Patent ID: 9179762
Filing Date: 2015-11-10
Classification: A45F,H04B,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for securing a phone to an article on a person, comprising: a case configured to receive the phone; a holster configured to detachably receive the case; a retractable tether having a distal end and a proximal end opposite the distal end, the proximal end connected to the holster, and the distal end configured to be detachably coupled to the case, wherein a portion of the tether is housed in the holster, the tether configured to move between a retracted position and an extended position; a spring coupled to the tether, the spring configured to bias the tether into the retracted position; a quick-release connector attached to the distal end of the tether, the quick-release connector comprising two opposing compressible legs diverging from a common tapered head and a flange extending peripherally along at least a portion of each of the two opposing compressible legs and the common tapered head, wherein the common tapered head tapers from a narrower first end to a wider second end, and wherein the two opposing compressible legs extend from the wider second end of the common tapered head, wherein the distal end of the tether is connected to the quick-release connector by engaging a hole formed in the common tapered head; an open U-shaped channel defined between the two opposing compressible legs, wherein no material is present between the opposing compressible legs, the open U-shaped channel being concave at a junction between the two opposing compressible legs; and at least one receptacle on the case, the at least one receptacle defining a tapered channel for receiving at least a portion of the two opposing compressible legs and the common tapered head of the quick-release connector, and a groove to receive the flange of the quick-release connector.