Patent Application
20240389726
The present invention generally relates to a phone case. More particularly, the present invention relates to a self-defense phone case adapted to hold a mobile device and carried by a user.
Self-defense tools are widely used by personnel in order to enhance personal security against potential threats. Many people often find themselves in a dangerous situation in which they encounter an attacker. Self-defense tools are used by users to protect themselves from attacks.
There are various self-defense tools that are widely used by users to facilitate their protection. One major property that should be associated with self-defense tools is that the tools must be carried without alerting or catching the attention of the attacker. The tools should be capable of deployment quickly and efficiently. Common, hand-held articles that can be wielded against attack have the benefit of keeping a user in a ready-to-go state to defend himself/herself from an attack.
One such self-defense tool is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 10,230,827. This patent discloses a vial that forms a part of the mobile device. The vial is filled with pepper and upon removal of a cap of the vial, the pepper is released from the vial. There are other references that disclose the protective tools and are capable of facilitating personal security.
The major drawback associated with such self-defense tools is that they require human interventions during their use. For example, the self-defense tool U.S. Pat. No. 10,230,827 requires the removal of a cap from the vial to release pepper from the vial. This consumes valuable time to get the defense tool ready for use. Further, in panic situations, users have a high likelihood of fumbling the cap removal or deployment.
The above-mentioned limitation of the self-defense tool disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 10,230,827 and similar shortcoming has been observed associated with other self-defense tools not disclosed herein. The shortcomings can be overcome by the proposed self-defense phone case that can be quickly used as a self-defense tool. There remains a need for a self-defense tool that is capable of being easy and quick to use and is highly discrete.
Before the present systems and methods, and embodiments are described, it is to be understood that this application is not limited to the particular systems, and methodologies described, as there can be multiple possible embodiments that are not expressly illustrated in the present disclosures. It is also to be understood that the terminology used in the description is for the purpose of describing the particular versions or embodiments only, and is not intended to limit the scope of the present application. Further, it is also to be understood that the terminology if not defined by the present disclosure should be construed as the general or known meaning/definition of the terminology, known to the person skilled in the art.
Embodiments of the present invention describes a self-defense phone case. The phone case includes a front surface, a rear surface, a plurality of grooves, a plurality of ridges, a plurality of corners, and a receiving area. The phone case further includes a shield that removably fits within the receiving area of the self-defense phone case. The shield comprises: a front surface, and a rear surface. The front surface is configured to receive a mobile device (Eg. mobile phone) such that the mobile device is held within the receiving area of the self-defense phone case. The shield further includes a plurality of corners. Each corner of the plurality of corners includes a plurality of notches configured to pierce the corners of the self-defense phone case and strike an attacker when a user of the mobile device hits the attacker with the self-defense phone case embodying the mobile device.
Various objects, features, aspects, and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the embodiments of the invention, along with the accompanying drawings in which like numerals represent like components.
Before describing the present invention in detail, it should be observed that the present invention utilizes a combination of components or processes, which constitutes a self-defense phone case for a user. Accordingly, the components or processes have been represented, showing only specific details that are pertinent for an understanding of the present invention so as not to obscure the disclosure with details that will be readily apparent to those with ordinary skill in the art having the benefit of the description herein. As required, detailed embodiments of the present invention are disclosed herein; however, it is to be understood that the disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary of the invention, which can be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific component-level details and functional details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but merely as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to variously employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed structure. Further, the terms and phrases used herein are not intended to be limiting but rather to provide an understandable description of the invention.
Some embodiments, illustrating its features, will now be discussed in detail. The words “comprising,” “having,” “containing,” and “including,” and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items, or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items. It must also be noted that as used herein and in the appended claims, the singular forms “a,” “an,” and “the” include plural references unless the context clearly dictates otherwise. Although any methods, and systems similar or equivalent to those described herein can be used in the practice or testing of embodiments, the preferred methods, and systems are now described. The disclosed embodiments are merely exemplary.
