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US 11,936,800 B1Granted
Case system for portable electronic device
AssigneePioneer Square Brands, Inc.
InventorsVrushank Deepak Balutkar, Riley Edwin Lynch, Quentin Wade Forbes
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Abstract
A case system includes first and second electrical connector assemblies coupled to an exterior side of a recess of a base of a rear assembly. The recess is couplable to a card reader so that the card reader when in a first position electrically couples to the first electrical connector assembly and when in a second position is oriented 180 degrees from the first position to electrically couple to the second electrical connector assembly. Other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.
Claims19
A case system for a portable electronic device, the case system comprising:
- (I) a front assembly including
- (A) a first side,
- (B) a second side,
- (C) a third side,
- (D) a fourth side, and
- (E) a base extending perpendicular to and extending between the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side,
- wherein at least a portion of the first side extends parallel to at least a portion of the second side,
- wherein at least a portion of the third side extends parallel to at least a portion of the fourth side, and
- wherein at least the portion of the first side extends perpendicular to the at least a portion of the third side;
- (II) a rear assembly coupled to the front assembly, the rear assembly including
- (A) a first side
- (B) a second side,
- (C) a third side,
- (D) a fourth side, and
- (E) a base extending perpendicular to and extending between the first side, the second side, the third side, and the fourth side,
- wherein the base includes an interior side facing the front assembly and an exterior side facing away from the front assembly,
- wherein at least a portion of the first side extends parallel to at least a portion of the second side,
- wherein at least a portion of the third side extends parallel to at least a portion of the fourth side, and
- wherein at least the portion of the first side extends perpendicular to the at least a portion of the third side;
- (III) a first electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly,
- wherein the first electrical connector assembly includes a first plurality of electrical contacts positioned in a spatial arrangement,
- wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts is accessible from the exterior side of the base of the rear assembly,
- wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts includes an electrical contact nearest to the at least a portion of the first side of the rear assembly,
- wherein the electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts nearest to the at least a portion of the first side of the rear assembly is spaced from the at least a portion of the first side of the rear assembly a first distance,
- wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts includes an electrical contact nearest to the at least a portion of the second side of the rear assembly,
- wherein the electrical contact of the first plurality of electrical contacts nearest to the at least a portion of the second side of the rear assembly is spaced from the at least a portion of the second side a second distance;
- and
- (IV) a second electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly,
- wherein the second electrical connector assembly includes a second plurality of electrical contacts positioned in a spatial arrangement,
- wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts is accessible from the exterior side of the base of the rear assembly,
- wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts includes an electrical contact nearest to the at least a portion of the first side of the rear assembly,
- wherein the electrical contact of the second plurality of electrical contacts nearest to the at least a portion of the first side of the rear assembly is spaced from the at least a portion of the first side of the rear assembly a first distance,
- wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts includes an electrical contact nearest to the at least a portion of the second side of the rear assembly,
- wherein the electrical contact of the second plurality of electrical contacts nearest to the at least a portion of the second side of the rear assembly is spaced from the at least a portion of the second side of the rear assembly a second distance,
- wherein in the first distance of the first electrical connector assembly is equal to the first distance of the second electrical connector assembly,
- wherein the second distance of the first electrical connector assembly is equal to the second distance of the second electrical connector assembly, and
- wherein the spatial arrangement of the second electrical connector assembly is a duplicate of the spatial arrangement of the first electrical connector assembly.
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A case system for a portable electronic device, the case system comprising:
- (I) a front assembly;
- (II) a rear assembly coupled to the front assembly, the rear assembly including
- (A) a base including an edge, an interior side facing the front assembly and an exterior side facing away from the front assembly;
- (III) a first electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly,
- wherein the first electrical connector assembly includes a first plurality of electrical contacts positioned in a spatial arrangement, and
- wherein the first plurality of electrical contacts is accessible from the exterior side of the base;
- and
- (IV) a second electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly,
- wherein the second electrical connector assembly includes a second plurality of electrical contacts positioned in a spatial arrangement,
- wherein the second plurality of electrical contacts is accessible from the exterior side of the base,
- wherein the spatial arrangement of the second electrical connector assembly is a duplicate of the spatial arrangement of the first electrical connector assembly, and
- wherein the first electrical connector assembly and the second electrical connector assembly are spaced from the edge of the base a first distance.
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A case system for a portable electronic device, the case system comprising:
- (I) a rear assembly including
- (A) a base including an edge and an exterior side;
- (II) a first electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly and accessible from the exterior side of the base;
- (III) a second electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly and accessible from the exterior side of the base, and
- wherein the first electrical connector assembly and the second electrical connector assembly are spaced from the edge of the base a first distance;
- (IV) a card reader;
- and
- (V) an adapter,
- wherein the adapter is sized and shaped to couple with the card reader,
- wherein the exterior side of the base of the rear assembly includes a recess,
- wherein the adapter is sized and shaped to couple with the recess having a depth,
- wherein the card reader includes a base and at least one slot,
- wherein the adapter includes a base positioned a first elevational distance from the at least one slot of the card reader when the adapter is coupled with the card reader, and
- wherein the depth of the recess of the rear assembly is equal to the first elevational distance.
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A case system for a portable electronic device, the case system comprising:
- (I) a rear assembly including
- (A) a base including an edge and an exterior side;
- (II) a first electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly and accessible from the exterior side of the base;
- (III) a second electrical connector assembly coupled with the base of the rear assembly and accessible from the exterior side of the base, and
- wherein the first electrical connector assembly and the second electrical connector assembly are spaced from the edge of the base a first distance;
- and
- (IV) a card reader couplable to the rear assembly,
- wherein the card reader is electrically coupled with the first electrical connector assembly when the card reader is coupled to the rear assembly in a first position, and
- wherein the card reader is electrically coupled with the second electrical connector assembly when the card reader is coupled to the rear assembly in a second position in which the carder reader is rotationally oriented in the second position 180 degrees from the first position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.