US 12,031,669 B2
Interlocking magnetic device mount with foldable ring stand
Jeff Whitten, Irvine, CA (US)
Assigned to RokForm IP LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by ROKFORM IP LLC, Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 21, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/507,039.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,600, filed on Oct. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0117384 A1, Apr. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. F16M 13/02 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45F 5/10 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/02 (2013.01) [A45F 5/10 (2013.01); F16M 13/022 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0516 (2013.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mount assembly for a handheld electronic device, the mount assembly comprising:
a mount configured to be coupled to a case for the handheld electronic device, the mount comprising a magnet configured to secure the mount assembly to magnetic surfaces; and
a ring rotatably coupled to the mount, the ring comprising:
a front surface;
a rear surface;
an inner periphery configured to be disposed around an outer periphery of the mount;
an outer periphery comprising a plurality of edges extending between the front surface and the rear surface and defining a first thickness, wherein the plurality of edges are each substantially the same length; and
a plurality of protrusions, each of the plurality of protrusions spaced between adjacent pairs of the plurality of edges, wherein each of the plurality of protrusions define a second thickness that is greater than the first thickness,
wherein the ring is configured to rotate between a stowed position and a deployed position.