CELL PHONE CASE
First Claim
1. A cell phone case, including a housing for holding an electronic device having a display panel, the housing having an access opening for accessing the display panel, and a protective panel, the panel having a pivotal connection to the body and being movable between a closed position protectively covering the display panel and an open position, characterized in that the panel has an outwardly projecting lip pull formed along an edge thereof opposite the pivotal connection, and the body having an enlargement of the access opening extending away from the lip pull in the closed position of the panel for facilitating opening of the panel.
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Abstract
A case, including a housing the housing having an access opening for accessing the display panel of an enclosed electronic device, and a transparent protective cover panel having a pivotal connection to the body and an outwardly projecting lip pull formed along an edge thereof opposite the pivotal connection, and the body having an enlargement of the access opening for facilitating opening of the cover panel. Variations include structure for supporting the cover panel in plural predetermined open positions and orientations relative to the housing and for propping up the housing on a supporting surface.
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15 Claims
- 1. A cell phone case, including a housing for holding an electronic device having a display panel, the housing having an access opening for accessing the display panel, and a protective panel, the panel having a pivotal connection to the body and being movable between a closed position protectively covering the display panel and an open position, characterized in that the panel has an outwardly projecting lip pull formed along an edge thereof opposite the pivotal connection, and the body having an enlargement of the access opening extending away from the lip pull in the closed position of the panel for facilitating opening of the panel.
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13. A cell phone case, including a housing for holding an electronic device having a display panel, the housing having an access opening for accessing the display panel, and a protective panel, the panel having a pivotal connection to the body and being movable between a closed position protectively covering the display panel and an open position, wherein:
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(a) the panel is formed with an outwardly projecting lip pull formed along an edge thereof opposite the pivotal connection for facilitating opening of the panel, and (b) the protective panel is engagable with the housing in a predetermined orientation relative to the housing for propping up the housing on an external supporting surface, with one edge of the housing and the edge of the protective panel having the lip pull contacting the supporting surface, and with the access opening facing generally upward. - View Dependent Claims (14)
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15. A cell phone case, including a housing for holding an electronic device having a display panel, the housing having an access opening for accessing the display panel, and a transparent protective panel, the panel having a pivotal connection to the body and being movable between a closed position protectively covering the display panel and an open position, wherein
(a) the panel is formed having catches on the panel for releasably holding the panel in the closed position an outwardly projecting lip pull formed along an edge thereof opposite the pivotal connection for facilitating opening of the panel, and (b) the protective panel is engagable with the housing in at least two predetermined orientations relative to the housing for propping up the housing on an external supporting surface, with one edge of the housing and the edge of the protective panel having the lip pull contacting the supporting surface, and with the access opening facing generally upward.
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