Holding aid to type on a touch sensitive screen for a mobile phone, personal, hand-held, tablet-shaped, wearable devices and methods of use

摘要

The object of this invention is a holding aid or apparatus H (FIG. 1) intended to help a user to hold a mobile device with its finger tips while at the same time typing on the device touch screen keyboard. The apparatus can be attached or integrated (FIG. 4) to the back of device cover or body. The holding aid is composed of a platform or base member, an articulated joint mechanism and at least two lateral flat tab members (FIG. 2) with orifices that are connected to the sides of the base member by means of the articulation joint. The lateral flat tab members and orifices are ergonomically designed and prepared to receive user finger tips according to the position of the user hands while typing on the touch sensitive screen keyboard. The ergonomic design (FIG. 13) of the holding apparatus allows the user to hold the mobile device with finger tips and let other fingers free to operate the mobile device functions. The apparatus lateral flat tab members are connected to an articulated joint mechanism and may rotate and close (FIG. 9) towards the back to the mobile device, allowing for easy mobile device transportation in user clothing pockets or in a pouch wallet device case. The holding aid apparatus may be implemented as separate structure attachable to the device body or case or a specially fitted device case incorporating the holding aid structure.

主权项

1. A holding aid apparatus allowing a user to securely hold a portable or mobile device having a mobile device body while the user operates or type on the mobile device touch sensitive screen keyboard comprising: a base platform member with two surfaces, one surface constructed with a mechanism to attach to a back surface of a mobile device external body shell, case or cover, other surface complementary in relation to the back surface of the mobile device, the base platform member that is embedded or seamlessly integrated into the back surface of the mobile device case or cover, and the base platform member constructed with two side tabs or grips, one tab on each side, to embrace the mobile device external body shell around the back surface by means of the two side tabs, hold on to the mobile device external body shell by a pressure mechanism composed of pins, ridge, and groove or corrugations or combinations thereof along the side of the mobile device external body shell, the base platform member constructed to be attached to the back surface of the mobile device external body shell with employment of a pivot pin or pivot screw allowing a holding aid fixture to rotate around an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by the back surface of the mobile device, the base platform member constructed with a depression or recess with a form factor that matches each lateral flat tab members and with a depth corresponding to the thickness of each lateral flat tab members in order that the lateral flat tab members can park inside the recess when the lateral flat tab members are in a closed configuration, the flat lateral tab members attached to the base platform member by means of a joint mechanism along two sides of the base platform member, which are parallel and aligned with the mobile device lateral sides, flexible joint articulations located at edge of the back surface of the mobile device with its lateral surface or with some indentation from the lateral edge of the mobile device, the lateral flat tab members are connected to the base platform member by means of a flexible material articulation mechanism or by a hinge articulation mechanism.