US 12,403,844 B2
Windshield phone mount with extension arm bumper
David S. Iverson, Oak Brook, IL (US)
Assigned to MACNEIL IP LLC, Bolingbrook, IL (US)
Filed by MACNEIL IP LLC, Bolingbrook, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/975,756.
Application 17/975,756 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/895,779, filed on Aug. 25, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0067103 A1, Feb. 29, 2024
Int. Cl. B60R 11/02 (2006.01); B60R 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC B60R 11/0241 (2013.01) [B60R 2011/0026 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0056 (2013.01); B60R 2011/0075 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A mount for a personal electronic device, the mount comprising:
a mounting component for affixation to a rear surface of vehicle windshield;
a device mounting bracket for holding the personal electronic device;
an elongate arm assembly joined to and extending between the mounting component and the device mounting bracket, a total length of the elongate arm assembly extending, in use, beyond a rearward margin of a vehicle dashboard, such that the device mounting bracket is positioned rearwardly of the rearward margin of the vehicle dashboard, a first arm component of the arm assembly positioned, in use, over the rearward margin of the vehicle dashboard, the first arm component having a cross-sectional shape; and
a bumper integrally molded of elastomeric material and substantially surrounding the cross-sectional shape of the first arm component, a hollow inner shape of the bumper substantially conforming to the cross-sectional shape of the first arm component, a bumper outer periphery spaced from and surrounding the inner shape, an opening extending from the outer periphery to the inner shape, the opening having first and second opposed sidewalls disposed at a first width from each other when the bumper is in an unflexed condition, at least one outer groove inwardly extending toward the inner shape from the outer periphery and having a groove bottom near the inner shape, at least one living hinge formed between the groove bottom and the inner shape, such that prying force flexes the at least one living hinge and moves the first sidewall away from the second sidewall such that the first sidewall is disposed at a second width from the first sidewall which is greater than the first width, the opening then permitting the insertion of the cross-sectional shape of the first arm component into the inner shape of the bumper, the first sidewall returning to be disposed at the first width from the second sidewall once the prying force is removed;
the bumper positioned on the first arm component near the rearward margin of the vehicle dashboard, whereby the bumper and not the first arm component will contact the dashboard near the rearward margin thereof.