US Patent Issued to POPSOCKETS on Sept. 29 for "Extending socket for portable media player" (Colorado Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 30 -- United States Patent no. RE51,048, issued on Sept. 29, was assigned to POPSOCKETS LLC (Boulder, Colo.).

"Extending socket for portable media player" was invented by David B. Barnett (Boulder, Colo.) and Lawrence E. Carlson (Boulder, Colo.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "Extending sockets, formed of accordions generally with buttons attached at their distal ends, for attaching to portable media players or portable media player cases. Cases having attached sockets serve purposes beyond protection of the player, such as managing a headset, attaching to belts or the like, forming stand legs to prop the player at a desired angle, forming grips for gaming, forming a grip...