# US 11,079,798 B1 · 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 11,079,798 B1 - Document ID: US11079798B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/128,823 - Filed: 2020-12-21 - Granted: 2021-08-03 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-21 - Assignees: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. - Applicants: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc. - Inventors: Megan Elizabeth Zumel Manzano; Michael Cooper Ferren; Brian Lewis Piper - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11079798B1 ## CPC - A45C 11/00: Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups A45C1/00-A45C9/00 (specially adapted for toiletry or cosmetic equipment A45D29/20, A45D44/18; travelling sewing kits A45F3/48) - G06F 1/1628: {Enclosures for carrying portable computers with peripheral devices, e.g. cases for a laptop and a printer} - A45C 11/003: {for storing portable computing devices, e.g. laptops, tablets or calculators} - 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)} - A45C 2013/025: {for holding portable computers or accessories therefor} - 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} - A45C: PURSES; LUGGAGE; HAND CARRIED BAGS - 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 laptop case assembly for a laptop, the laptop case assembly includes a display case portion including a base portion, and at least one pad portion, the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to at least one surface portion of the base portion, the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves, a keyboard case portion including a base portion, and at least one pad portion, the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to the at least one surface portion of the base portion, and the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A laptop case assembly for a laptop, the laptop including a laptop display and a laptop keyboard, the laptop case assembly comprising: (I) a display case portion including a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a base portion, and at least one pad portion, (A) the base portion including at least one surface portion, (B) the base portion being circumferentially bound by the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side, (C) the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to the at least one surface portion of the base portion, (D) the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves, (i) at least one of the plurality of ridges being contiguously adjacent to at least one of the plurality of grooves; and (II) a keyboard case portion including a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a base portion, and at least one pad portion, (A) the base portion including at least one surface portion, (B) the base portion being circumferentially bound by the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side, (C) the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to the at least one surface portion of the base portion, (D) the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves, (i) at least one of the plurality of ridges being contiguously adjacent to at least one of the plurality of grooves, wherein the base portion of the display case portion includes at least one depressed portion proximate to the at least one pad portion and the base portion of the keyboard case portion includes at least one depressed portion proximate to the at least one pad portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the first side of the at least one display case portion, and wherein the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion being proximate to the first side of the at least one keyboard case portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein a first plurality of the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the first side of the at least one display case portion, a second plurality of the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the second side of the at least one display case portion, and wherein a first plurality of the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion being proximate to the first side of the at least one keyboard case portion, a second plurality of the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the second side of the at least one display case portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the first side and the second side of the display case portion demarcate a first corner area, at least one of the at least one pad portion positioned in the first corner area of the display case portion, and wherein the first side and the second side of the at least one keyboard case portion demarcate a first corner area, at least one of the at least one pad portion positioned in the first corner area of the keyboard case portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the base portion of the display case portion includes at least one angled portion, the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to at least one surface portion of the at least one angled portion, and the base portion of the keyboard case portion includes at least one angled portion, the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to at least one surface portion of the at least one angled portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion including an elongated longitudinal dimension extending perpendicularly from the first side of the at least one display case portion, and wherein the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion including an elongated longitudinal dimension extending perpendicularly from the first side of the at least one keyboard case portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion comprises a silicone material and wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion comprises a silicone material. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion comprises a polyurethane material and wherein the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion comprises a polyurethane material. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion comprises an elastomeric material and wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion comprises an elastomeric material. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the base portion and the at least one pad portion of the display case portion are co-molded together and the base portion and the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion are co-molded together. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the base portion and the at least one pad portion of the display case portion are adhesively affixed together and the base portion and the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion are adhesively affixed together. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the first side of the at least one display case portion includes a wall portion, a portion of the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being contiguously adjacent to the wall portion of the first side of the at least one display case portion, and wherein the first side of the at least one keyboard case portion includes a wall portion, a portion of the at least one pad portion of the keyboard case portion being contiguously adjacent to the wall portion of the first side of the at least one keyboard case portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the first side of the at least one display case portion includes a first shelf portion extending over the base portion of the display case portion, and wherein the first side of the at least one keyboard case portion includes a first shelf portion extending over the base portion of the keyboard case portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The laptop case assembly of claim 1, wherein the fourth side of the at least one display case portion includes at least one tab stop, and wherein the fourth side of the at least one keyboard case portion includes at least one tab stop. ### Claim 15 A case assembly for a portable electronic computing device, the portable electronic computing device including a display, the case assembly comprising: (I) a display case portion including a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a base portion, and at least one pad portion, (A) the base portion including at least one surface portion, (B) the base portion being circumferentially bound by the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side, (C) the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to the at least one surface portion of the base portion, (D) the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves, (i) at least one of the plurality of ridges being contiguously adjacent to at least one of the plurality of grooves, wherein the base portion of the display case portion includes at least one depressed portion proximate to the at least one pad portion. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The case assembly of claim 15, wherein the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the first side of the at least one display case portion. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The case assembly of claim 15, wherein a first plurality of the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the first side of the at least one display case portion, and a second plurality of the at least one pad portion of the display case portion being proximate to the second side of the at least one display case portion. ### Claim 18 A case assembly for a portable electronic computing device, the portable electronic computing device including a keyboard, the case assembly comprising: (I) a keyboard case portion including a first side, a second side, a third side, a fourth side, a base portion, and at least one pad portion, (A) the base portion including at least one surface portion, (B) the base portion being circumferentially bound by the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side, (C) the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to the at least one surface portion of the base portion, (D) the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves, (i) at least one of the plurality of ridges being contiguously adjacent to at least one of the plurality of grooves, wherein the base portion of the keyboard case portion includes at least one depressed portion proximate to the at least one pad portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The case assembly of claim 18, wherein the first side and the second side of the at least one keyboard case portion demarcate a first corner area, at least one of the at least one pad portion positioned in the first corner area of the keyboard case portion.