Case for Portable Electronic Device

• US 20110309728A1
• Filed: 07/30/2010
• Published: 12/22/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 06/16/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vinci Brands LLC
• Original Assignee: Incase Designs Corporation (Incipio Technologies Incorporated)
• Inventors: Diebel, Markus
• Granted Patent: US 8,457,701 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/293.1
• CPC Class Codes: B26F 1/38 Cutting-out; Stamping-out
• CPC Class Codes: B33Y 80/00 Products made by additive manufacturing
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0086 portable, e.g. battery operated apparatus casings for switching devices H01H9/02
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/02 Details

Abstract

A case for an electronic device protects the electronic device. The case has a lower case portion and an upper case portion, which assemble together to protect the electronic device. A back of the case can include a back opening to expose a camera lens and flash of the electronic device or first and second back openings. The first back opening exposes the camera lens. The second back opening exposes the flash.

Claims

1. A case for an electronic device comprising:

a first case portion comprising;

a first back sidewall, wherein the first back sidewall comprises a top edge; and

a lower sidewall, connected to the first back sidewall at an end opposite of the top edge, that will be positioned against a bottom side edge of the electronic device;

a second case portion comprising;

an upper sidewall that will be positioned against a top side edge of the electronic device when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion; and

an open side end, opposite the upper sidewall, wherein the second case portion slides onto the first case portion through the open side end; and

a back opening, through a back of the case, comprising a length and a width, wherein the length of the back opening is greater than the width of the back opening,

wherein when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, the first and second case portions meet at and form a seam which extends across the back of the case, and

when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, a first open-shaped opening for the first case portion merges with a second open-shaped opening for the second case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.

2. The case of claim 1 wherein the length of the back opening is at least about 13 millimeters.

3. The case of claim 1 wherein first and second seam lines of the seam are visible from a front of the case, the first seam line being on one side of the front opening, and the second seam line being on an opposite side of the front opening.

4. The case of claim 3 wherein the first seam line is at one end of a bottom edge of the screen and the second seam line is at an opposite end of the bottom edge of the screen.

5. The case of claim 1 wherein the first case portion comprises the back opening.

6. The case of claim 1 wherein the second case portion comprises the back opening.

7. The case of claim 1 wherein a distance from the seam to the back opening is greater than a distance from the seam to the lower sidewall.

8. The case of claim 1 wherein a distance from the seam to the back opening is less than a distance from the seam to the lower sidewall.

9. The case of claim 1 wherein a first seam line of the seam extending across the back of the case is straight.

10. The case of claim 1 wherein a first seam line of the seam extending across the back of the case is curved.

11. The case of claim 1 wherein a shape of the back opening is an oval having the length and the width, wherein a difference between the length and the width is at least about 4 millimeters.

12. The case of claim 1 wherein each of the first and second case portions comprises a left sidewall, and a right sidewall, opposite the left sidewall, wherein the left and right sidewalls are flat.

13. The case of claim 1 wherein the back of the case is flat.

14. The case of claim 1 comprising a bottom opening through the lower sidewall, wherein a shape of the bottom opening is a rectangle.

15. The case of claim 1 comprising:

a left-hand sidewall connected to a second back sidewall of the second case portion;

a side opening through the left-hand sidewall; and

a cover, wherein the cover at least partially covers the side opening.

16. A case for an electronic device comprising:

a first case portion comprising;

a first back sidewall, wherein the first back sidewall comprises a top edge; and

a lower sidewall, connected to the first back sidewall at an end opposite of the top edge, that will be positioned against a bottom side edge of the electronic device;

a second case portion comprising;

an upper sidewall that will be positioned against a top side edge of the electronic device when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion; and

an open side end, opposite the upper sidewall, wherein the second case portion slides onto the first case portion through the open side end; and

an oval opening, through a back of the case, comprising a length and a width, wherein the length of the oval opening is greater than the width of the oval opening, and the oval opening makes visible a camera lens and flash of the electronic device,

wherein when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, the first and second case portions meet at and form a seam which extends across the back of the case, and

when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, a first open-shaped opening for the first case portion merges with a second open-shaped opening for the second case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.

17. The case of claim 16 wherein the first case portion comprises the oval opening.

18. The case of claim 16 wherein the second case portion comprises the oval opening.