Patent ID: 9622557
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: A45F

Claim:
1. A mobile device attachment apparatus, comprising: a flexible attachment strap adapting the apparatus to be worn by a user; a base panel coupled to said flexible attachment strap; a dial member comprising a body having a pair of opposite side portions and opposite front and rear surfaces extending between said opposite side portions such that said dial member body is rotatably mounted, and disposed adjacent, to said base panel with said rear surface of said dial member body facing said base panel, said dial member body having a pair of flexible arms with outwardly projecting tabs thereon and mounted to said dial member body and respectively extending along and in a spaced-apart relationship to said opposite sides of said dial member body, said flexible arms adapted to be flexed toward said opposite sides of said dial member body as channels of a support member body are slid over said flexible arms of said dial member until said outwardly projecting tabs on said flexible arms are aligned with and releasably retained within respective notches of said support member so as to releasably mount said support member on said dial member, and wherein said dial member body has a pair of opposite shoulders respectively on said opposite side portions of said dial member body aligned with and spaced-apart from said outwardly projecting tabs on said flexible arms such that said opposite shoulders are contacted by respective ends of opposite edges of said support member concurrently with said tabs on said flexible arms being released within said respective notches of said support member; said support member, which comprises a body having a pair of opposite edges and opposite front and rear surfaces extending between said opposite edges such that said front surface of said support member body provides a platform and said rear surface of said support member body faces said front surface of said dial member body, wherein said pair of opposite edges of said support member body define a pair of channels respectively extending along said opposite edges and being open at opposite ends of each of said opposite edges, said support member body also provided with a pair of notches respectively defined through said opposite edges to said channels from exterior of said support member body; a coupler defined at said front surface of said support member body between and spaced from said opposite edges thereof to retain a mobile electronic device on said platform provided by said front surface of said support member body.