Phone Holder With Mounting Bracket

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.

I claim: 
     
         1 . A cell phone holder system comprising:
 a holder comprising a base, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, and an upper opening defining a pocket having an interior volume configured to receive a cell phone therein;   wherein the holder is upside down;   a mounting bracket comprising a pair of attachment members and a retaining member extending across the pair of attachment members defining a slot;   a clip affixed to the rear wall of the holder and configured to removably engage the slot of the mounting bracket to removably secure the holder to the mounting bracket; and   wherein the clip is upside down and pointing upward;   a plurality of fasteners affixed to each attachment member of the pair of attachment members;   wherein each fastener of the plurality of fasteners is configured to removably attach the mounting bracket to a garment.   
     
     
         2 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 1 , wherein each fastener of the plurality of fasteners is a pin configured to pierce a garment to removably secure the mounting bracket to the garment. 
     
     
         3 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 1 , wherein the base of the holder comprises an aperture thereon. 
     
     
         4 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 1 , wherein an upper portion of the rear wall of the holder extends upwardly beyond an uppermost edge of the front wall of the holder. 
     
     
         5 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 4 , wherein the upper portion of the rear wall comprises a retaining lip that extends toward the front wall, the retaining lip configured to contact an upper edge of a cell phone when the cell phone is positioned within the pocket of the holder. 
     
     
         6 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 4 , further comprising a pair of retaining wings, wherein each retaining wing extends forwardly toward the front wall from a side edge of the upper portion of the rear wall of the holder, wherein the retaining wings are configured to contact opposing side edges of a cell phone when the cell phone is positioned within the pocket of the holder. 
     
     
         7 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 4 , wherein an upper end of the clip is affixed to the upper portion of the rear wall above the uppermost edge of the front wall of the holder. 
     
     
         8 . A cell phone holder system comprising:
 a holder comprising a base, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, and an upper opening defining a pocket having an interior volume configured to receive a cell phone therein;   wherein the holder is upside down;   a mounting bracket disposed on the rear wall of the holder;   a plurality of fasteners disposed on the mounting bracket;   wherein each fastener of the plurality of fasteners is configured to pierce a garment to secure the mounting bracket to the garment.   
     
     
         9 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 8 , wherein the base of the holder comprises an aperture thereon. 
     
     
         10 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 8 , wherein an upper portion of the rear wall of the holder extends upwardly beyond an uppermost edge of the front wall of the holder. 
     
     
         11 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 10 , wherein the upper portion of the rear wall comprises a retaining lip that extends toward the front wall, the retaining lip configured to contact an upper edge of a cell phone when the cell phone is positioned within the pocket of the holder. 
     
     
         12 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 10 , further comprising a pair of retaining wings, wherein each retaining wing extends forwardly toward the front wall from a side edge of the upper portion of the rear wall of the holder, wherein the retaining wings are configured to contact opposing side edges of a cell phone when the cell phone is positioned within the pocket of the holder. 
     
     
         13 . A cell phone holder system comprising:
 a holder comprising a base, a front wall, a rear wall, a pair of sidewalls, and an upper opening defining a pocket having an interior volume configured to receive a cell phone therein;   wherein the holder is upside down;   the holder a receiving plate disposed on the rear wall of the holder;   the receiving plate comprising a plurality of receivers disposed thereon;   a mounting bracket disposed on the rear wall of the holder;   the mounting bracket comprising a plurality of protrusions extending outward therefrom;   the plurality of protrusions configured to removably secure the mounting bracket to the holder via engagement with the plurality of receivers;   a plurality of fasteners disposed on the mounting bracket;   wherein each fastener of the plurality of fasteners is configured to removably attach the mounting bracket to a garment.   
     
     
         14 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of receivers comprises a plurality of apertures with an adjoined slot extending upward therefrom. 
     
     
         15 . The cell phone holder system of  claim 13 , wherein the plurality of protrusions comprises a column with a head member disposed on a distal end thereof.