# US 12,119,860 B2 · Protective cover for portable electronic device

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- Number: US 12,119,860 B2
- Document ID: US12119860B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/549,050
- Filed: 2021-12-13
- Published: 2022-07-21
- Granted: 2024-10-15
- Earliest claimed: 2021-01-18
- Applicants: Kyle T. Nicholson
- Inventors: Kyle T. Nicholson
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12119860B2

## CPC

- H04B 1/3888: Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers
- H04M 1/0202: {Portable telephone sets, e.g. cordless phones, mobile phones or bar type handsets (constructional features of telephone transmitters or receivers, e.g. of speakers or microphones H04M1/03)}
- H04M 1/04: Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
- H04M 1/185: {Improving the shock resistance of the housing, e.g. by increasing the rigidity}
- H04B: TRANSMISSION
- H04M: TELEPHONIC COMMUNICATION (circuits for controlling other apparatus via a telephone cable and not involving telephone switching apparatus G08)

## Abstract

An aftermarket accessory in the form of a protective cover or case for a mobile electronic device. The protective cover includes a planar body and a grip element rigidly extending outwardly therefrom. The grip element includes a plurality of loops adjacently aligned and forming a plurality of finger through holes.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A protective case for a portable electronic device, the case comprises:
a bottom portion, the bottom portion comprises a generally planar body from which a continuous, peripheral sidewall extends integrally upward therefrom, the body includes an interior surface and an outer surface;
a top portion, the top portion is detachably securable to the bottom portion, and wherein the top portion comprises an annular jacket and a window defined through a longitudinal side surface and segment of an outer bottom side surface of the jacket; and
a grip element rigidly extending integrally, perpendicularly along an outer longitudinal side surface and an outer bottom side surface of the continuous, peripheral sidewall of the body, the grip element being received through the window of the top portion.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The case of claim 1, wherein the body of the bottom portion comprises at least one of apertures, button cusps, and cut-outs shaped, sized, and oriented to accommodate features and operational buttons of a commercially-available mobile electronic device in a match-fit, positional manner.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The case of claim 1, wherein the body comprises at least one of apertures, button cusps, and cut-outs shaped, sized, and oriented to accommodate features and operational buttons of a commercially-available mobile electronic device in a match-fit, positional manner.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The case of claim 1, wherein the grip element comprises at least one loop forming a finger through hole.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The case of claim 1, wherein the grip element comprises a plurality of loops adjacently aligned and forming a plurality of finger through holes.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The case of claim 1, wherein the grip element comprises four loops adjacently aligned and forming four finger through holes.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The case of claim 6, wherein the grip element comprises a generally, crescent-shaped configuration.

### Claim 8 (depends on 6)

The case of claim 6, wherein the grip element comprises a brass knuckle designed configuration.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The case of claim 1, wherein the body comprises at least one distal phalanx brace integrally projecting transversely from the outer surface thereof the body.