Glass touch screen protector

• US 9,092,195 B1
• Filed: 03/19/2015
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Aevoe International Ltd
• Original Assignee: Aevoe International Ltd
• Inventors: Huang, Cheng-Su
• Primary Examiner(s): O'Hern, Brent
• Application Number:
  US14/663,285
• Time in Patent Office: 131 Days
• Field of Search: 348/173, 348/156
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: B29C 63/0056 Provisional sheathings
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 17/06 comprising glass as the main or only constituent of a layer, next to another layer of a specific material
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2255/00 Coating on the layer surface
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/41 Opaque
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2307/412 Transparent
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2457/20 Displays, e.g. liquid crystal displays, plasma displays
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 2457/208 Touch screens
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 27/30 comprising vinyl (co)polymers; comprising acrylic (co)polymers
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/12 characterised by using adhesives
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 37/18 involving the assembly of discrete sheets or panels only
• CPC Class Codes: B32B 7/12 using interposed adhesives or interposed materials with bonding properties
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1637 Details related to the display arrangement, including those related to the mounting of the display in the housing
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1634 Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2203/04107 Shielding in digitiser, i.e. guard or shielding arrangements, mostly for capacitive touchscreens, e.g. driven shields, driven grounds
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/041 Digitisers, e.g. for touch screens or touch pads, characterised by the transducing means
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 11/025 Door telephones adapted for television H04N7/186
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 3/20 Prevention of damage to cathode-ray tubes in the event of failure of scanning
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

A glass touch screen protector for a portable electronic device having a front face with a touch screen portion and a declining outer perimeter. The touch screen protector can include a glass sheet having front and back sides, an outer perimeter that corresponds to that of the device, and a transparent window portion, as well as and an exposed adhesive for removably mounting the protector upon the front of a portable electronic device. An opaque band can applied to surround the transparent window portion. The touch screen protector can hang over a portion of the declining outer perimeter of the portable electronic device. The touch screen protector can be planar and configured to extend to the outermost edge of a portable electronic device.

Claims

1. A combination comprising:

a portable electronic device with a front face having a touch screen portion and a declining surface portion extending along an outer perimeter of the front face;

touch screen protector mounted on the front face of the portable electronic device, the touch screen protector comprising;

a generally planar sheet having a front side and a back side, an outer perimeter corresponding in shape to the device, and a transparent window portion;

an opaque band applied around the perimeter of the planar sheet, surrounding the transparent window portion;

an adhesive layer applied to the back side of the planar sheet for mounting the touch screen protector on the device; and

wherein the planar sheet is sufficiently stiff such that it cannot generally bend to accommodate the declining surface portion and a portion of the glass touch screen protector hangs over the declining surface portion.

2. The combination of claim 1, wherein the planar sheet is a glass sheet.

3. The combination of claim 2, further comprising an anti-shatter membrane arranged between the glass sheet and the adhesive.

4. The combination claim 1, wherein the adhesive is applied to the transparent window portion.

5. The combination claim 1, wherein the planar sheet extends to the outer edge of the electronic portable electronic device.

6. The combination of claim 1, wherein the opaque band is a paint layer.

7. The combination of claim 1, wherein the adhesive has a strength enabling repeated removal and re-attachment.

8. A system comprising:

a portable electronic device with a front face having a touch screen portion and a declining surface portion extending along an outer perimeter of the front face;

touch screen protector mounted on the front face of the portable electronic device, the touch screen protector comprising;

a planar sheet having a front side and a back side, an outer perimeter corresponding in shape to the device, and a transparent window portion;

an opaque band applied around the perimeter of the planar sheet, surrounding the transparent window portion;

an adhesive layer applied to the back side of the planar sheet for mounting the touch screen protector on the device; and

wherein the planar sheet is sufficiently stiff such that a portion of the glass touch screen protector hangs over the declining surface portion of the front face of the portable electronic device when mounted thereon.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the planar sheet is a glass sheet.

10. The system of claim 8, further comprising an anti-shatter membrane arranged between the glass sheet and the adhesive.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the adhesive is applied to the transparent window portion.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the planar sheet extends to the outer edge of the electronic portable electronic device.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the opaque band is a paint layer.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the adhesive has a strength enabling repeated removal and re-attachment.