Patent Publication Number: US-8522917-B1

Title: Cell phone sound amplifying extend cup

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention relates to a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup. 
     Cell phones are everywhere and everyone has at least one cell phone. 
     Cell phones are basically for carrying around all the time, but there are many occasions in which they cell phones are better be detached from the user and remained there. In such cases, since the cell phones are away from the users, sometimes it is not an easy thing to hear ring sounds of the cell phones. 
     Therefore, there should some way, which enables the user to recognize the incoming messages or text right away even though the cell phones are well away from him or herself. 
     Accordingly, a need for a means for sound amplifying in cell phone has been present for a long time considering the expansive demands in the everyday life. This invention is directed to solve these problems and satisfy the long-felt need. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The present invention contrives to solve the disadvantages of the prior art. 
     An object of the invention is to provide a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup. 
     A cell phone sound amplifying extend cup comprises a conical trumpet portion, an amplifying barrel portion, a first receptacle portion, a second receptacle portion and a net portion. 
     The conical trumpet portion is for collecting and reflecting sound. 
     The amplifying barrel portion extends from the conical trumpet portion. 
     The first receptacle portion is disposed in the amplifying barrel portion for receiving a mobile communication device of a first kind. The second receptacle portion is disposed in the amplifying barrel portion for receiving a mobile communication device of a second kind. 
     The net portion is disposed between the conical trumpet portion and the amplifying barrel portion for supporting the mobile communication device in place. 
     The sound from the mobile communication device is collected and reflected in the conical trumpet portion and amplified in the amplifying barrel portion, such that the sound of the mobile communication device is delivered to a user far away from the mobile communication device. 
     The conical trumpet portion may have an opening in a top portion, and the opening may be configured for passing wires extending from the mobile communication device. 
     The amplifying barrel portion may be substantially cylindrical. 
     The amplifying barrel portion may be transparent. 
     The amplifying barrel portion may comprise a lower section and an upper section connected in telescopic structure so as to have two states of folded and extended. 
     The amplifying barrel portion may further comprise a stopper provided between the lower and upper sections for keeping the lower and upper sections from disengaging. 
     The lower section may comprise an edge tilted inward. 
     The first receptacle portion may comprise two edge holders in a first diametrical direction. 
     Each of two edge holders may comprise two protrusions protruding inward. 
     The second receptacle portion may comprise two edge holders in a second diametrical direction. 
     Each of two edge holders may comprise two protrusions protruding outward. 
     The net portion may partially cover an opening in a top portion of the conical trumpet portion. The net portion may be resilient. 
     The cell phone sound amplifying extend cup may further comprise a weight portion disposed around the conical trumpet portion. 
     The weight portion may be integrated with the conical trumpet portion. 
     The weight portion may be adapted to be inserted to a cup holder of an automobile. 
     The advantages of the present invention are: (1) the cell phone sound amplifying extend cup according to the invention amplifies the ring sound of a personal electronic devices including a cellular phone; (2) the cell phone sound amplifying extend cup can accept the devices of different sizes; and (3) the cell phone sound amplifying extend cup is easy to be installed and used. 
     Although the present invention is briefly summarized, the fuller understanding of the invention can be obtained by the following drawings, detailed description and appended claims. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       These and other features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become better understood with reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is a perspective view showing a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup according to an embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 2  is another perspective view showing the cell phone of  FIG. 1  with telescopic structure extended; 
         FIG. 3  is a perspective view showing a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup with a personal electronic device disposed inside according to another embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 4  is another perspective view of the cell phone sound amplifying extend cup of  FIG. 3  with telescopic structure extended; 
         FIG. 5  is a perspective view showing a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup according to another embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 6  is a conical trumpet portion of a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup according to another embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view showing the conical trumpet portion installed in a cup holder according to another embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 8  is a top plan view of a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup according to another embodiment of the invention; 
         FIG. 9  is a front view of the cell phone sound amplifying extend cup of  FIG. 8 ; 
         FIG. 10  is another front view of the cell phone sound amplifying extend cup of  FIG. 9  with telescopic structure extended according to another embodiment of the invention; and 
         FIG. 11  is an exploded perspective view showing a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup with amplifying barrel portion disassembled. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION 
       FIGS. 1-11  show a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup according to embodiments of the invention. 
     An aspect of the invention provides a cell phone sound amplifying extend cup  100 , comprising a conical trumpet portion  10 , an amplifying barrel portion  20 , a first receptacle portion  30 , a second receptacle portion  40 , and a net portion  50 . 
     The conical trumpet portion  10  is for collecting and reflecting sound. 
     The amplifying barrel portion  20  extends from the conical trumpet portion  10 . 
     The first receptacle portion  30  is disposed in the amplifying barrel portion  20  for receiving a mobile communication device  90  of a first kind as in  FIG. 1 . The second receptacle portion  40  is disposed in the amplifying barrel portion  20  for receiving a mobile communication device  92  of a second kind as in  FIG. 3 . 
