US 12,005,628 B2
Overlay applicator machines and methods of providing the same
Eric Lee, Cypress, CA (US); Stanley Cheung, Winnetka, CA (US); Steven Lane, Orange, CA (US); Kazuyoshi Raijin Otani, Los Angeles, CA (US); David A. Kleeman, Marina Del Rey, CA (US); John F. Wadsworth, Burbank, CA (US); and Aaron Ka Hoo Poon, Arcadia, CA (US)
Assigned to BELKIN INTERNATIONAL, INC., El Segundo, CA (US)
Filed by Belkin International, Inc., Playa Vista, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/180,481.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/978,812, filed on Feb. 19, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0252770 A1, Aug. 19, 2021
Int. Cl. B29C 63/00 (2006.01); B29C 63/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); B29L 31/34 (2006.01)
CPC B29C 63/0004 (2013.01) [B29C 63/02 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); B29C 2063/0008 (2013.01); B29L 2031/3437 (2013.01)] 58 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
4. A machine comprising:
an adjustable cradle configured to hold, individually at different times, electronic devices having different dimensions; and
an alignment base configured to engage, individually at different times, with alignment pieces of overlay applicators, each respective one of the overlay applicators comprising a respective overlay configured to be applied to a respective surface of each of the electronic devices,
wherein:
the machine is configured to facilitate applying, individually at different times, the respective overlays to the respective surfaces of the electronic devices;
the electronic devices comprise a first electronic device and a second electronic device;
the adjustable cradle is configured to hold, individually at different times, the first electronic device and the second electronic device;
the first electronic device of the electronic devices has a first length and a first width;
the second electronic device of the electronic devices has a second length different from the first length and a second width different from the first width;
the different dimensions comprise the first length, the first width, the second length, and the second width;
the machine is configured in an opened configuration such that (a) either of the first electronic device or the second electronic device and (b) a respective one of the overlay applicators, can be inserted and removed from the machine;
the machine is configured in a closed configuration to prevent removal of (a) the either of the first electronic device or the second electronic device and (b) at least a portion of the respective one of the overlay applicators, from the machine; and
the machine is configured in the closed configuration such that a respective pull tab of the respective one of the overlay applicators can be pulled to remove a respective adhesive release liner of the respective one of the overlay applicators from the respective overlay of the respective one of the overlay applicators to expose an adhesive agent of the respective overlay to the respective surface of the either of the first electronic device or the second electronic device.