US 12,453,405 B2
Grip for a foldable electronic device
Tark Abed, Boulder, CO (US); and Alexander N. Dzigurski, Boulder, CO (US)
Assigned to POPSOCKETS LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
Appl. No. 17/377,697
Filed by PopSockets LLC, Boulder, CO (US)
PCT Filed Jan. 17, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/014125
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 16, 2021,
PCT Pub. No. WO2020/150625, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 23, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/906,361, filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/794,305, filed on Jan. 18, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0140012 A1, May 4, 2023
Int. Cl. A45F 5/00 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC A45F 5/00 (2013.01) [F16M 13/04 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); A45F 5/1516 (2025.01); A45F 5/1525 (2025.01)] 21 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for attachment to a mobile electronic device, the accessory configured to provide grip and kickstand functionality, the accessory comprising:
a base member having a device-facing surface configured to detachably attach to a rear surface of the mobile electronic device or to a rear surface of a case of the mobile electronic device;
a pivotable member coupled to the base member at a hinge portion, wherein the pivotable member extends from the hinge portion and is pivotable between at least a closed configuration and an open configuration, wherein the pivotable member comprises a base-facing surface and an opposite accessory-facing surface; and
a grip detachably coupled to the accessory-facing surface of the pivotable member, wherein the grip is movable between an expanded configuration and a collapsed configuration,
wherein at least a portion of the grip expands away from the accessory-facing surface of the pivotable member when moving from the collapsed configuration to the expanded configuration, and contracts towards the accessory-facing surface of the pivotable member when moving from the expanded configuration to the collapsed configuration.