Patent · US Expired

Electronic device utilizing a clip and method for providing the same

US6892426B2 · kind B2 · utility

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34References

16Claims

0Family size

Assignee

Hello Direct, Inc. · US

Inventors

Peter Schmidt · Stuttgart, DE
Jeffrey S. Jones · Salem, US
Ron Van Thiel · Menlo Park, US
John Magnasco · San Jose, US

Key dates

Filing date	Mar 7, 2001
Grant date	May 17, 2005
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 13, 2021

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T24/44453
WIPO fieldOther consumer goods
WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

An electronic device having a first surface positioned adjacent to an article worn by a person and a second surface substantially perpendicular to the first surface, the electronic device having a headphone connector interface for accepting a headphone connector, the electronic device comprising a clip coupled with the electronic device, the clip having a first segment positioned adjacent to the first surface and a second segment configured at a predetermined angle with respect to the first segment, wherein pressing the second segment toward the second surface rotates the first segment away from the first surface; the clip further comprising an adapter coupled with the first segment of the clip, the adapter positioned between the first segment of the clip and the first surface of the object and having an adapter length.

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