Grip and protective casing for cellular telephone
First Claim
1. For use on a hand-held electronic telecommunications device defined by a housing having a front operational face with sensorial features with which the user interfaces, an opposed back face, and transversely extending side walls between said front and back faces, a grip and protective casing having a base and a continuous wall surface surrounding said base and upstanding inwardly from said base and having a securement member projecting inwardly from said wall surface for frictionally engaging at least one housing side wall of said telecommunications device, such that when applied to said telecommunications device housing said casing overlies said back face and all side walls but avoids contact with said front face.
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Abstract
A hand-held electronic telecommunications device is provided with a grip and protective casing made of elastomeric material for covering the back face and side walls of the device. The casing is provided with finger recesses on its exterior surface to permit the operator to reliably hold and even operate the device with one hand. The casing is constructed so as to be readily applied and even removed, as desired, by the operator himself. The manner by which the casing is supported on the device enables the casing material to avoid having to cover over any area of the front, operational face of the device, where such features as the ear piece, mouthpiece and push buttons are located.
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18 Claims
- 1. For use on a hand-held electronic telecommunications device defined by a housing having a front operational face with sensorial features with which the user interfaces, an opposed back face, and transversely extending side walls between said front and back faces, a grip and protective casing having a base and a continuous wall surface surrounding said base and upstanding inwardly from said base and having a securement member projecting inwardly from said wall surface for frictionally engaging at least one housing side wall of said telecommunications device, such that when applied to said telecommunications device housing said casing overlies said back face and all side walls but avoids contact with said front face.
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9. A combined hand-held electronic telecommunications device and grip therefor, comprising:
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telecommunications device housing having a front operational face with sensorial features with which the operator interfaces, an opposed back face, and transversely extending side walls between said front and back faces; casing having a base, a continuous wall surface surrounding said base and upstanding from said base and an open top into which said back face is received; and a securement member projecting inwardly from said casing wall surface for frictionally engaging at least one side wall or said telecommunications device housing, such that said casing overlies said back face and all side walls but avoids contact with said front face. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A grip for a hand-held electronic telecommunications device comprising a base, a continuous wall surface upstanding from said base, and a fully open top;
- a flap pivotally connected to said wall surface for extending further upwardly therefrom; and
a locking element disposed on said flap for projecting inwardly toward said base when said flap is upstanding. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18)
- a flap pivotally connected to said wall surface for extending further upwardly therefrom; and
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