US 11,812,242 C1 (13,108th)
Electronic device with multiple modes of attachment
Simon Curran, Columbus, OH (US); and Thomas Walters, Powell, OH (US)
Filed by Noxgear, LLC, Worthington, OH (US)
Assigned to Noxgear, LLC
Reexamination Request No. 90/019,752, Dec. 3, 2024.
Reexamination Certificate for Patent 11,812,242, issued Nov. 7, 2023, Appl. No. 17/727,793, Apr. 24, 2022.
Application 90/019,752 is a continuation of application No. 17/073,142, filed on Oct. 16, 2020, granted, now 11,317,209.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/923,259, filed on Oct. 18, 2019.
Ex Parte Reexamination Certificate issued on Dec. 1, 2025.
Int. Cl. H04R 5/02 (2006.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04R 5/02 (2013.01) [H04R 1/025 (2013.01); H04R 1/026 (2013.01); H04R 2201/02 (2013.01); H04R 2420/07 (2013.01)]
OG exemplary drawing
AS A RESULT OF REEXAMINATION, IT HAS BEEN DETERMINED THAT:
Claims 1, 4, 12, 13, 14 and 16 are determined to be patentable as amended.
Claims 2, 3, 5, 7-11 and 15, dependent on an amended claim, are determined to be patentable.
New claim 21 is added and determined to be patentable.
Claims 6 and 17-20 were not reexamined.
1. A portable audio speaker system, comprising:
at least one speaker assembly including a housing;
a speaker transducer disposed inside of the housing;
a clip member coupled to the housing, [ the clip member and the housing together forming a clipping device, ] and the clip member defining a peripheral boundary;
a first magneto coupler, separate from any magnet of the speaker transducer, coupled to the housing or the clip member; and
a removable member having [ a body portion and ] a second magneto coupler [ , the second magneto coupler being distinct from the body portion, and the second magneto coupler being disposed in or on the body portion of the removable member] ;
[ wherein the body portion of the removable member has at least one peripheral lip that extends beyond an outer boundary of the second magneto coupler so as to provide a user-graspable surface that facilitates both shearing and removing of the removable member from the clipping device by a finger of a user;]
wherein the second magneto coupler of the removable member is capable of being magnetically coupled to the first magneto coupler that is coupled to the housing [ or the clip member] , so that the magnetic coupling allows the housing to be attached to a non-edge portion of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item when the item is placed between the first magneto coupler and the removable member, and the clip member [ clipping device ] allows the housing to be attached to, and detached from, an edge of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item; and
wherein at least a portion of the removable member fits within the peripheral boundary of the clip member.
4. An electronic device, comprising:
a device assembly including a housing;
a clip member coupled to the housing, [ the clip member and the housing together forming a clipping device, ] and the clip member defining a peripheral boundary;
a first magneto coupler coupled to the housing or the clip member; and
a removable member having [ a body portion and ] a second magneto coupler [ , the second magneto coupler being distinct from the body portion, and the second magneto coupler being disposed in or on the body portion of the removable member] ;
[ wherein the body portion of the removable member has at least one peripheral lip that extends beyond an outer boundary of the second magneto coupler so as to provide a user-graspable surface that facilitates both shearing and removing of the removable member from the clipping device by a finger of a user;]
wherein the second magneto coupler of the removable member is capable of being magnetically coupled to the first magneto coupler that is coupled to the housing [ or the clip member] , so that the magnetic coupling allows the housing to be attached to a non-edge portion of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item when the item is placed between the first magneto coupler and the removable member, and the clip member [ clipping device ] allows the housing to be attached to, and detached from, an edge of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item; and
wherein at least a portion of the removable member fits within the peripheral boundary of the clip member.
12. An electronic device, comprising:
a device assembly including a housing;
a clip member coupled to the housing, [ the clip member including a first clip portion and a second clip portion, the first clip portion being coupled to the housing, the second clip portion attached to the first clip portion at a location spaced apart from the housing, the clip member and the housing together forming a clipping device, ] and the clip member defining a peripheral boundary; and
a first magneto coupler attached to [ the second clip portion of ] the clip member, [ the second clip portion of the clip member being provided with a first recess for accommodating a recessed mounting of the first magneto coupler, the first recess having a recess floor surface that faces a rear surface of the first magneto coupler, the first magneto coupler being affixed to the second clip portion of the clip member, ] and at least a portion of the first magneto coupler being disposed within the peripheral boundary of the clip member;
wherein the first magneto coupler attached to the clip member is capable of being magnetically coupled to a metallic or magnetic item, so that the magnetic coupling allows the housing to be attached to the metallic or magnetic item, and the clip member [ clipping device ] allows the housing to be attached to, and detached from, an edge of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item [ by receiving a portion of the non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item between a surface of the second clip portion and a surface of the housing that faces the surface of the second clip portion] .
13. The electronic device according to claim 12, further comprising a removable member having [ a body portion and ] a second magneto coupler, [ the second magneto coupler being disposed in or on the body portion of the removable member, ] wherein the second magneto coupler of the removable member is capable of being magnetically coupled to the first magneto coupler that is attached to the clip member, so that the magnetic coupling allows the housing to be attached to a non-edge portion of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item when the item is placed between the first magneto coupler and the removable member, and the clip member [ clipping device ] allows the housing to be attached to, and detached from, an edge of a non-metallic and/or non-magnetic item [ ;
wherein the body portion of the removable member comprises a user-graspable surface that facilitates both shearing and removing of the removable member from the clipping device by a finger of a user.]
14. The electronic device according to claim 13, wherein [ the second clip portion of ] the clip member is provided with a [ second ] recess for accommodating a recessed mounting of the removable member.
16. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein a portion [ the second clip portion ] of the clip member is spaced apart from the housing by a gap.
[ 21. The electronic device according to claim 12, wherein the first clip portion of the clip member comprises a hinge portion about which the clip member is able to pivot.]