Method and apparatus of a charging cell phone case

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  "publication_number": "US2013052871A1",
  "country": "US",
  "kind": "A1",
  "title": "Method and apparatus of a charging cell phone case",
  "abstract": "Charging cell-phone case comprising a case having a receiving section for receiving a cell phone, an electrical male member that mates with the female charging portion of the cell-phone, circuitry to convert the input AC power to the desired DC output, and a foldable recessed plug for mating with a AC outlet.",
  "claims": [
    "1. A cell-phone case comprising: a body having a recessed area dimensioned to receive a cell phone; a male plug member dimensioned to be received within and in electrical communication with the female power plug portion of a cell phone; and a power plug for electrical communication with a power source, wherein said power plug is in electrical communication with said male plug member. 2. The cell-phone case of claim 1, wherein said power plug is a standard AC 2-prong plug. 3. The cell-phone case of claim 1, further comprising means for converting AC power to DC power. 4. The cell-phone case of claim 3, wherein said means for converting is an AC/DC adapter circuit. 5. The cell-phone case of claim 1, wherein said power plug is a standard automobile cigarette lighter plug. 6. The cell-phone case of claim 1, wherein said power plug is pivotably mounted to said body. 7. A cell-phone case comprising: a body having a recessed area dimensioned to receive a cell phone; a male plug member dimensioned to be received within and in electrical communication with the female power plug portion of a cell phone; and an AC power plug for electrical communication with a power source, wherein said AC power plug is in electrical communication with said male plug member. 8. The cell-phone case of claim 7, further comprising means for converting AC power to DC power. 9. The cell-phone case of claim 8, wherein said means for converting is an AC/DC adapter circuit. 10. The cell-phone case of claim 7, wherein said power plug is pivotably mounted to said body. 11. A cell-phone case comprising: a body having a recessed area dimensioned to receive a cell phone; a male plug member dimensioned to be received within and in electrical communication with the female power plug portion of a cell phone; means for converting AC power to DC power; and an AC power plug for electrical communication with a power source, wherein said AC power plug is in electrical communication with said male plug member. 12. The cell-phone case of claim 11, wherein said means for converting is an AC/DC adapter circuit. 13. The cell-phone case of claim 11, wherein said power plug is pivotably mounted to said body."
  ],
  "description_excerpt": "The technical field generally relates to cell phone cases and more specifically to a cell phone case having charging capabilities and method thereof.\n\nCell phone usage has seen an enormous and consistent growth over the last several years. By the end of year 2008, there were an estimated 4.1 billion mobile subscriptions, up from 1 billion in 2002. That represents 6 in 10 of the world's population.\n\nA survey of wireless carriers in 2009 revealed that over 285 million Americans were mobile subscribers, about 91 percent of the total population. Those 285 million callers used 1.12 trillion minutes of talk time in the last half of 2009, up 3.4 percent of the same period in 2008. That breaks clown to an average of 6.1 billion minutes used per day. In the U.S. alone, Wireless service revenues totaled $77 billion for the last half of 2009.\n\nTo maintain the use of a cell phone, the user must periodically charge the cellular battery. This is typically performed via the use of an AC charger, wherein one end plugs into an AC wall socket and wherein the other end, separated by a length of wire, plugs into the cell phone. As such, in addition to their cell phones, cell phone users typically travel with a separate AC charger. Because of the nature of having an additional device to keep up with, many cell-phone users lose and/or break the cell phone chargers thus resulting in the costly requirement of buying additional chargers. Thus, there is an unmet need for a device that eliminates this prior deficient method/apparatus of cell-phone charging.",
  "cpc": [
    "H02J 7/70",
    "H01R 2201/16",
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  "ipc": [
    "H01R 13/66"
  ],
  "inventors": [
    "Andrew Eklind"
  ],
  "filing_date": "2011-02-24",
  "publication_date": "2013-02-28",
  "priority_date": "2011-02-24",
  "application_number": "US-201113033847-A",
  "family_id": "47744351",
  "cited_by_count": 52,
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