PROTECTIVE CASES AND METHODS OF MAKING

• US 20130127309A1
• Filed: 11/09/2012
• Published: 05/23/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/09/2011
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: G-Form, LLC
• Original Assignee: G-Form, LLC
• Inventors: Wyner, Daniel M., Garrard, Richard L., Macrina, Maria E., Gaudet, James E., Thorn, Stephanie, Hampton, Mark Ross
• Application Number:
  US13/673,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20130127309A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 312/223.1
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 11/00 Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 2011/002 for portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 17/08 Catadioptric systems used in non-imaging applications G02B19/00
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/08 Waterproof bodies or housings
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/565 Optical accessories, e.g. converters for close-up photography, tele-convertors, wide-angle convertors
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1633 Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 5/00 Image enhancement or restoration
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/2628 Alteration of picture size, shape, position or orientation, e.g. zooming, rotation, rolling, perspective, translation
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0217 Mechanical details of casings covers, lids, hoods or members for covering apertures H05K5/03

Abstract

Disclosed herein are protective inserts for sensitive devices, including devices with screen interfaces, which cases provide protection from front, back and edge impacts.

Claims

1. A protective case for a media device with a built-in camera lens, comprising:

a protective element comprising a base and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base to define an enclosure adapted to receive the media device;

a housing element comprising a base and a sidewall extending upwardly from the base to define an enclosure adapted to receive the protective element, and a cover removably connected to the base;

a lens window disposed in the base;

wherein, when the media device is disposed in the protective case, the built-in camera lens is coaxially aligned with the lens window, and the protective element is sufficiently compressed against the interior of the enclosure to maintain the built-in lens in coaxial alignment with the lens window.

2. The protective case of claim 1, wherein the protective element comprises a resilient material.

3. The protective case of claim 1, wherein the resilient material is a rate dependent foam.

4. The protective case of claim 1, further comprising a detachable enhancement lens interconnected to the base and in coaxial alignment with the lens window.

5. The protective case of claim 4, wherein the enhancement lens redirects an image received through the lens to the media device.