US 11,456,769 B1Granted

Modular customizable ruggedized protective case for mobile device

AssigneeMobileDemand LC

InventorsMatthew D. Miller, Steven R. Kunert

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Abstract

A modular ruggedized protective case for a mobile communications device is disclosed. In embodiments, the protective case includes a flexible (e.g., rubberized) primary housing partially enclosing the mobile device and itself partially surrounded or enclosed by a rigid secondary housing. The secondary housing includes port protectors for concealing or shielding connector ports (e.g., USB, HDMI, AC, other like power/data inputs) of the mobile device. The protective case includes an adapter for a type cover keyboard, e.g., capable of partially covering the display surface of the mobile device when closed and serving as a keyboard or other input device when opened; the type cover adapter attached to a connection port and provides for transmission of control input from the type cover to the mobile device when the mobile device is enclosed in the protective case.

Claims7

Dependent claims

A modular ruggedized protective case for a mobile communications device, comprising:

a primary housing configured to at least partially enclose one or more of an edge of a mobile communications device and a rear face of the mobile communications device, the primary housing fashioned of a flexible material;
a secondary housing configured to at least partially enclose the primary housing, the secondary housing fashioned of a rigid material and including at least one port protector capable of concealing at least one first connector port of the mobile communications device;
and
a device housing hingedly attached to the secondary housing proximate to an edge of the secondary housing, the device housing configured for rotation around a rotational axis parallel to the edge such that the device housing may be rotated to a rearward side of the secondary housing, the device housing configured to at least partially enclose and structurally secure in place a mobile payment terminal device that is configured to be removable from the device housing and wirelessly coupled to the mobile communications device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/325,686Filed 20 May 2021 · division
Priority: 1 Feb 2016
Granted: 27 Sep 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification20 codes

H04B 1/3877
Portable transceivers: arrangements for enabling portable transceivers to be used in a fixed position, e.g. cradles or boosters
H04B 1/3888
Portable transceivers: arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
A45C 11/00
Receptacles for purposes not provided for in groups a45c1/00-a45c9/00
A45C 13/26
Details; Accessories: special adaptations of handles

Family

Application62/289,822Us provisional application · filed 1 Feb 2016
Application15/422,239Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 1 Feb 2017
Application16/029,128Parent of this continuation · filed 6 Jul 2018
US 10,021,237 B1Parent of this continuation-in-part · filed 10 Jul 2018
Application16/511,740Parent of this division · filed 15 Jul 2019
US 10,355,731 B1Parent of this continuation · filed 16 Jul 2019
US 11,031,968 B1Parent of this division
Application16/511,740Parent of this continuation
Application16/029,128Parent of this continuation-in-part
US 11,456,769 B1This patent

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