Case for a laptop computer
AssigneeTech 21 Licensing Limited
InventorsJason Roberts, Wilhelm Marschall, Benjamin Thorpe
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Abstract
A case for a laptop computer, the case comprising upper and lower shells which are entirely separate from one another. Each shell comprises an outer layer of a first injection moulded polymer and an inner liner of a second injection moulded polymer softer than the first. Each shell defines a cavity having a back surface and upstanding side walls, the cavity being arranged to receive, in use, one half of the laptop computer. The second polymer comprises a plurality of inwardly extending clips which protrude across the cavity from an edge of the side wall furthest from the back surface to, in use, retain the shell on the laptop half.
Claims10
A case for a laptop computer, the case comprising:
- an upper shell and a lower shell, the shells being entirely separate from one another, each shell comprising an outer layer of a first injection moulded polymer and an inner liner of a second injection moulded polymer softer than the first, each shell defining a cavity having a back surface and upstanding side walls,
- the respective cavities adapted to receive, in use, one half of the laptop computer,
- the second polymer comprising a plurality of inwardly extending clips which protrude across the cavity from an edge of the side wall furthest from the back surface to, in use, retain the shell on the laptop half,
- wherein when the laptop is in its closed position, and the upper shell and lower shell receive a respective half of the laptop, and clips from the upper shell do not overlap the clips from the lower shell,
- all clips in the lower shell are offset with respect to all of the clips in the upper shell and
- wherein at least 50% of a total perimeter of the upper shell and the lower shell is occupied by the clips of either the upper shell or the lower shell.
A method of making a case for a laptop computer, the method comprising making upper and lower shells, each shell being formed by injection moulding a first polymer and injection moulding a second polymer softer than the first in order to form the case comprising the upper and lower shell which are entirely separate from one another, each shell defining a cavity having a back surface and upstanding side walls, the respective cavities adapted to receive, in use, one half of the laptop computer, the second polymer comprising a plurality of inwardly extending clips which protrude across the cavity from an edge of the side wall furthest from the back surface to, in use, retain the shell on the laptop half,
- wherein when the laptop is in its closed position, and the upper shell and lower shell receive a respective half of the laptop, and clips from the upper shell do not overlap the clips from the lower shell, and all clips in the lower shell are offset with respect to all of clips in the upper shell and
- wherein at least 50% of a total perimeter of the upper shell and the lower shell is occupied by the clips of either the upper shell or the lower shell.
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