CASE FOR HANDHELD DEVICES WITH ONE OR MORE INTEGRAL TOOLS
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1. An apparatus comprising:
- a rigid shell to contain a handheld device that has a front side and a back side;
a rigid tool that is slidably mounted within the rigid shell;
means for sliding the rigid tool out of the rigid shell from an initial position to an extended position;
wherein the front side of the handheld device is exposed when the rigid tool is in the initial position and the extended position.
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Abstract
An apparatus comprises a case and additional protective materials within the case for handheld devices. The additional protective materials are metals, plastics, and/or composites. The additional protective materials may be molded into a single case to form a second layer of protection on one side of the device'"'"'s case. Part of the protective housing is an internal rigid tool that, when exposed, is able to be used for opening a bottle.
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24 Claims
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1. An apparatus comprising:
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a rigid shell to contain a handheld device that has a front side and a back side; a rigid tool that is slidably mounted within the rigid shell; means for sliding the rigid tool out of the rigid shell from an initial position to an extended position; wherein the front side of the handheld device is exposed when the rigid tool is in the initial position and the extended position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. An apparatus comprising:
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a rigid shell that is adapted to contain a handheld computing device; a rigid tool that is attached to the rigid shell and that has a first end portion that is adapted to function as a bottle opener; the rigid shell comprises an outer cover and an inner cover that is adapted to be disposed between the handheld computing device and the rigid tool; the rigid tool is adapted to be disposed between the inner cover and the outer cover. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A case for a handheld device, the case comprising:
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a rigid shell that comprises a top cover and a bottom cover; a rigid tool that includes a bottle opening end that is operable as a bottle opener; an inner cover that is adapted to (a) be disposed between the handheld device and the rigid tool and (b) provide, to the handheld device, protection from the rigid tool when the bottle opening end is used to remove a cap from a bottle. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22, 23)
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24. An apparatus comprising:
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a case for a handheld device; one or more additional materials within the case that are molded into the case to form a second layer on one side of the case; a sliding rigid tool in the case; means in the case configured to cause compressive force exerted from using the rigid tool to be directed into the case and away from the handheld device.
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