Case structure of a data processing device

• US 6,684,089 B1
• Filed: 11/14/2000
• Issued: 01/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 11/14/2000
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Inventec Appliances Corporation (Inventec Corporation)
• Inventors: Lee, Yung-Tang
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Vivian
• Assistant Examiner(s): CRAVER, CHARLES R
• Application Number:
  US09/711,292
• Time in Patent Office: 1,169 Days
• Field of Search: 455/90.3, 455/550, 455/575--57, 455/347, 455/348, 455/343, 379/445, 379/451, 379/433-1-4, 361/724-727, 361/728, 361/736, 361/753
• US Class Current: 455/575.3
• 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 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer

Abstract

The present invention is a case structure of a data processing device, which has a cover made of a highly elastic material and directly formed on the case whereby the cover can be bent and set at the top or bottom of the case.

Claims

1. A case structure for a data processing device comprising:

a case, which has a space for setting electronic devices;

a protective cover, which is highly elastic and directly formed on one side of the case, wherein the protective cover can be bent and moved between a protective position to cover the top surface of the case and a use position to cover the bottom surface of the case; and

a hard covering plate protruding from ribs of the protective cover wherein one end of the covering plate is provided with a hook and opposite sides of the covering plate are provided with hook holes, said case being provided with a hook hole and two hooks with the hook hole of the case corresponding to a position of the hook of the covering plate when the protective cover is in a protective position, and said two hooks of said case corresponding to a position of said hook holes of said covering plate when the protective cover is in a use position.

2. The case structure of claim 1, wherein the case is composed of an upper case and a lower case.

3. The case structure of claim 2, wherein the upper case has an opening for setting a LCD.

4. The case structure of claim 2, wherein the boundary at the bottom of the lower case has a plurality of hooks and the boundary at the bottom of the upper case has hook holes corresponding to the hooks for the hooks to hold, combining the upper case and the lower case.

5. The case structure of claim 2, wherein the upper case has at least one screw base and the lower case has a screw hole corresponding to the screw base so that a screw can be put into the screw base through the screw hole, combining the upper case and the lower case.

6. The case structure of claim 2, wherein the connecting portion between the protective cover and the case is formed with a plurality of ribs.

7. The case structure of claim 1, wherein the free end of the protective cover is embedded with an iron chip and the corresponding positions at the protective position and the use position on the case are provided with a magnet, respectively, the magnet attracting the iron chip so as to fix the protective cover at the protective position and the use position properly when the protective cover is at the protective position and the use position, respectively.

8. The case structure of claim 1, wherein one end of the protective cover has an axis and the corresponding position on the case is formed with holes so that the protective cover can be pivotally installed onto the holes through the axis, enabling the protective cover to move between the protective position and the use position.