US 11,938,867 B1
Retainer for a mobile device and method of use thereof
Scott J. McIntosh, Franklin, TN (US)
Assigned to Cell Phone Seat LLC, Franklin, TN (US)
Filed by Cell Phone Seat LLC, Franklin, TN (US)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/235,569.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/462,180, filed on Apr. 26, 2023.
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/0241 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/0071 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A retainer for a mobile device, the retainer comprising:
a base defined by an open-sided resilient wall, the open-sided resilient wall capable of flexible and removable engagement to an internal surface of a container insert such that the container insert allows for removable receipt of a beverage container;
an arm extending vertically upward from the base and supporting a holder, the holder positioned over the base;
the holder having a bottom wall, a front wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall, a rear wall extending upwardly from the bottom wall opposite of the front wall, and opposite side walls extending upwardly from the bottom wall and interconnecting the front wall and the rear wall, wherein:
the front wall has a front wall top edge defining a front wall height and the rear wall has a rear wall top edge defining a rear wall height, the rear wall height being greater than the front wall height; and
the bottom wall, the front wall, the rear wall, and the opposite sidewalls defining a space, the space configured to receive and retain the mobile device by having the mobile device frictionally engaged to the bottom wall and at least one or more of the front wall, the rear wall, or at least one of the opposite side wall.