US 11,849,831 B2
Tethered phone case and holder assembly
Daniel Soto, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed by Daniel Soto, Phoenix, AZ (US)
Filed on Feb. 10, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/172,855.
Prior Publication US 2022/0248834 A1, Aug. 11, 2022
Int. Cl. A45F 5/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/3827 (2015.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01)
CPC A45F 5/004 (2013.01) [A45C 11/00 (2013.01); H04B 1/385 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45F 2200/0516 (2013.01); H04B 2001/3855 (2013.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tethered phone case and holder assembly comprising:
a pouch apparatus comprising:
a pouch body having a pouch top side, a pouch bottom side, a pouch left side, a pouch right side, a pouch back side, and an open pouch front side defining a pouch interior;
a clip coupled to the pouch body, the clip being coupled to the pouch back side and being configured to selectively engage a user's belt or waistline; and
the pouch right side having a cable slot extending from the open pouch front side;
a case apparatus comprising:
a case body having a case top side, a case bottom side, a case left side, a case right side, a case back side, and an open case front side defining a case interior, the case body being selectively engageable within the pouch interior, the case interior being configured to selectively receive a smartphone, the case body having a plurality of function apertures extending therethrough and configured to allow for functionality of the smartphone; and
a cable attachment coupled to the case body; and
a tether apparatus comprising:
a cable compartment coupled to the pouch body, the cable compartment being coupled to the pouch back side;
a cable spool coupled within the cable compartment; and
a tether cable coupled to the cable spool, the tether cable extending out of the cable compartment into the pouch interior, out through the cable slot and being coupled to the cable attachment of the case apparatus.