Patent Application
20240138549
The present general inventive concept relates generally to a container, and particularly, to a wearable key storage device.
A vehicle key and/or a vehicle fob are important components used to activate and/or use with an associated vehicle, enter a home, and/or secure possessions. However, many people often misplace the vehicle key and/or the vehicle fob, which can lead to long periods of time spent searching for them. Thus, losing the vehicle key and/or the vehicle fob can be costly when a replacement becomes necessary.
Some people use a keychain to store keys and/or fobs in one location, but even the keychain is easily lost if dropped and/or placed at a random location while a user is distracted.
Therefore, there is a need for a wearable key storage device that is attached to the user to prevent loss and/or misplacement of the vehicle key and/or the vehicle fob.
The present general inventive concept provides a wearable key storage device.
Additional features and utilities of the present general inventive concept will be set forth in part in the description which follows and, in part, will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the general inventive concept.
The foregoing and/or other features and utilities of the present general inventive concept may be achieved by providing a wearable key storage device to be worn by a user, the wearable key storage device including a main body to store at least one vehicle key therein, a clothing fastener disposed on at least a portion of the main body to removably connect the main body to the user, and a movable connector disposed between the main body and the clothing fastener to facilitate movement of the clothing fastener in response to an application of force.
The clothing fastener may move three hundred sixty degrees.
The wearable key storage device may further include a cover flap movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body to move from covered over an aperture of the main body in a first position to at least partially opened away from the aperture of the main body in a second position.
The wearable key storage device may further include a alert unit disposed within at least a portion of the main body to detect a presence of the at least one vehicle key and emit at least one sound in response to removal of the at least one vehicle key from the main body.
The alert unit may periodically emit the at least one sound while the at least one vehicle key remains removed from the main body.
These and/or other features and utilities of the present generally inventive concept will become apparent and more readily appreciated from the following description of the embodiments, taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings of which:
Various example embodiments (a.k.a., exemplary embodiments) will now be described more fully with reference to the accompanying drawings in which some example embodiments are illustrated. In the figures, the thicknesses of lines, layers and/or regions may be exaggerated for clarity.
Accordingly, while example embodiments are capable of various modifications and alternative forms, embodiments thereof are shown by way of example in the figures and will herein be described in detail. It should be understood, however, that there is no intent to limit example embodiments to the particular forms disclosed, but on the contrary, example embodiments are to cover all modifications, equivalents, and alternatives falling within the scope of the disclosure. Like numbers refer to like/similar elements throughout the detailed description.
It is understood that when an element is referred to as being “connected” or “coupled” to another element, it can be directly connected or coupled to the other element or intervening elements may be present. In contrast, when an element is referred to as being “directly connected” or “directly coupled” to another element, there are no intervening elements present. Other words used to describe the relationship between elements should be interpreted in a like fashion (e.g., “between” versus “directly between,” “adjacent” versus “directly adjacent,” etc.).
The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of example embodiments. As used herein, the singular forms “a,” “an” and “the” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprises,” “comprising,” “includes” and/or “including,” when used herein, specify the presence of stated features, integers, steps, operations, elements and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps, operations, elements, components and/or groups thereof.
Unless otherwise defined, all terms (including technical and scientific terms) used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which example embodiments belong. It will be further understood that terms, e.g., those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art. However, should the present disclosure give a specific meaning to a term deviating from a meaning commonly understood by one of ordinary skill, this meaning is to be taken into account in the specific context this definition is given herein.
The wearable key storage device 100 may be constructed from at least one of metal, plastic, leather, pleather, glass, and rubber, etc., but is not limited thereto.
The wearable key storage device 100 may include a main body 110, a clothing fastener 120, a movable connector 130, a cover flap 140, a flap fastener 150, and an alert unit 160, but is not limited thereto.
The main body 110 may have a predetermined size based on a size of at least one vehicle key (e.g., a key, a fob, a card, etc.). More specifically, the main body 110 may have a size (e.g., length, width, height) corresponding to a size (e.g., length, width, height) of the at least one vehicle key. Thus, the main body 110 may have receive and/or store the at least one vehicle key therein.
Alternatively, the main body 110 may be elastic to at least partially deform (e.g., bend, stretch, expand) in response to receiving the at least one vehicle key therein. In other words, the size of the main body 110 may adapt to the size of the at least one vehicle key.
