Kelly Sims Davidson

US Patent:

20040029608, Feb 12, 2004

Filed:

Jun 27, 2002

Appl. No.:

10/185953

Inventors:

Suzan Sachdeva - San Diego CA, US
Kelly Davidson - San Diego CA, US

International Classification:

H04M001/00

US Classification:

455/550100, 455/575100

Abstract:

The personalized mobile handset comprises a mobile handset with mounting parts on a face of the housing and mating accessories that can be detachably coupled to the mobile handset. In this way the mobile handset is personalized by the user. In another embodiment of the present invention the personalized mobile handset comprises a handheld device and a removable housing that is attached to the handheld device. In this embodiment mating accessories are detachably coupled to the removable housing. For example, a consumer interested in the sport of baseball may wish to transform their handheld device into a baseball player. In this case, the consumer could attach a head adorned with a baseball hat, two arms, and two legs to their handheld device to personalize it. However, if they are a fan of several sports, they have the flexibility to change the personalization of their handheld device to reflect a football player during football season, a basketball player during basketball season, and so on. Alternative personalities could be animals, action figures, comic book characters, landscapes. Additional possibilities will be apparent to one of skill in the art. The present invention has an advantage over handheld devices designed to permanently resemble a character, project an image, or reflect a concept.