PROTECTIVE CASE FOR CONTROLLING SOUND WAVES

• US 20140228081A1
• Filed: 11/19/2013
• Published: 08/14/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 02/08/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: David Chang
• Original Assignee: David Chang
• Inventors: CHANG, DAVID
• Granted Patent: US 9,209,850 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 455/575.8
• CPC Class Codes: G10K 11/002 Devices for damping, suppressing, obstructing or conducting sound in acoustic devices G10K1/06 - G10K1/10 take precedence; for electro-mechanical transducers for communication H04R3/002
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3816 Mechanical arrangements for accommodating identification devices, e.g. cards or chips; with connectors for programming identification devices
• CPC Class Codes: H04B 1/3888 Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/035 Improving the acoustic characteristics by means of constructional features of the housing, e.g. ribs, walls, resonating chambers or cavities
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/185 Improving the rigidity of the casing or resistance to shocks
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 1/345 for loudspeakers
• CPC Class Codes: H04R 2499/11 Transducers incorporated or for use in hand-held devices, e.g. mobile phones, PDA's, camera's

Abstract

The present application is directed to a protective case for an electronic device including a first member and a second member operationally configured to house an electronic device therein; wherein the first member is operationally configured to direct sound waves to an inner surface of the second member; and wherein the second member is operationally configured to dictate travel of sound waves within the protective case.

Claims

1. A protective case for an electronic device including:

a first member and a second member operationally configured to house an electronic device therein;

wherein the first member is operationally configured to direct sound waves to an inner surface of the second member; and

wherein the second member is operationally configured to dictate travel of sound waves within the protective case.

2. The protective case of claim 1 wherein the second member includes a sound barrier disposed along an inner surface of the second member.

3. The protective case of claim 2 wherein the first member includes a vent operationally configured for acoustical transmission there through.

4. The protective case of claim 2 wherein the first member includes a sound barrier bordering the vent.

5. The protective case of claim 2 wherein the first member includes a sound barrier in acoustical communication with the sound barrier of the second member.

6. The protective case of claim 3 wherein the vent is constructed from one or more acoustically transparent waterproof materials.

7. The protective case of claim 2 wherein the sound barrier is constructed from materials selected from the group consisting of polymer materials, cork, leather, textiles, and combinations thereof.

8. A system for controlling sound waves within a protective case for a smart phone, including:

a smart phone; and

a protective case having a first member and a second member operationally configured to house the smart phone therein;

wherein the first member includes a sound barrier operationally configured to direct sound waves to a first end of the smart phone and to an inner surface of the second member; and

wherein the second member includes a sound barrier operationally configured to prevent sound waves from reaching the second end of the smart phone.

9. The system of claim 8 wherein the sound barrier is effective to abut the first end of the smart phone.

10. The system of claim 8 wherein the sound barrier of the second member is operationally configured to receive a back surface of the smart phone in abutment thereto.

11. A method of controlling sound waves within a protective case for an electronic device, including:

providing a providing case having a first member and a second member operationally configured to house an electronic device therein;

wherein the first member is operationally configured to direct sound waves originating outside of the protective case to an inner surface of the second member; and

wherein the second member is operationally configured to dictate travel of sound waves within the protective case.