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The clothing fastener 120 may be movably (i.e., rotatably) disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110. The clothing fastener 120 may removably connect to an external object. For example, the clothing fastener 120 may connect to a belt, a pair of pants, a shirt, a jacket, a shoe, a glove, a hat, a portion of a body of the user, and/or any other type of surface. Moreover, the clothing fastener 120 may magnetically connect to the external object. As such, the clothing fastener 120 may connect the main body 110 to the external object. Accordingly, the clothing fastener 120 may prevent loss of the at least one vehicle key within the main body 110.
The movable connector 130 may include a gear and a wheel, but is not limited thereto.
The movable connector 130 may be disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110 between the main body 110 and the clothing fastener 120. The movable connector 130 may facilitate movement of the clothing fastener 120 with respect to the main body 110. Thus, the clothing fastener 120 may move in response to an application of force (e.g., pushing, pulling) thereto. For example, the clothing fastener 120 may move (i.e., rotate) from at least one first position to at least partially toward at least one second position. Furthermore, the clothing fastener 120 and/or the movable connector 130 may move in at least one three hundred sixty (360) degree direction.
However, the clothing fastener 120 may remain in the at least one position in absence of the application of force.
The cover flap 140 may have ferrous metal disposed therein.
The cover flap 140 may be movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110. The cover flap 140 may move from covered over an aperture of the main body 110 in a first position to at least partially opened away from the aperture of the main body 110 in a second position. Conversely, the cover flap 140 may move from opened away from the aperture of the main body 110 in the second position to covered over the aperture of the main body 110 in the first position.
Therefore, the cover flap 140 may allow access within the main body 110 while opened and prevent access within the main body 110 while closed.
The flap fastener 150 may include a clamp, a clasp, a buckle, a cord, an adhesive (e.g., tape, glue), a magnet, and/or any combination thereof, but is not limited thereto.
The flap fastener 150 may be disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110. The flap fastener 150 may detachably connect the cover flap to the main body 110. More specifically, the cover flap 140 may removably connect to the flap fastener 150, such that the flap fastener 150 may resist detachment of the cover flap 140 in absence of an application of force (e.g., pushing, pulling) thereto. Conversely, the cover flap 140 may be removed from the flap fastener 150 in response to the application of force thereto.
The alert unit 160 may include a speaker, a sensor, a processor, a memory, and a power source (e.g., a battery, a solar cell), but is not limited thereto.
The alert unit 160 may be disposed within at least a portion of the main body 110. The alert unit 160 may detect a presence of the at least one vehicle key using the sensor while disposed within the main body 110. The alert unit 160 may emit at least one sound (e.g., beep, ring, horn, etc.) in response to removal of the at least one vehicle key from the main body 110. Moreover, the alert unit 160 may periodically emit the at least one sound while the at least one vehicle key remains removed from the main body 110. As such, the alert unit 160 may alert and/or warn the user about losing the at least one vehicle key.
Therefore, the wearable key storage device 100 may secure the at least one vehicle key on the user while being worn. Also, the wearable key storage device 100 may prevent the at least one vehicle key from being misplaced and/or lost while stored therein.
The present general inventive concept may include a wearable key storage device 100 to be worn by a user, the wearable key storage device 100 including a main body 110 to store at least one vehicle key therein, a clothing fastener 120 disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110 to removably connect the main body 110 to the user, and a movable connector 130 disposed between the main body 110 and the clothing fastener 120 to facilitate movement of the clothing fastener 120 in response to an application of force.
The clothing fastener 120 may move three hundred sixty degrees.
The wearable key storage device 100 may further include a cover flap 140 movably disposed on at least a portion of the main body 110 to move from covered over an aperture of the main body 110 in a first position to at least partially opened away from the aperture of the main body 110 in a second position.
The wearable key storage device 100 may further include an alert unit 160 disposed within at least a portion of the main body 110 to detect a presence of the at least one vehicle key and emit at least one sound in response to removal of the at least one vehicle key from the main body 110.
The alert unit 160 may periodically emit the at least one sound while the at least one vehicle key remains removed from the main body 110.
Although a few embodiments of the present general inventive concept have been shown and described, it will be appreciated by those skilled in the art that changes may be made in these embodiments without departing from the principles and spirit of the general inventive concept, the scope of which is defined in the appended claims and their equivalents.
