Attachable apparatus for hands-free holding of handheld form factor items

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EP 1 869 997 A3

(12)	EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88)	Date of publication A3:
	16.09.2009 Bulletin 2009/38

(43)	Date of publication A2:
	26.12.2007 Bulletin 2007/52

(21)	Application number: 07110758.5

(22)	Date of filing: 21.06.2007

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A45F 5/02^(2006.01)

B32B 7/12^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MT NL PL PT RO SE SI SK TR
	Designated Extension States:
	AL BA HR MK RS

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Priority:

22.06.2006 US 805555 P

(71)	Applicant: Badge Magic, LLC
	Bellevue WA 98006 (US)

(72)	Inventors:
	Smith, Christopher Mercer Island, WA 98040 (US) Herbig, David Bellevue, WA 98006 (US) Smith, Susan Mercer Island, WA 98040 (US)

(74)	Representative: Moore, Barry et al
	Hanna Moore & Curley 13 Lower Lad Lane Dublin 2 Dublin 2 (IE)

(54)	Attachable apparatus for hands-free holding of handheld form factor items

(57) An attachable apparatus (100) for hands-free holding of handheld form factor items such as handheld devices includes a receptacle (102), a substrate (104), and an adhesive layer (124), the receptacle configured to receive and retain the handheld form factor item and the adhesive layer disposed on at least a portion of a surface of the substrate to allow a user to removably adhere the attachable apparatus to a first article at a first time and to a second article at a second time, after removal from the first article.

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