     The net portion  50  is disposed between the conical trumpet portion  10  and the amplifying barrel portion  20  for supporting the mobile communication device  90 ,  92  in place. 
     The sound from the mobile communication device  90 ,  92  is collected and reflected in the conical trumpet portion  10  and amplified in the amplifying barrel portion  20 , such that the sound of the mobile communication device  90 ,  92  is delivered to a user far away from the mobile communication device  90 ,  92 . 
     The conical trumpet portion  10  may have an opening  12  in a top portion, and the opening  12  may be configured for passing wires  94  extending from the mobile communication device  90 ,  92  as shown in  FIGS. 1 and 2 . 
     The amplifying barrel portion  20  may be substantially cylindrical. 
     The amplifying barrel portion  20  may be transparent, such that the user may be able to see the mobile communication device  90 ,  92  even through it. 
     The amplifying barrel portion  20  may comprise a lower section  22  and an upper section  24  connected in telescopic structure so as to have two states of folded and extended as shown in  FIGS. 2-5  and  9 - 11 . 
     The amplifying barrel portion  20  may further comprise a stopper  60  provided between the lower and upper sections  22 ,  24  for keeping the lower and upper sections  22 ,  24  from disengaging. In certain embodiments of the invention, the stopper  60  may comprise a protrusion and a groove or hole provided in the lower and upper sections  22 ,  24 , respectively. The protrusion may be a retractable ball. 
     The lower section  22  may comprise an edge tilted inward. The inwardly-tilted edge may facilitate the personal mobile communication device  90 ,  92  to slide in and out over it. 
     The first receptacle portion  30  may comprise two edge holders  32 ,  34  in a first diametrical direction. Each of two edge holders  32 ,  34  may comprise two protrusions  36  protruding inward as shown in  FIG. 5 . 
     The second receptacle portion  40  may comprise two edge holders  42 ,  44  in a second diametrical direction. Each of two edge holders  42 ,  44  may comprise two protrusions  46  protruding outward as in  FIG. 5 . 
     The net portion  50  may partially cover an opening  12  in a top portion of the conical trumpet portion  10 . The net portion  50  may be resilient. 
     The cell phone sound amplifying extend cup  100  may further comprise a weight portion  70  disposed around the conical trumpet portion  10  as shown in  FIG. 9 . 
     The weight portion  70  may be integrated with the conical trumpet portion  10 . 
     The weight portion  70  may be adapted to be inserted to a cup holder  96  of an automobile as shown in  FIG. 7 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 1 , the two protrusions  36  protrude inward. They are actually long protrusions extending from the top portion to the bottom portion of the amplifying barrel portion  20 , between which the mobile personal communication device  90  is slid in and held there in place. 
     The wires  94  extending from the mobile communication device  90 ,  92  may be disposed through and between the amplifying barrel portion  20  and the mobile personal communication device  90 . The mobile personal communication device  90  may be stopped partially by the net portion  50  and partially by the top portion of the conical trumpet portion  10 . In certain embodiments, a stopper (not shown) may be formed either at the lower portion of the amplifying barrel portion  20  or at the upper portion of the conical trumpet portion  10 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 2 , the lower and upper sections  22 ,  24  are extended fully. Of course, one of the lower and upper sections  22 ,  24  may be disposed around the other. That is, in certain embodiments, the lower section  22  may have a larger diameter than the upper section  24  unlike the illustrated embodiment in  FIG. 2 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 3 , the mobile personal communication device  92  of the second kind may be relatively heavier than the mobile personal communication device  90  of the first kind. Even in such cases, the extended cup  100  may be configured to stand on a floor stably, for example, by applying further weight around the conical trumpet portion  10 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 4 , the upper section  24  may have a shape for facilitating amplifying the sound from below. The diameter of the top portion of the upper section  24  may have larger diameter than the bottom portion thereof, resulting in a slightly conical shape, which is suitable to amplify and deliver the sound from below. 
     Referring to  FIG. 5 , the height of each protrusion  36  may be optimized so as to facilitate taking in and out of the mobile personal communication device  90 ,  92  freely and snugly. Also, the interval between the two neighboring protrusions  36  may be adjusted so as to make taking in and out and holding optimized. 
     Even though the extended cup  100  in  FIG. 5  have two sets of receptacle portion  30 ,  40 , one or two more sets of receptacle portions (not shown) suitable to receive mobile personal communication devices of different sizes may be further provided between the first and second receptacle portion  30 ,  40 . 
     Referring to  FIG. 6 , the dimension of the conical trumpet portion  10  may be optimized for reflecting the sound from the mobile personal communication device  90 ,  92 . Also, the material of the conical trumpet portion  10  may be optimized, too. 
     Referring to  FIG. 7 , even though the weight portion  70  is not shown clearly, it may be adapted to be fit inside the cup holder  96  of automobile. 
     Referring to  FIG. 8 , even though the amplifying barrel portion  20  in the illustrated embodiment has two sections  22 ,  24 , it may have more than two sections in principle. 
     While the invention has been shown and described with reference to different embodiments thereof, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that variations in form, detail, compositions and operation may be made without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the accompanying claims.