US 12,129,963 B2
Mobile device grip and stand
Jacob Epstein, Concord, MA (US); and Lukas Scheurer, Providence, RI (US)
Assigned to Black Jet Innovations, Inc., Concord, MA (US)
Filed by Black Jet Innovations, Inc., Wakefield, MA (US)
Filed on Nov. 8, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/983,028.
Application 17/983,028 is a continuation of application No. 17/507,739, filed on Oct. 21, 2021, granted, now 11,530,779.
Application 17/507,739 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/US2021/055920, filed on Oct. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/212,522, filed on Jun. 18, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/151,645, filed on Feb. 20, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/124,915, filed on Dec. 14, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/117,928, filed on Nov. 24, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/094,633, filed on Oct. 21, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0055632 A1, Feb. 23, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. F16M 13/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/06 (2006.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC F16M 13/04 (2013.01) [F16M 13/06 (2013.01); H04M 1/04 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0516 (2013.01)] 13 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of operating an extendable grip for a mobile device, the method comprising:
providing an extendable grip, the extendable grip having:
a base coupled with a mobile device or a case of a mobile device, the base having a truncated portion,
a plurality of elastic elements having a first end and a second end, the plurality of elastic elements coupled with the base at the first end, the plurality of elastic elements coupled with a top at the second end, the plurality of elastic elements configured to provide an expansion force that biases the top away from the base, the base and the top configured to produce a magnetic force that biases the top and the base towards one another;
transitioning from a collapsed position, in which the plurality of elastic elements are compressed, to a neutral position, in which the plurality of elastic elements are at a stable extended position, by pressing down on a portion of the top that overhangs the truncated portion,
wherein the plurality of elastic elements do not overlap in the collapsed position.