Carrying case with stand
AssigneeOtter Products, LLC
InventorsJonathan B. Rayeski, Cameron D. Magness
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Abstract
A carrying case for use with a game controller and a smartphone includes a top portion, a bottom portion, a handle, and a stand. The top portion and the bottom portion have an opened position for accessing the internal storage volume and a closed position for storing the game controller in the internal storage volume. The handle is attached to at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion for carrying the carrying case. The stand is integrated into a top surface of the top portion of the carrying case. The stand has a stowed position in which the stand is substantially flat and is extendable up from the stowed position to a use position for holding the smartphone at a preferred viewing angle on the top surface of the carrying case.
Claims16
A carrying case for use with a game controller and a smartphone, the carrying case comprising:
- a top portion;
- a bottom portion configured to engage the top portion to form an internal storage volume configured for receiving the game controller, wherein the top portion and the bottom portion have an opened position for accessing the internal storage volume and a closed position for closing the internal storage volume and storing the game controller in the internal storage volume;
- a handle attached to at least one of the top portion and the bottom portion, the handle configured for carrying the carrying case;
- and
- a stand integrated into a top surface of the top portion, wherein the stand has a stowed position in which the stand is flat on the top surface, wherein the stand is selectively extendable up from the stowed position to a use position configured for holding the smartphone on the top surface of the top portion at a preferred viewing angle relative to the top surface of the top portion of the carrying case, wherein the stand comprises three hingedly attached rigid panels, wherein the first rigid panel is attached to a first edge of the second rigid panel with a first living hinge and the third rigid panel is attached to a second edge of the second rigid panel with a second living hinge, wherein the first edge is opposite the second edge, and wherein the first rigid panel is hingedly attached to the top portion of the carrying case and the third rigid panel is also hingedly attached to the top portion of the carrying case.
A carrying case adapted for use with a gaming controller and a smartphone, the carrying case comprising:
- a body having an internal storage volume adapted for receiving the gaming controller, wherein the body has an opened position for accessing the internal storage volume and a closed position for storing the gaming controller in the internal storage volume;
- a handle attached to the body, the handle adapted for carrying the carrying case;
- and
- a stand integrated into a top surface of the body, wherein the stand has a stowed position in which a magnet temporarily holds the stand in a position flat on the top surface of the body, wherein the stand is alternately extendable up from the stowed position to a use position adapted for holding the smartphone on the top surface of the body at a viewing angle between 30 degrees and 80 degrees relative to the top surface of the body of the carrying case, wherein the stand comprises three hingedly attached rigid panels, wherein the first rigid panel is attached to a first edge of the second rigid panel with a first living hinge and the third rigid panel is attached to a second edge of the second rigid panel with a second living hinge, wherein the first edge is opposite the second edge, and wherein the first rigid panel is hingedly attached to body of the carrying case and the third rigid panel is also hingedly attached to the body of the carrying case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.