Slider Case for Portable Electronic Device

• US 20100302716A1
• Filed: 05/29/2009
• Published: 12/02/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 05/29/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Fellowes Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Fellowes Incorporated
• Inventors: Gandhi, Harsh
• Granted Patent: US 9,007,747 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.01
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/0235 Slidable or telescopic telephones, i.e. with a relative translation movement of the body parts; Telephones using a combination of translation and other relative motions of the body parts
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks

Abstract

A case for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device having a first portion that slides away from a second portion. The case includes a first portion and a second portion that fit over the respective portions of the portable electronic device. The two portions of the case are coupled together in a sliding relationship so that the case portions slide along with the respective portions of the portable electronic device. The case portions are coupled to each other by interfacing structures such as rails and channels.

Claims

1. A case for a portable electronic device, the case having a first portion and a second portion coupled together so that the first portion slides with respect to the second portion while the first portion covers first portion of the portable electronic device and a the second portion covers a second portion of the portable electronic device.

2. The case of claim 1, wherein the first and second portions of the case are coupled together by a pair of rails attached to the first portion of the case and a pair of channels attached to the second portion of the case, the rails sliding in the channels.

3. The case of claim 2, wherein the second portion of the case includes openings to allow the rails to slide beyond the boundary of the second portion of the case.

4. The case of claim 1, wherein the case is made of silicone.

5. The case of claim 1, wherein the rails are make of plastic and act to stiffen the first portion of the case.

6. A case for a portable electronic device, the device having a first portion in a slidable relationship with a second portion, the case having a first case portion to hold the first portion of the device and a second case portion to hold the second portion of the device, the first and second case portions coupled together in a slidable relationship so as to hold the portable electronic device portions when the portions slide.

7. The case of claim 7, wherein the first and second case portions are coupled together by complementary structures that allow the case portions to slide with respect to each other while holding the respective portions of the device, but restrain movement of the case portions in other directions.

8. The case of claim 7 wherein the complementary structures are rails and channels that accept a portion of the rail.

9. The case of claim 8 wherein the rails are made of plastic.

10. The case of claim 7, wherein complementary structures are located on side edges of the case portions.

11. The case of claim 7 wherein at least one of the complementary structures stiffens the first case portion.

12. The case of claim 9 wherein the rails include holes.

13. The case of claim 9 wherein the rails include structure to mechanically fasten the rails to the case.

14. A case for holding a device having a first portion that is in a sliding relationship with a second portion of the device, the case including a first case portion having having a well for accepting the first portion of the device, and a second case portion having a second well for accepting the second portion of the device, the wells opposing each other to hold the device between the first and second case portions, the first and second case portions connected to each other by rails on the case first portion, the rails sliding within and captured by channels on the second case portions, the case portions and device interacting so that first case portion moves with the first portion of the device, and the second case portion moves with the second portion of the device.