Abstract:
A screen protector laminate applicator is used with an installation machine to install a screen protector on a mobile device. The laminate applicator comprises a web secured to the installation machine; the screen protector carried by the web, and a backing layer covering the screen protector opposite the web. The web, the screen protector and the backing layer are removably coupled together as a laminate. A tab of the backing layer extends beyond the perimeter of the screen protector and comprises an enlarged head connected to the backing layer by a narrower neck.
Abstract:
An earbud comprises a housing a duct and a driver carried by the duct. A press-fit connection is formed between the driver and the duct. The driver comprises a plug extending through a distal end of the duct, and positioned both in and out of the duct. The plug of the driver has a smooth, continuous and straight outer surface along the length thereof. The plug has a greatest outer diameter of the entire driver.
Abstract:
A wireless speaker system for broadcast pairing multiple wireless speakers together. The wireless speakers are equipped with magnets and magnet sensors so that taping the speakers together, at a location with the magnets and sensors meet, causes a wireless speaker to enter into a broadcast pairing mode. The magnet and sensor in each wireless speaker can be a combined magnet and sensor, or magnet-sensor combo. The magnet and the sensor can be carried by a common carrier or mount. The combined magnet and sensor can comprise a central magnet surrounded by an annular array of magnet sensors.
Abstract:
An accessory for an electronic device, such as a mobile computing device, includes a housing and a support element that are configured to support the electronic device in an inclined orientation. The support element of the accessory may comprise an elongated recess that receives a portion (e.g., an edge portion) of an electronic device to orient and support the electronic device in the inclined orientation. The accessory may also include a peripheral component, such as a user interface component (e.g., a keyboard, a track pad, etc.) or any other component that may enhance or supplement functionality of the electronic device.
Abstract:
A system for protecting a surface of a substrate includes a protective film, which is configured to be applied and secured to the surface, as well as a backing on an adherent surface of the protective film and an application tape over an exterior surface of the protective film. Protruding features, such as tabs, adjacent to different peripheral edges of the protective film may enable removal of the backing and the application tape from the protective film, and may include features that indicate the order in which each protruding feature is to be grasped to peel its corresponding element away from the protective film. Methods of using such a system are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A system and method for aligning a screen protector to a cell phone comprises a screen protector with an alignment liner disposed over the screen protector; alignment indicia disposed on the alignment liner; and a display source configured to enable display of alignment indicia on the display screen of the cell phone. The alignment indicia of the display screen correspond to the alignment indicia of the alignment liner so that the alignment indicia of the alignment liner is capable of being aligned over the alignment indicia on the display screen to properly align the screen protector with the display screen when the screen protector is positioned above the display screen.
Abstract:
A system for protecting a surface of an electronic device includes a protective film and a liner. The protective film includes an adhesive-coated surface. The liner, which covers the adhesive-coated surface until the protective film is secured to the surface of an electronic device, covers a periphery of the adhesive-coated surface. The liner may also include one or more tabs for facilitating removal of the liner from the adhesive-coated surface of the protective film. Methods for using the system to apply a protective film to a surface, such as a surface of a display screen, of an electronic device are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A cord management system comprises a collar with a bore enclosing a portion of the cord. A flexible band extends from a proximal end at the collar to a distal free end. A free ferromagnetic button is embedded in the distal free end of the band. A fixed ferromagnetic button is embedded in the collar. The band forms a ring with the free ferromagnetic button of the distal free end of the band magnetically coupled to the fixed ferromagnetic button of the collar for enclosing and securing a portion of a loop or a bundle formed by the cord. The proximal end of the band can extend from one side of the collar, and the fixed ferromagnetic button can be disposed in the collar on another side of the collar opposite the proximal end of the band.
Abstract:
A system for protecting a surface of an electronic device includes a protective film and a liner. The protective film includes an adhesive-coated surface. The liner, which covers the adhesive-coated surface until the protective film is secured to the surface of an electronic device, includes a main element that covers a majority of the adhesive-coated surface and a strip element that covers a smaller strip of the adhesive-coated surface, which strip is located adjacent to an edge of the adhesive-coated surface. One or both of the strip element and the main element of the liner may also include a tab for facilitating their removal from the adhesive-coated surface of the protective film. Methods for using the system to apply a protective film to a surface, such as a surface of a display screen, of an electronic device are also disclosed.
Abstract:
A computing system is provided with a portable electronic device, a computing accessory, and a multi-functional support accessory. The support accessory may provide a supportive configuration for supporting the portable electronic device in an upright, working position. The support accessory can also transition to a protective configuration for acting as a protective cover for the computing accessory. When the support accessory is in the protective configuration, the computing accessory can be inserted into, or otherwise protected thereby. When the support accessory is in the supportive position, the portable electronic device can be stabilized in an upright orientation by the support accessory.