Patent ID: 8328055
Filing Date: 2012-12-11
Classification: A45F

Abstract:
1. A wrist holder for a handheld computing device, comprising: a wrist strap, the wrist strap having a pair of ends portions and a means for adjustably fastening the ends together; a shell case, the shell case having an open front, a back having a border, the shell case having a flexible rim attached to the border of the back, the flexible rim having a curved edge extending inwardly and defining the open front to contain the handheld computing device within the shell case; and a pair of interlocking assemblies, a first assembly attached to the wrist strap and a second assembly attached to the back of the shell case, the assemblies selectively connecting the shell case to the wrist strap, the pair of assemblies including a spring assembly and a socket assembly, the socket assembly having a inner disk with a inside edge defining a circular opening, the inside edge having a plurality of ridges, the spring assembly having a spring, a housing and a pair of tabs, each tab having an inside end and an outer end, the inside end having a plurality of grooves, the housing having a top, a side, the side having a pair of diametrally opposing windows and a diametral bottom channel, the inside ends of the tabs traveling through the channel into the housing, the spring inside the housing between the inside ends of the tabs extending the grooves on the inside ends through the windows, the grooves, selectively engaging the ridges on the socket assembly, interlockingly connecting the wrist strap to the shell case when the first assembly on the back of the shell case snaps on the second assembly on the strap, the second assembly on the shell case rotating with respect to the first assembly on the strap.