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Apparatus for holding a portable media device

US8388243B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 28, 2011
Grant dateMar 5, 2013
Priority date
Expiry dateSep 7, 2031

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B17/566
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

An apparatus for holding a portable media device may include a body including: a pair of spaced apart and opposing handles, each handle comprising a flat bottom surface; a recess that is configured to removably receive and hold a portable media device therein, the recess comprising a through aperture defined through a bottom surface of the recess; a first through port across one handle that opens into a first side of the recess; a second through port that opens into a second side of the recess; a third through port across the opposite handle that opens into a third side of the recess; threaded sockets, one at each top and bottom corner of the body at ends of the handles; and a shoe bracket at a top of the body between the handles.

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