US 11,943,582 B2
Sound enhancement device for cell phone
Chris DeMarco, Monrovia, CA (US)
Filed by Chris DeMarco, Monrovia, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,927.
Application 17/675,927 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/932,452, filed on Jul. 17, 2020, granted, now 11,259,113.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/875,361, filed on Jul. 17, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0174402 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04R 1/34 (2006.01); H04M 1/03 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 1/342 (2013.01) [H04M 1/035 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01); H04R 1/04 (2013.01); H04R 2499/11 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A sound enhancing apparatus for a smartphone, comprising:
a housing having an attachment surface;
said attachment surface configured for an engagement to a smartphone rear surface or to a portion of a phone case covering said rear surface;
a deflector in a sliding engagement with said housing, said deflector movable in said sliding engagement between a stowed position and a deployed position;
said deflector having a first surface facing toward said rear surface of said smartphone;
said deflector in said deployed position having a projecting portion thereof, said projecting portion extending between said bottom edge of said smartphone to a distal edge of said deflector;
a reflective curved area positioned on said first surface of said deflector; and
said deflector in said deployed position positioning said reflective curved area to reflect sound waves contacting said reflective curved area toward a microphone of said smartphone.