Patent ID: 8059853
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A retainer assembly to retain an audiophone including at least one of a headphone and a microphone on a hand-held, portable electronic device having a device body and a device housing with a side circumferential surface and front, back surfaces, the retainer assembly comprising: at least a portion of said device housing having at least two threaded grooves being formed in a non-adjacent and substantially spaced apart relation and disposed from the front surface to the back surface across said side circumferential surface of said device housing for removably receiving said audiophone over said device body, wherein said at least two threaded grooves are configured to hold by substantially reeling over said device housing of said hand-held, portable electronic device said audiophone and a flexible audio cord associated therewith that connects said at least one of a headphone and a microphone at a first cord end to a connector pin at a second cord end opposite the first cord end.