US 12,132,852 B2
Apparatus for grasping and propping electronic devices
Paul Lawrence Smith, Sanborn, NY (US)
Filed by Paul Lawrence Smith, Sanborn, NY (US)
Filed on Apr. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/240,909.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/014,976, filed on Apr. 24, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0337056 A1, Oct. 28, 2021
Int. Cl. H04M 1/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/04 (2006.01); F16M 13/06 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04M 1/04 (2013.01) [F16M 13/04 (2013.01); F16M 13/06 (2013.01); G06F 1/166 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus for grasping and propping electronic devices comprising:
an oblong base;
a propping leg;
a hand strap;
an attachment mechanism;
the oblong base comprising a first lateral side, a second lateral side, a first base end, and a second base end;
the hand strap comprising a first strap end, a second strap end, a first strap member, and a second strap member;
the first strap member and the second strap member each comprising a first member end and a second member end;
the first lateral side being positioned opposite to the second lateral side about the oblong base;
the first strap end being hingedly connected to the oblong base, adjacent to the first base end;
the second strap end being hingedly connected to the oblong base, adjacent to the second base end;
the second base end being terminally connected to the propping leg;
the propping leg being oriented at an obtuse angle with the first lateral side;
the attachment mechanism being positioned in between the first base end and the second base end;
the attachment mechanism being mounted onto the second lateral side;
the first member end of the first strap member being hingedly connected to the oblong base, adjacent to the first base end;
the first member end of the second strap member being hingedly connected to the oblong base, adjacent to the second base end;
the second member end of the first strap member being positioned offset from the oblong base; and,
the second member end of the second strap member being positioned offset from the oblong base.