US 11,988,325 B2
Expandable device for a portable electronic device
Robert Lane, Boulder, CO (US); and Sara Cinnamon, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to POPSOCKETS LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/137,889
Filed by PopSockets LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
PCT Filed Jun. 17, 2019, PCT No. PCT/US2019/037428
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Dec. 30, 2020,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/009796, PCT Pub. Date Jan. 9, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/693,515, filed on Jul. 3, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2023/0134303 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. F16M 13/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/38 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/005 (2013.01) [F16M 11/38 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An expandable device for attachment to a portable electronic device, the expandable device comprising:
a base having a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side adapted to engage a portion of the portable electronic device;
a folding mechanism operably coupled to the base; and
a button having a top side and a bottom side, the bottom side of the button being operably coupled to the folding mechanism,
wherein the folding mechanism is selectively movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration,
wherein the folding mechanism comprises a plurality of foldable legs, each having a plurality of body sections partitioned by leg folds,
wherein upon urging the button towards the collapsed configuration, the plurality of body sections for at least one of the plurality of foldable legs is caused to fold about a corresponding one or more of the leg folds,
wherein each of the legs comprises more than two of the plurality of body sections.