Patent ID: 8177107
Filing Date: 2012-05-15
Classification: A45F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method of releasably securing a portable electronic device to a belt clip comprising: releasing an integrally made and retracted push button from a latched position internal to the portable electronic device by activating a ball point pen push button latching mechanism in a mating bore disposed in a rear face of the portable electronic device so that the integrally made push button pops out of the mating bore into an extended position making an enlarged head on the integrally made push button accessible; engaging the enlarged head on the integrally made push button in a channel of the belt clip and sliding the enlarged head on the integrally made push button along the channel into an end position in which the enlarged head on the integrally made push button is releasably held in the channel; sliding the enlarged head on the integrally made push button out of the channel when the portable electronic device is to be used; and pushing the outer end of the push button on the integrally made push button longitudinally inwardly into the mating bore until the ball point pen push button latching mechanism in the mating bore is in latching engagement with the integrally made push button, to releasably retain the integrally made push button in a retracted position in the mating bore disposed in the housing.