# US 10,310,552 B2 · Protective casing

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- Number: US 10,310,552 B2
- Document ID: US10310552B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/576,792
- Filed: 2016-07-08
- Published: 2018-06-14
- Granted: 2019-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2015-07-13
- Assignees: Power Support Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Power Support Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Katsushi Igarashi; Yasuhiro Soda
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10310552B2

## CPC

- G06F 1/16: Constructional details or arrangements
- G06F 1/1626: {with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]}
- G06F 3/0488: using a touch-screen or digitiser, e.g. input of commands through traced gestures
- H04M 1/0266: {for a display module assembly}
- H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity}
- A45C 11/002: {for storing portable handheld communication devices, e.g. pagers or smart phones}
- A45C 11/003: {for storing portable computing devices, e.g. laptops, tablets or calculators}
- G06F 2200/1634: Integrated protective display lid, e.g. for touch-sensitive display in handheld computer
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)
- A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS

## Abstract

[Problem] Provided is a screen protector that can be easily mounted on a mobile information terminal and is able to favorably maintain the operability of the screen at the touch of the screen while ensuring engagement strength. [Solving Means] A protector configured to be mounted on a front face of a mobile information terminal includes a thin part configured to cover a screen of the mobile information terminal and a pair of thick parts disposed on upper and lower sides of the thin part and having a greater thickness than the thin part. The thin part includes a screen cover configured to cover the screen and a thin engaging part extending from the screen cover toward a side face of the mobile information terminal and configured to engage with the side face. The thick parts each include a thick engaging part connected to the thin engaging part and configured to engage with the side face.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A protector configured to be mounted on a front face of a mobile information terminal, comprising:
a thin part configured to cover a screen of the mobile information terminal; and
a pair of thick parts disposed on upper and lower sides of the thin part and having a greater thickness than the thin part, wherein
the thin part comprises:
a screen cover configured to cover the screen; and
a thin engaging part extending from the screen cover toward a side face of the mobile information terminal and configured to engage with the side face of the mobile information terminal, and
the thick parts each comprise:
a base parallel to the screen cover; and
a thick engaging part disposed so as to extend from the bases toward the side face of the mobile information terminal,
the screen cover and each of the bases of the thick parts are provided on the front face of the mobile information terminal,
the thin engaging part and the thick engaging part are provided on side face of the mobile information terminal,
the thick engaging part is connected to the thin engaging part and configured to engage with the side face of the mobile information terminal,
a cross section of the thin engaging part parallel to a direction and perpendicular to the screen cover is arcuate, the direction is a direction from one side face of the mobile information terminal to the other side face of the mobile information terminal, and
a cross section of the thick engaging part parallel to the direction and perpendicular to the screen cover is arcuate.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein the thin part and the thick parts are connected through a slope.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein the thin engaging part and the thick engaging parts each have a bent surface corresponding to a shape of the side face of the mobile information terminal.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein the screen cover and the thin engaging part have a substantially identical thickness.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein the screen cover and the thin engaging part are 0.2 to 0.4 mm thick.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein the thick engaging parts are 0.5 to 1.0 mm thick.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein each of the bases of the thick parts includes one side and the other side provided with the thick engaging part respectively,
the thin part and each of the thick parts are connected through a slope,
each of the slopes is configured to extend from one of the thick engaging parts provided with the one side of the base to the other of the thick engaging parts provided with the other side of the base through the base.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The protector of claim 1, wherein a vertical width of the thick engaging part is shorter than a vertical width of the base.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The protector of claim 8, wherein a vertical width of the thick engaging part is shorter than a vertical width of the bases.