US 12,232,599 B2
Grip for a foldable electronic device
Judd Nutting, Boulder, CO (US); Nathan Cook, Boulder, CO (US); and Danielle Williams, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to POPSOCKETS LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/377,653
Filed by PopSockets LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/014132
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/150630, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,361, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/794,305, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0136304 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A45F 5/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 5/00 (2013.01) [F16M 13/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0516 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0525 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expandable device for attachment to a portable electronic device having a first surface and a second surface, the expandable device comprising:
a button having a top side and a bottom side, the button being movable between an expanded position and a collapsed position;
a coupling portion operably coupled to the button; and
an elongated body having a top side, a bottom side, and a platform coupling portion, the bottom side being adapted to engage a portion of the portable electronic device, and the platform coupling portion being adapted to operably engage the coupling portion,
wherein when the expandable device is attached to a portable electronic device, the button is adapted to be movable between a first position where the button is positioned along the first surface of the portable electronic device and a second position where the button is positioned along the second surface of the portable electronic device, and
wherein the elongated body comprises a track, wherein the coupling portion is slidably constrained within the track such that the button is movable between the first position and the second position.