# US 11,029,726 B2 · Case for portable electronic computing device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,029,726 B2 - Document ID: US11029726B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/075,469 - Filed: 2020-10-20 - Published: 2021-05-06 - Granted: 2021-06-08 - Earliest claimed: 2019-10-30 - Assignees: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. - Applicants: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. - Inventors: Megan Elizabeth Zumel Manzano; Michael Cooper Ferren; Jaimie Emerald Chan; Brian Lewis Piper - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11029726B2 ## CPC - G06F 1/1628: {Enclosures for carrying portable computers with peripheral devices, e.g. cases for a laptop and a printer} - G06F 1/1616: {with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position} - G06F 1/1656: {Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories (mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203)} - G06F 1/1603: {Arrangements to protect the display from incident light, e.g. hoods} - G06F 2200/1633: Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to an apparatus including a traylike structure including one or more apertures being positioned along one or more of a first wall portion, a second wall portion, a third wall portion, and a fourth wall portion; and a flangelike structure including one or more protrusions being positioned to extend from one or more of a first lower interior surface of a first elongated member, a second lower interior surface of a second elongated member, and a third lower interior surface of the third elongated member to engage with the one or more apertures of the traylike structure thereby coupling the flangelike structure with the traylike structure. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A case for an electronic laptop computing device, the device having a display assembly with a first side and keyboard assembly with a first side hingedly coupled by a hinge with the first side of the display assembly, an obstructed portion of the first side of display assembly being obstructed from view by the hinge and a second portion of the first side of the display assembly being unobstructed from view by the hinge, a first portion of the first side of keyboard assembly being obstructed from view by the hinge and a second portion of the first side of the keyboard assembly being unobstructed from view by the hinge, a first portion of the case comprising: (I) a first frame portion including (A) a first side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iv) an end portion being positioned on one or more of the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion, and (v) one or more first connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a first channel, (B) a second side portion extending substantially perpendicular from the first side portion, the second side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a second channel, and (C) a third side portion being substantially perpendicular to the second side portion, the third side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion without a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion and the first wall portion, and (iv) one or more second connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, and the first wall portion structurally arranged to form a third channel having an L-shaped cross-sectional shape to allow for coupling of the third channel with the second portion of the first side of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device without the coupling being hindered by the hinge, and (II) a second frame portion including (A) a first side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iv) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion, and (v) one or more first connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a first channel, (B) a second side portion extending substantially perpendicular from the first side portion, the second side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a second channel, and (C) a third side portion being substantially perpendicular to the second side portion, the third side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion without a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion and the first wall portion, and (iv) one or more second connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, and the first wall portion structurally arranged to form a third channel having an L-shaped cross-sectional shape to allow for coupling of the third channel with the second portion of the first side of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device without the coupling being hindered by the hinge, wherein the one or more first connectors of the first frame portion positioned to engage with the one or more first connectors of the second frame portion as the first frame portion is coupled with the second frame portion, wherein the one or more second connectors of the first frame portion positioned to engage with the one or more second connectors of the second frame portion as the first frame portion is coupled with the second frame portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the first frame portion is of a one-piece molded construction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the first channel, the second channel, and the third channel of the second frame portion are sized to receive the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the first channel, the second channel, and the third channel of the first frame portion are sized to receive the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the one or more first connectors of the first frame portion are tongue portions of one or more tongue-and-groove connectors and the one or more first connectors of the second frame portion are one or more groove portions of the one or more tongue-and-groove connectors. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The case of claim 1 wherein the one or more second connectors of the first frame portion are one or more magnets and the one or more second connectors of the second frame portion are one or more magnets. ### Claim 7 A case for an electronic laptop computing device, the electronic laptop computing device having a display assembly with a first side and keyboard assembly with a first side hingedly coupled by a hinge with the first side of the display assembly, the case comprising: (I) a first frame portion including (A) a first side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iv) an end portion being positioned on one or more of the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion, and (v) one or more first connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, (B) a second side portion extending substantially perpendicular from the first side portion, the second side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (C) a third side portion being substantially perpendicular to the second side portion, the third side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion without a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion and the first wall portion, and (iv) one or more second connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the third side portion having an L-shaped cross-sectional shape to allow for coupling with the first side of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device without the coupling being hindered by the hinge. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The case of claim 7 wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally form a first channel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The case of claim 8 wherein the base wall portion of the second side portion, the first wall portion of the second side portion, and the second wall portion of the second side portion structurally form a second channel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The case of claim 9 wherein the base wall portion of the third side portion, and the first wall portion of the third side portion structurally form a third channel having the L-shaped cross-sectional shape to allow for coupling with an unobstructed portion of the first side of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device without the coupling being hindered by the hinge being coupled to an obstructed portion of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device. ### Claim 11 A case for an electronic laptop computing device, the electronic laptop computing device having a display assembly with a first side and keyboard assembly with a first side hingedly coupled by a hinge with the first side of the display assembly, the hinge having a longitudinal dimension, the case comprising: (I) a first frame portion including (A) a first side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iv) an end portion being positioned on one or more of the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion, and (v) one or more first connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a first channel, and (B) a third side portion being substantially perpendicular to the second side portion, the third side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion and the first wall portion, and (iv) one or more second connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, and the first wall portion structurally arranged to form a third channel shaped to slidably engage with a portion of the first side of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device in a direction along the longitudinal dimension of the hinge, and (II) a second frame portion including (A) a first side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iv) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion, and (v) one or more first connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a first channel, and (B) a third side portion being substantially perpendicular to the second side portion, the third side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, (iii) an end portion positioned on one or more of the base wall portion and the first wall portion, and (iv) one or more second connectors positioned adjacent to the end portion, wherein the base wall portion, and the first wall portion structurally arranged to form a third channel shaped to slidably engage with a portion of the first side of the display assembly of the electronic laptop computing device in a direction along the longitudinal dimension of the hinge. ### Claim 12 The case for 11, wherein the first frame portion further includes: (C) a second side portion extending substantially perpendicular from the first side portion, the second side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a second channel, and wherein the second frame portion further includes: (C) a second side portion extending substantially perpendicular from the first side portion, the second side portion including (i) a base wall portion, (ii) a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, and (iii) a second well portion extending substantially perpendicular from the base wall portion, wherein the base wall portion, the first wall portion, and the second wall portion structurally arranged to form a second channel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The case of claim 12 wherein the one or more first connectors of the first frame portion positioned to engage with the one or more first connectors of the second frame portion as the first frame portion is coupled with the second frame portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The case of claim 13 wherein the one or more first connectors of the first frame portion are tongue portions of one or more tongue-and-groove connectors and the one or more first connectors of the second frame portion are one or more groove portions of the one or more tongue-and-groove connectors. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The case of claim 12 wherein the one or more second connectors of the first frame portion positioned to engage with the one or more second connectors of the second frame portion as the first frame portion is coupled with the second frame portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The case of claim 15 wherein the one or more second connectors of the first frame portion are one or more magnets and the one or more second connectors of the second frame portion are one or more magnets.