US 12,012,045 B2
Mountable portable device retainer for a steering wheel
Todd Skelton, Litchfield Park, AZ (US)
Filed by Todd Skelton, Litchfield Park, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/667,502.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/146,989, filed on Feb. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0250554 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/0241 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/001 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0059 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0063 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0087 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mountable portable device retainer for a steering wheel comprising:
a malleable bracing strip;
a securing hook;
at least one portable device holder;
a latch mechanism;
the malleable bracing strip comprising a fixed strip end, a free strip end, a first strip face, a second strip face, a fixed elongated plate, and a free elongated plate;
the securing hook comprising a fixed hook end and a free hook end;
the fixed strip end being positioned opposite the free strip end along the malleable bracing strip;
the first strip face being positioned opposite the second strip face about the malleable bracing strip;
the fixed hook end being fixed adjacent with the fixed strip end;
the free hook end being positioned offset from the fixed strip end;
the free hook end being oriented away from the second strip face;
the at least one portable device holder being mounted onto the second strip face;
the fixed elongated plate being positioned adjacent with the free elongated plate;
the fixed elongated plate being positioned colinear with the free elongated plate;
the fixed strip end being terminally positioned with the fixed elongated plate, opposite the free elongated plate;
the free strip end being terminally positioned with the free elongated plate, opposite the fixed elongated plate; and
the free elongated plate being operatively coupled with the fixed elongated plate by the latch mechanism, wherein the latch mechanism is used to lock the free elongated plate along the fixed elongated plate and is used to unlock the free elongated plate along the fixed elongated plate.