Patent Application
20130256173
With the proliferation of personal hand held electronic devices such as “smart phones,” electronic music players, electronic tablets, and the like, there has been a need to protect the various devices in a unique and attractive manner, preferably independently and in one carrier. An improved carrier for multiple small devices or the like is disclosed herein which includes a large major storage space for items such as “tablet-sized” devices and a series of selectively removable pouches for smaller devices. The pouches are arranged to establish a recognizable character or symbol.
Photographer's vests have been developed for carrying small photographic equipment, batteries, film, and the like. However, such vests have not provided removable pouches which cooperatively define a recognizable character or symbol.
While individual small cases for electronic devices are well known, as are removable sundry pouches for backpacks and other carriers, the present invention provides an aesthetic solution for independently protecting and carrying multiple electronic devices.
Briefly, the carrier of the invention includes a main or major carrier portion in the form of a briefcase, satchel, or backpack which may be opened and closed by a zipper to provide selective access to the interior into which a tablet and other gear may be stowed.
On an exterior wall of the major portion, a series of shaped, abutting miniaturized pouches are selectively attached by cooperating hooked/looped (Velcro®) fastening strips. Each pouch is specifically shaped to form a fractional part of a symbol or character. For example, for a cartoon character having a particular physiognomy, the uppermost pouch would have a specific head/ear(s) shape; a central pouch would have a specific torso shape; and the lowermost pouch would be feet-shaped. When abutted, the pouches would establish a three-dimensional shape. Importantly, each pouch contains a zipper closure for providing selective access to its interior for storing a small electronic device.
For a more complete understanding of the present invention and a better appreciation of its attendant advantages, reference should be made to the following detailed description taken in conjunction with the drawings.
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In accordance with the invention, individual miniature pouches 30, 40, and 50 are selectively attached to the front wall 20 through hooked/looped (Velcro®) fastening tape strips 31, 41, and 51 (
More specifically, each of the pouches 30, 40, 50 has a circumscribing side wall 33, 43, 53 disposed between front walls 34, 44, 54, and rear walls 35, 45, 55, and a selectively openable zipper closure 36, 46, 56.
In accordance with the principles of the invention, the pouches 30, 40, 50 may be juxtaposed in direct contact to establish a unified figure or symbol 60 such as a “mouse” character by way of illustration.
To that end, each of the pouches 30, 40, 50 has contoured side walls to contribute to the particular shape of the symbol 60. For example, the walls 33 form “mouse feet,” and the walls 45 form a “mouse torso.” The wall portions of each pouch 30, 40, 50 which actually abut one another (the bottom of pouch 30; the top and bottom of pouch 40; the top of pouch 50) are congruent as illustrated in
Thus, it will be understood and appreciated that a new carrier is provided which is especially adapted and useful for storing n electronic tablet and other relatively large items in the major storage space 11 and for storing a series of smaller electronic devices or items in selectively removable pouches. In addition to being readily separable for independent usage, the pouches 30, 40, 50 combine, when attached in juxtaposition to the major storage case 11, to define a three-dimensional symbol or character, useful for promotional, identification, or other purposes.
It should be understood, of course, that the specific form of the invention herein illustrated and described is intended to be representative only, as certain changes may be made therein without departing from the clear teachings of the disclosure. Accordingly, reference should be made to the following appended claims in determining the full scope of the invention.
