US 12,331,877 B1
Smart device accessory and related methods
Scott McKenzie, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Bryce Alsten, Lighthouse Point, FL (US)
Filed by Scott McKenzie, Boca Raton, FL (US); and Bryce Alsten, Lighthouse Point, FL (US)
Filed on Oct. 9, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/378,024.
Application 18/378,024 is a division of application No. 16/574,767, filed on Sep. 18, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/733,334, filed on Sep. 19, 2018.
Int. Cl. F16M 13/06 (2006.01); A45C 11/18 (2006.01); B67B 7/16 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/06 (2013.01) [A45C 11/182 (2013.01); B67B 7/16 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); A45C 11/002 (2025.01); A45C 11/003 (2025.01); A45C 2200/15 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A smart device accessory comprising:
a planar support having a first end and an opposing second end;
a neck extending directly from the second end of the planar support to an open U-shaped end, the U-shaped end having a first leg and a spaced apart second leg defining an open space therebetween;
wherein the first leg having a first aperture and the second leg having a second aperture, the first aperture having first internal teeth cut into an inner circumference thereof and the second aperture having second internal teeth cut into an inner circumference thereof;
a first insert having first external teeth cut in an outer surface thereof and having a first central opening, and a second insert having second external teeth cut in an outer surface thereof and having a second central opening;
the first insert positioned within the first aperture of the first leg to engage the first internal teeth and the first external teeth, and the second insert positioned within the second aperture of the second leg to engage the second internal teeth and the second external teeth;
a hub positioned within the open space of the U-shaped end between the first leg and the second leg, and the hub having a pivot opening therethrough;
a base rotatably secured to the hub; and
a pivot pin slidingly passing through the first central opening, through the pivot opening of the hub, and through the second insert, such that the pivot pin, the neck and the planar support are pivotable together relative to the hub and the base.