustrated in the draW
`ings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of
`being practiced and carried out in various Ways. Moreover,
`the term “portable device” refers to any of a variety of elec
`tronic devices currently on the market as Well as all other
`similar portable devices yet to be invented. Also, it is to be
`understood that the phraseology and terminology employed
`herein are for the purpose of description and should not be
`regarded as limiting.
`[0013] As such, those skilled in the art Will appreciate that
`the conception, upon Which this disclosure is based, may
`readily be utiliZed as a basis for the designing of other struc
`tures, methods and systems for carrying out the several pur
`poses of the present invention. It is important, therefore, that
`the claims be regarded as including such equivalent construc
`tions insofar as they do not depart from the spirit and scope of
`the present invention.
`[0014] Further, the purpose of the foregoing abstract is to
`enable the US. Patent and Trademark Of?ce and the public
`generally, and especially the scientists, engineers and practi
`tioners in the art Who are not familiar With patent or legal
`terms or phraseology, to determine quickly from a cursory
`inspection the nature and essence of the technical disclosure
`of the application. The abstract is neither intended to de?ne
`the invention of the application, Which is measured by the
`claims, nor is it intended to be limiting as to the scope of the
`invention in any Way.
`[0015] These together With other objects of the invention,
`along With the various features of novelty Which characterize
`the invention, are pointed out With particularity in the claims
`annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better
`understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and
`the speci?c objects attained by its uses, reference should be
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`made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter
`Which contains illustrated preferred embodiments of the
`invention.
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`BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
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`[0016] FIGS. 1 a-e Rear, top, bottom and sides vieWs,
`respectively, of the invention.
`[0017] FIGS. 2 11-19 Front vieWs showing the solar panel
`closed and open, respectively.
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`DETAILED DESCRIPTION
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`[0018] A universal holder and charger (10) With various
`integrated sources of poWer for emergency charging has a
`snap-on changeable front panel (12) With different colors and
`designs, When used in conjunction With the back panel (11),
`creates the universal holder and charger (10). The snap-on
`changeable front panel (12) is releasably attached to the rear
`panel (11) by Way of snap-on buttons (15)
`[0019] The universal holder and charger (10) has a ?ip out
`AC plug (14); a slide out USB connector (16); a car plug (18)
`and a car plug sheath (20) attached to the side of the back
`panel (11); a dynamo (22); an interface connector (40) to
`electrically connect the universal holder and charger (10) to
`the portable device (24) itself; a belt clip connector (25) With
`a belt clip (26) releasably attached to it; and a 9 volt battery
`snap connector (37).
`[0020] The dynamo (22) has a hand crank (23) and a
`dynamo holder (21) attached to the back panel (11).
`[0021] The cell phone is held in place by Way of the front
`panel (12), the rear panel (11) and footings (28).
`[0022] The front panel (12) can be made ofa solar cell (30)
`With a Wire (32) bringing the electrical poWer into the rear
`panel (11). In order to increase solar poWer reception, the
`solar cell (30) can unfold into a plurality of panels (31). A
`removable panel (34) closes a connector housing (36).
`[0023] With the various components described herein
`above, it is clear that there are many Ways in Which the
`portable device (24) can be charged. For example, a user can
`easily get a readily available 9 volt battery from a store and
`plug it into the 9 volt battery snap connector (37) in order to
`feed poWer into the portable device (24). All the poWer gen
`erating means transfer their poWer from the back panel (1 1) to
`the portable device (24) by Way of the interface connector
`(40).
`[0024] As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and
`operation of the present invention, the same should be appar
`ent from the above description. Accordingly, no further dis
`cussion relating to the manner of usage and operation Will be
`provided.
`[0025] With respect to the above description then, it is to be
`realiZed that the optimum dimensional relationships for the
`parts of the invention, to include variations in siZe, materials,
`shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and
`use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in
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`the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in
`the draWings and described in the speci?cation are intended to
`be encompassed by the present invention.
`[0026] Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative
`only of the principles of the invention. Further, since numer
`ous modi?cations and changes Will readily occur to those
`skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the
`exact construction and operation shoWn and described, and
`accordingly, all suitable modi?cations and equivalents may
`be resorted to, falling Within the scope of the invention.
`1. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`portable devices comprising:
`a back panel and a releasably detachable front panel;
`the back panel comprised of a plurality of integrated
`sources of poWer for charging a device.
`2. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`the plurality of integrated sources of poWer for charging a
`device consisting of a ?ip out AC plug.
`3. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`a slide out USB connector sliding out from Within the back
`panel.
`4. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`a car plug and a car plug sheath attached to the side of the
`back panel.
`5. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`a hand cranked dynamo and a dynamo holder that is
`attached to the side of the back panel.
`6. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`an interface connector electrically connects the universal
`holder and charger to the portable device.
`7. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`a belt clip connector With a releasably attached belt clip.
`8. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`a 9 volt battery snap connector.
`9. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`footings cooperating With the front panel and the rear panel
`to hold the portable device Within.
`1 0. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`the front panel having a solar cell facing and a Wire bring
`ing electrical poWer into the rear panel.
`1 1. A universal holder and charger for electrically poWered
`devices as in claim 1 Wherein:
`the snap-on changeable front panel is releasably attached
`to the rear panel by Way of snap-on buttons.
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