Patents by Inventor Allen Dill

Allen Dill has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Publication number: 20240415266
    Abstract: A phone holder with a mounting bracket that secures to a garment via fasteners integrated with the garment. The mounting bracket can include fasteners that secure to corresponding receivers in the garment. The fasteners may include military pin fasteners. The phone holder can be removably connected to the mounting bracket and is upside down relative to a traditional holder. The phone holder includes a clip that is upside down relative to a traditional clip that removably secures to the bracket, such that the user can remove the holder and the supported phone when needed. The phone holder may also be formed with the mounting bracket as an integral part of the holder. The mounting bracket is configured to allows the phone holder to be attached securely and directly to the wearer, so that the camera of a cell phone secured within the holder can be utilized as a body-worn camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 23, 2024
    Publication date: December 19, 2024
    Inventor: Allen Dill
  • Patent number: 12088333
    Abstract: A phone holder with a mounting bracket that secures to a garment via fasteners integrated with the garment. The mounting bracket can include fasteners that secure to corresponding receivers in the garment. The fasteners may include military pin fasteners. The phone holder can be removably connected to the mounting bracket. The phone holder includes a clip that removably secures to the bracket, such that the user can remove the holder and the supported phone when needed. The phone holder may also be formed with the mounting bracket as an integral part of the holder. The mounting bracket is configured to allows the phone holder to be attached securely and directly to the wearer, so that the camera of a cell phone secured within the holder can be utilized as a body-worn camera.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2024
    Inventor: Allen Dill
  • Publication number: 20230412207
    Abstract: A phone holder with a mounting bracket that secures to a garment via fasteners integrated with the garment. The mounting bracket can include fasteners that secure to corresponding receivers in the garment. The fasteners may include military pin fasteners. The phone holder can be removably connected to the mounting bracket. The phone holder includes a clip that removably secures to the bracket, such that the user can remove the holder and the supported phone when needed. The phone holder may also be formed with the mounting bracket as an integral part of the holder. The mounting bracket is configured to allows the phone holder to be attached securely and directly to the wearer, so that the camera of a cell phone secured within the holder can be utilized as a body-worn camera.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2022
    Publication date: December 21, 2023
    Inventor: Allen Dill
  • Patent number: 9729186
    Abstract: A mobile phone holder. The mobile phone holder provides a device for securing a cellular communications device to clothes. The holder includes a housing having an open upper end, a rear wall, arcuate side walls, and a bottom end forming a pocket configured to slidably receive and secure a phone in the housing. The sidewalls include cut-out portions and the bottom end includes a slot for providing access to inputs and outputs of a cell phone. A pair of opposing straps are disposed on an exterior surface of the rear wall that are configured to secure the holder to a user's clothing. In this way, a user may attach a cell phone to his or her clothes in order to communicate over the phone without compromising his or her hands.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2016
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2017
    Inventor: Allen Dill
  • Patent number: D1087005
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2023
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2025
    Inventor: Allen Dill