Cover for portable electronic device

• US 8,281,924 B2
• Filed: 08/20/2010
• Issued: 10/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/20/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Cyber Acoustics LLC
• Original Assignee: Cyber Acoustics LLC
• Inventors: Westrup, Joseph
• Primary Examiner(s): Yu, Mickey
• Assistant Examiner(s): ORTIZ, RAFAEL ALFREDO
• Application Number:
  US12/860,808
• Publication Number:
  US 20120043234A1
• Time in Patent Office: 781 Days
• Field of Search: 206/320, 206/565, 206/479, 206/424, 206/312, 248/609, 150/123, 150/165, 150/107, 402/8, 402/18, 402/500, 281/19.2, 281/12, 281/23, 281/4, 281/2, 281/48, 281/31, 281/29, 190/902, 190/10, 190/11, 190/900, 190/122
• US Class Current: 206/320
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 13/02 Interior fittings; Means, e.g. inserts, for holding and packing articles
• CPC Class Codes: A45C 3/02 Briefcases or the like
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0516 Portable handheld communication devices, e.g. mobile phone, pager, beeper, PDA, smart phone
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0525 Personal portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/02 Fastening articles to the garment

Abstract

A portfolio-style protective cover for portable electronic devices is disclosed.

Claims

1. A protective cover for electronic devices comprising:

(a) a foldable portfolio having a top and a bottom with corners on said top and said bottom;

(b) a four-legged frame secured to the inside of said bottom;

(c) the four legs of said four-legged frame oriented in an X-shaped configuration relative to each other; and

(d) resilient corner-engaging lugs integral with each of said four legs;

(e) a flap on the outside of said bottom; and

(f) a hinge integral with said top that permits said top to be partially opened to an angle of about 90°

relative to the remainder of said top and to engage said flap.

2. The cover of claim 1 wherein said top and said bottom comprise three plies of (i) a soft inside layer;

(ii) a durable outside layer; and

(iii) a stiff middle layer.

3. The cover of claim 2 further comprising reversible elastic straps secured to the corners of said top.

4. The cover of claim 3 further comprising an elastic strap secured to the inside of said top.