Holder for portable communication device

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8428665
SERIAL NO

13560693

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A holder for a mobile phone includes a body having an opening to receive the mobile phone and having a bottom. The holder further includes a latch coupled to the body for holding the holder with the opening up; and an acoustic horn coupled to the body and having a sound receiving end and a sound emitting end. The sound receiving end is configured to be adjacent to a transducer of the mobile phone, and the sound emitting end is configured to direct sound in an upward direction. The holder further includes a set of tactile guides to tactilely guide a user's touch to a set of buttons on the mobile phone so that a user does not need to look at the buttons to activate the buttons.

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SIGNAL ESSENCE LLC2446 VILLA NUEVA WAY MOUNTAIN VIEW CA 94040

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Crome, Caleb Henry San Jose, US 4 69
McLaughlin, Hugh Joseph Mountain View, US 7 71
McLaughlin, Paul Michael Mountain View, US 2 23
Yu, Robert Kung-ning Mountain View, US 2 23

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