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Portable device case with corner protection element

  • US 9,176,532 B2
  • Filed: 10/28/2013
  • Issued: 11/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/21/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A case sized to receive a mobile device, the case comprising:

  • a first portion; and

    a second portion separable from the first portion, the second portion including a perimeter portion, the perimeter portion defining at least one groove;

    the first portion including;

    an interior portion;

    a side wall defining a perimeter around the interior portion, the side wall further defining a plurality of corner portions, the side wall further including at least one tab engageable with the at least one groove to removeably engage the first portion to the second portion; and

    a plurality of protrusions affixed to the side wall and spaced a distance away from each other, the plurality of protrusions being configured to space the mobile device a distance away from the side wall and the plurality of corner portions creating a deformation region between the mobile device and the first portion when the mobile device is received within the first portion, the deformation region having a depth, and each corner portion further defining a recess having a depth less than the depth of the deformation region; and

    a flexible bladder disposed within the deformation region.

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