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   dorpus, 8 Sep 2005 @ 9:47pm

   
   

   iLock?

   How are you going to stop high school hoodlums who come to elementary schools, find schoolkids listening to their players, throw them through the window, and take the player away?
   
   http://www.zakzak.co.jp/top/2005_09/t2005090910.html
   
   

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   Pete Austin, 9 Sep 2005 @ 2:41am

   
   

   Link to the Patent

   An apparatus that can secure an electronic device and be inserted into a conventional cup holder is described. The cup holder, for example, is inside of an automobile. The electronic device being held can be a variety of devices that include a digital music player. One embodiment of the invention includes a spool about which connecting cable can be wound. Adapting sleeves that fit around the base of the apparatus can be used to adapt electronic device holder to cup holders of different sizes and shapes. United States Patent Application: 0050147951
   
   It looks very similar to TuneDok Car Holder for iPod

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   Mike Brown, 9 Sep 2005 @ 6:25am

   
   

   "Patent" Number

   The reason the "patent number" doesn't work is that it isn't a patent number, and Apple hasn't "scored" a patent. That is a published patent application, only, not an issued patent. The 2005/ series number is the publication number.
   
   You can look up published applications on the USPTO website at:
   http://appft1.uspto.gov/netahtml/PTO/srchnum.html

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