PROTECTIVE COVER FOR A PORTABLE OR MOBILE DEVICE

• US 20150104609A1
• Filed: 09/19/2014
• Published: 04/16/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/20/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsonite IP Holdings SARL (Samsonite Sub Holdings SARL)
• Original Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLC (Telementum Global, LLC)
• Inventors: Chiang, Randy, Lean, David, Day, Bryan, Frasch, Eric
• Application Number:
  US14/491,185
• Publication Number:
  US 20150104609A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 428/138
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/169 the I/O peripheral being an integrated pointing device, e.g. trackball in the palm rest area, mini-joystick integrated between keyboard keys, touch pads or touch stripes G06F1/1643 takes precedence; constructional details of pointing devices G06F3/033
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1043 Subsequent to assembly
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1057 Subsequent to assembly of laminae
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/24331 including nonapertured component
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/2495 Thickness [relative or absolute]

Abstract

A cover device for a portable or mobile device, in particular for mobile phones, having a section configured to allow touch identification technology—such as fingerprint identification—already built into the portable device to work properly.

Claims

1. A protective film covering for a personal electronic device comprising:

one or more films having a first thickness and a second thickness that is less than the first thickness,

wherein the portion of the protective film covering including the second thickness is configured to align with and overlay a sensor of the personal electronic device so as to allow touch inputs to be transmitted to the sensor.

2. The protective film covering of claim 1 comprising:

a first film having the first thickness,

a second film attached to the first film and having the second thickness, the second film being thinner than the first film.

3. The protective film covering of claim 1, wherein the second film has a thickness of at least about 0.04 mm to less than about 0.12 mm.

4. The protective film covering of claim 3, wherein the second film has a thickness of about 0.10 mm.

5. The protective film covering of claim 3, wherein the second film has a thickness of about 0.08 mm.

6. The protective film covering of claim 3, wherein the second film has a thickness of about 0.04 mm.

7. The protective film covering of claim 2, further comprising:

the first film covering configured to at least partially cover a surface of the personal device having a screen area and the sensor, wherein the first film includes an opening for the sensor; and

the second film the is attached to the first film and configured to cover the front of the portable device except for the screen area.

8. The protective film covering of claim 7, wherein the second film is less than about 0.15 mm.

9. The protective film covering of claim 7, wherein the second film is less than about 0.10 mm.

10. The protective film covering of claim 2, wherein the second film is attached underneath the first film with respect to the personal electronic device.

11. The protective film covering of claim 2, wherein the second film is attached on top of the first film with respect to the personal electronic device.

12. The protective film covering of claim 1 wherein an area of the at least one film having the second thickness is a compressed area of the film.

13. The protective film covering of claim 12 wherein the protective film covering comprises a single film.

14. protective film covering of claim 13 wherein the first thickness is greater than about 0.15 mm and the second thickness is less than about 0.15 mm.

15. The protective film covering of claim 14 wherein the first thickness about 0.3 mm or more and the second thickness is about 0.10 mm or less.

16. The protective film covering of claim 1 wherein the film is configured to allow fingerprint inputs to be transmitted to a fingerprint sensor when the sensor is configured to include a fingerprint sensor.

17. The protective film covering of claim 1 wherein the portion of the film covering including the second thickness configured to align with and overlay a sensor of the personal electronic device comprises an area that is configured to be flush with the sensor.

18. A method of making protective film covering for a personal electronic device, the method comprising:

configuring a first film to at least partially cover a surface of a personal electronic device having a display and a sensor;

creating an opening in a first film corresponding the sensor of the personal electronic device; and

attaching a second film to the first film such that the second film aligns with and overlays the sensor, the second film being thinner than the first

wherein the second film is configured to allow inputs to be transmitted to the sensor.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the second film has a thickness of at least about 0.04 mm to less than about 0.12 mm.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the second film has a thickness of about 0.08 mm to 0.10 mm.

21. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

configuring the first film covering to at least partially cover a surface of the personal device having a screen area and the sensor, wherein the first film includes an opening for the sensor; and

attaching the second film to the first film to cover a front of the portable device except for the screen area.

22. The method of claim 21, wherein the second film is less than about 0.15 mm.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the second film is less than about 0.10 mm.

24. The method of claim 21, wherein the second film is attached underneath the first film with respect to the personal electronic device.

25. The method of claim 21, wherein the second film the second film is attached on top of the first film with respect to the personal electronic device.

26. The protective film covering of claim 18 wherein the second film comprises an area that is configured to be flush with the sensor.

27. A method of making a protective film covering for a personal electronic device, the method comprising:

forming a film with a first thickness;

compressing an area of the film corresponding to a touch identification sensor of the personal electronic device such that the compressed area has a second thinness that is thinner than the first thickness and is configured to allow inputs to be transmitted to the touch identification sensor.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the first thickness is greater than about 0.15 mm and the second thickness is less than about 0.15 mm.

29. The method of claim 27, wherein the first thickness about 0.3 mm or more and the second thickness is about 0.10 mm or less.

30. The method of claim 27 wherein the compressed area comprises an area that is configured to be flush with the sensor.