References to “one embodiment”, “an embodiment”, “another embodiment”, “one example”, “an example”, “another example” and so on, indicate that the embodiment(s) or example(s) so described may include a particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element, or limitation, but that not every embodiment or example necessarily includes that particular feature, structure, characteristic, property, element or limitation. Furthermore, repeated use of the phrase “in an embodiment” does not necessarily refer to the same embodiment. The words “comprising”, “having”, “containing”, and “including”, and other forms thereof, are intended to be equivalent in meaning and be open ended in that an item or items following any one of these words is not meant to be an exhaustive listing of such item or items or meant to be limited to only the listed item or items.
The self-defense phone case will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, particularly
In some embodiments, the component of the mobile device 300 exhibits the shape of the mobile device 300 such that the component conforms or wraps the shape of the mobile device 300 that is disposed of therein or held within the self-defense phone case 100.
In some embodiments, the rear surface 104 of the self-defense phone case 100 and the rear surface 204 of the shield 200 may include an aperture 105, 205 respectively, such that the aperture 105 of the self-defense phone case 100 may be configured to lie over the aperture 205 of the shield 200, when the shield 200 is received within the receiving area 110 of the front surface 102 of the self-defense phone case 100. The aperture 105 of the self-defense phone case 100 and the aperture 205 of the shield 200 may be collectively configured to expose at least a component of the mobile device 300, for example, to expose a camera (as shown later in
In some embodiments, the aperture 105 of the self-defense phone case 100 and the aperture 205 of the shield 200 comprises a lip element 300a to provide a secure fit with the camera or the camera ring of the mobile device 300 as shown in
The front surface 202 of the shield 200 may be configured to receive the mobile device (as shown later in
In some embodiments, the notches 208 may be uniquely designed at each corner of the corners 206 of the shield 200 such that the notches 208 are configured to strike the attacker when the phone user hits the attacker with the self-defense phone case 100.
In some embodiments, the back surface 104 of the self-defense phone case 100 may include a plurality of ribs 103 that may be configured to prevent slippage of the self-defense phone case 100, when the self-defense phone case 100 is kept on a surface (such as a desk).
Referring to
In some embodiments, the self-defense phone case 100 may be made up of rubber material such that each notch of the notches 208 of each corner of the corners 206 of the shield 200 may be configured to pierce each corner of the corners 109 of the self-defense phone case 100 and strike the attacker when the phone user hits the attacker with the self-defense phone case 100.
In some embodiments, the dimensions of each notch of the notches 208 of each corner of the corners 206 may lie in the range of 5 mm to 8 mm.
In some embodiments, the size of one notch of a corner of the corners 206 may be different from the size of another notch of that corner of the corners 206 of the shield 200.
In some embodiments, the size of all the notches 208 may be same.
In some embodiments, the material of the corners 206 of the shield 200 is harder than the corners 109 of the self-defense phone case 100 and the the material of the corners 206 of the shield 200 may be selected from the group consisting of polyurethane leather, aluminum, plastics, carbon fiber, aramid fiber or silicon.
In some embodiments, the self-defense phone case 100 and the shield 200 may be configured to adjust or accommodate any kind of mobile device 300. The self-defense phone case 100 and the shield 200 may be flexible to hold any kind of the mobile device 300.
In some embodiments, the self-defense phone case 100 may be provided with an alert button (not shown in figures) that, upon being pressed by the user, is configured to alert the security authorities that are present in the vicinity of the region, where the user is threatened by the attacker. The self-defense phone case 100 and/or the shield 200 may therefore include a suitable recess (not shown in the figures) to facilitate the pressing of the button by the user.
Certain advantages of the self-defense phone case 100 of the present disclosure are listed hereinbelow:
The various components, and parts of the various embodiments of the self-defense phone case 100 of the present invention are similar and interchangeable. It is obvious to the one skilled in the art that the various components, and parts of the self-defense phone case 100 of one embodiment of the present invention could be considered for other embodiments with little or no variation.
It should be understood according to the preceding description of the present invention that the same is susceptible to changes, modifications and adaptations, and that the said changes, modifications and adaptations fall within scope of the appended claims.
