Touch screen protector
First Claim
1. A touch screen protector for a hand held electronic device having a front face that includes a touch screen portion and a non-functional band, the touch screen protector comprising:
- a film having front and back sides, an outer perimeter that corresponds to that of the front face of the device, and a transparent window that corresponds in size to the touch screen portion;
an exposed adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination provided on the back side of the film along the outer perimeter of the film generally surrounding the transparent window, having a thickness sufficient to space the film near but not in contact with the touch screen portion, for removably mounting the protector upon an outer perimeter of the front face to form a space between the transparent window of the film, the adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination and the touch screen portion of the device, andmultiple dots arranged in a prescribed pitch and present on the back side of the film at a density which is sufficiently high to reduce interference patterns when the transparent window of the protector is pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device,wherein the dots extend from the film by a distance that is less than the thickness of the adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination, such that the dots do not contact the touch screen when the electronic device is not in use, and such that the transparent window can be pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device while preventing direct contact of a user'"'"'s fingers with the touch screen portion and reducing visible interference patterns during use.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a touch screen protector for a hand held electronic device having a front face that includes a touch screen portion and a non-functional band. The touch screen protector of the invention comprises a film having front and back sides, an outer perimeter that corresponds to that of the device, and a transparent window; an exposed adhesive or adhesive/spacer provided along the outer perimeter of the film surrounding the transparent window, and multiple dots arranged in a prescribed pitch and present on the back side of the film at a density which is sufficiently high to reduce interference patterns when the transparent window of the protector is pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device.
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16 Claims
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1. A touch screen protector for a hand held electronic device having a front face that includes a touch screen portion and a non-functional band, the touch screen protector comprising:
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a film having front and back sides, an outer perimeter that corresponds to that of the front face of the device, and a transparent window that corresponds in size to the touch screen portion; an exposed adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination provided on the back side of the film along the outer perimeter of the film generally surrounding the transparent window, having a thickness sufficient to space the film near but not in contact with the touch screen portion, for removably mounting the protector upon an outer perimeter of the front face to form a space between the transparent window of the film, the adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination and the touch screen portion of the device, and multiple dots arranged in a prescribed pitch and present on the back side of the film at a density which is sufficiently high to reduce interference patterns when the transparent window of the protector is pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device, wherein the dots extend from the film by a distance that is less than the thickness of the adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination, such that the dots do not contact the touch screen when the electronic device is not in use, and such that the transparent window can be pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device while preventing direct contact of a user'"'"'s fingers with the touch screen portion and reducing visible interference patterns during use. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A method for protecting a touch screen of a hand held electronic device having a front face that includes a touch screen portion and a non-functional outer perimeter, which method comprises:
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providing a touch screen protector comprising; a film having front and back sides, an outer perimeter that corresponds to that of the front face of the device, and a transparent window that corresponds in size to the touch screen portion; an exposed adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination provided on the back side of the film along the outer perimeter of the film generally surrounding the transparent window, having a thickness sufficient to space the film near but not in contact with the touch screen portion, and multiple dots arranged in a prescribed pitch and present on the back side of the film at a density which is sufficiently high to reduce interference patterns when the transparent window of the protector is pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device, wherein the dots extend from the film by a distance that is less than the thickness of the adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination, such that the dots do not contact the touch screen when the electronic device is not in use, and such that the transparent window can be pressed against the touch screen portion for operation of the electronic device while preventing direct contact of a user'"'"'s fingers with the touch screen portion and reducing visible interference patterns during use; and removably mounting the touch screen protector upon the outer perimeter of the front face of the device via the exposed adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination to form a space between the transparent window of the film, the adhesive or adhesive/spacer combination and the touch screen portion of the device, wherein the touch screen is attached without causing bubble formation between the transparent window of the film and the touch screen portion of the device.
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