Patent ID: 7217031
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: G04B,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A portable device-clip assembly comprising: (a) a portable handheld device housing comprising a rear housing section and a substantially opposed front housing section, said sections being connected together to define a compartment bounded thereby, said device housing further comprising housing flanges perpendicularly protruding from an outer surface of said rear housing section; (b) a substantially semicircular rigid clasp having a distal end, a proximal end, and a substantially semicircular clasp body, said clasp comprising clasp flanges formed adjacent the proximal end; (c) a guide pin pivotally engaging said clasp flanges with said housing flanges, thereby pivotally connecting said clasp to said device housing, said clasp flanges and housing flanges being configured and oriented such that the substantially semicircular clasp body is positioned substantially perpendicularly to said rear housing section, defining a substantially semicircular clasping aperture therebetween; (d) a helical coil spring surrounding said guide pin and resiliently biasing the distal end of said substantially semicircular rigid clasp against said rear housing section, whereby a generally tube-shaped article is releaseably clasped between the clasp body and said rear housing section perpendicularly through the substantially semicircular clasping aperture; (e) electric circuitry encased within said compartment; and (f) at least one input unit for controlling said electric circuitry formed on an outer surface of said device housing.