PROTECTIVE ENCLOSURE FOR TOUCH SCREEN DEVICE
First Claim
1. A protective enclosure for a device responsive to a tactile stimulus, the enclosure allowing operation of the device while the device is disposed in the enclosure, the enclosure comprising:
- a tray comprising an interior device seating area and a rim around the device seating area, the tray adapted for receiving the device on the device seating area and oriented with a portion thereof responsive to a tactile input facing away from the device seating area; and
a lid movable relative to the device seating area of the tray between an open position and a closed position, the lid comprising;
a rim around a viewing aperture, the aperture positioned for viewing an interior portion of the enclosure there through,a substantially transparent inelastic sheet forming an interior window portion positioned in the viewing aperture of the lid, anda resiliently pliable skirt portion bonded to the interior window portion, the skirt portion projecting the interior window portion outwardly of the rim around the aperture of the lid;
a continuous pliable seal positioned between the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray when the lid is in the closed position relative to the tray; and
wherein the enclosure comprises a protective case portion adapted to hold the touch screen device and allowing operation of the touch screen and of one or more actuators on a side of the touch screen device.
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Abstract
A protective enclosure adapted to hold a touch screen device and allow operation of both the touch screen and actuators on a side of the device, the enclosure formed of a tray having a rim surrounding an interior device seating surface; a lid having a rim corresponding to the rim of the tray and surrounding a window aperture; a protective membrane having a transparent membrane forming an interior window portion positioned in the viewing aperture of the lid, and a resiliently pliable skirt about the interior window portion, the skirt projecting the interior window portion outwardly of the rim around the aperture of the lid; a continuous pliable seal adapted to be compressible between the corresponding rims of the lid and the tray; and a mechanism for clamping the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray with the pliable seal forming a continuous seal therebetween.
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24 Claims
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1. A protective enclosure for a device responsive to a tactile stimulus, the enclosure allowing operation of the device while the device is disposed in the enclosure, the enclosure comprising:
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a tray comprising an interior device seating area and a rim around the device seating area, the tray adapted for receiving the device on the device seating area and oriented with a portion thereof responsive to a tactile input facing away from the device seating area; and a lid movable relative to the device seating area of the tray between an open position and a closed position, the lid comprising; a rim around a viewing aperture, the aperture positioned for viewing an interior portion of the enclosure there through, a substantially transparent inelastic sheet forming an interior window portion positioned in the viewing aperture of the lid, and a resiliently pliable skirt portion bonded to the interior window portion, the skirt portion projecting the interior window portion outwardly of the rim around the aperture of the lid; a continuous pliable seal positioned between the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray when the lid is in the closed position relative to the tray; and wherein the enclosure comprises a protective case portion adapted to hold the touch screen device and allowing operation of the touch screen and of one or more actuators on a side of the touch screen device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. An enclosure for a touch screen device that allows operation of a touch screen on the touch screen device while the touch screen device is disposed in the enclosure, the enclosure comprising:
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a shell that is adapted to contain the touch screen device; an aperture in the shell in such a position as to be disposed over the touch screen of the touch screen device when the touch screen device is disposed in the enclosure; a protective membrane sized for substantially filling the aperture in the shell, the protective membrane comprising; a continuous pliable seal portion, a noncompressible interior viewing and operating window panel that is adapted to allow tactile inputs to be communicated to the touch screen, and a compressible skirt portion formed of a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material joined between the seal portion and the interior window panel and being adapted to allow tactile inputs to be communicated to one or more actuators on a side of the touch screen device; the protective membrane adapted to mount in the aperture with the interior window panel and skirt portion thereof and being projected outwardly of the aperture in the shell; and wherein the shell comprises a protective case portion adapted to hold the touch screen device and allowing operation of the touch screen and of one or more actuators on sides of the touch screen device through the interior window panel and skirt portions of the protective membrane. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A protective enclosure for a touch screen device, the enclosure comprising:
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a substantially rigid tray comprising a rim surrounding an interior device seating surface; a lid comprising a substantially rigid rim surrounding a window aperture, the rim of the lid corresponding to the rim of the tray; a protective membrane comprising a thin interior window portion surrounded by a thick and pliable skirt portion bonded to a peripheral edge portion thereof and extended therefrom, the protective membrane is structured for viewing there through and is sized to project outwardly of the rim surrounding the window aperture of the lid, wherein the interior window portion of the protective membrane further comprises one of;
a polyethylene terephthalate (PET) material, and a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material, and wherein the pliable skirt portion further comprises a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) material;a continuous pliable seal adapted to be compressible between the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray; and a clamping mechanism structured for clamping the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray with the pliable seal forming a continuous substantially water-resistant seal therebetween. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24)
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