Portable device case with corner protection element
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1. A case sized to receive a mobile device, the case comprising:
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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, each corner portion having an interior wall and including at least one tab, each tab is sized to engage a corresponding groove on the second portion to removeably mate the first portion to the second portion;
a plurality of protrusions affixed to the side wall and spaced a distance away from each other and disposed along at least a portion of the side wall of the first portion, the plurality of protrusions and being configured to space the mobile device a distance away from the interior wall of the plurality of corner portions when the mobile device is received within the first portion.
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Abstract
A case for a mobile device includes a housing sized to receive the mobile device. The housing defines a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion includes an interior wall. The mobile device is spaced a distance from the interior wall of the corner portions when disposed within the housing. The housing includes a plurality of protrusions disposed along at least a portion of the interior wall, the protrusions are operable to space the mobile device a distance away from the interior wall.
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1. A case sized to receive a mobile device, the case comprising:
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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, each corner portion having an interior wall and including at least one tab, each tab is sized to engage a corresponding groove on the second portion to removeably mate the first portion to the second portion; a plurality of protrusions affixed to the side wall and spaced a distance away from each other and disposed along at least a portion of the side wall of the first portion, the plurality of protrusions and being configured to space the mobile device a distance away from the interior wall of the plurality of corner portions when the mobile device is received within the first portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 10, 14, 15)
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9. A mobile device case sized to receive a mobile device, the mobile device case comprising:
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a first portion; and a second portion, the second portion being matable to and separable from the first portion; the first portion including; a side wall defining an interior; a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion defining a deformation region within a portion of the interior of the side wall; a plurality of protrusions disposed along at least a portion of the interior of the side wall, the protrusions being affixed to the side wall and configured to space the mobile device a distance away from the side wall when the mobile device is retained within the first portion;
the mobile device being retainable outside the deformation region when disposed within the first portion; andthe first portion defines the deformation region within each of the corner portions. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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16. A mobile device case sized to receive a mobile device, the case comprising:
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a first portion having a side wall; a second portion separable from the first portion; the first portion including; a plurality of corner portions, each corner portion defining a deformation region within the interior of the side wall;
each corner portion having an interior wall and including at least one tab, each tab is sized to engage a corresponding groove on the second portion to removeably mate the first portion to the second portion; anda plurality of substantially rigid protrusions affixed to the side wall and spacing the mobile device a distance from the deformation region when the mobile device is disposed within the first portion.
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