Protective Case for Portable Electronic Device with Foldable Lens Cover and Storage Compartments

A protective case for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device including a front with a display and a user input, a back with a camera lens and camera components, left and right sides, and top and bottom ends, the protective case comprising:

• a. a front portion for enclosing the front of the portable electronic device, the front portion exposing the display and user input;
• b. a back portion enclosing the back of the portable electronic device, the back portion comprising:
• i. an upper part, the upper part removable and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, a right edge, and a floor, the upper part configured to protect the camera lens and camera components and to allow the lens and camera components to capture unobscured images and sound when removed;
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• ii. a lower part, the lower part forming the remainder of the back portion.
• c. a left side portion and a right side portion for partially enclosing the left side and the right side of the portable electronic device, respectively, the left and right side portions extending between and attaching the front portion to the back portion;
• d. a top end portion and a bottom end portion for partially enclosing the top and bottom ends of the portable electronic device, respectively, the top and bottom end portions extending between and attaching the front portion to the back portion;
• e. a first corner being located at a junction of the top end portion and the right side portion;
• f. a second corner being located at a junction of top end portion and the left side portion;
• g. a third corner being located at a junction of the bottom end portion and the left side portion;
• h. a fourth corner being located at a junction of the bottom end portion and the right side portion;
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• i. at least one storage compartment formed in the back portion of the protective case, the storage compartments at least partially enclosed by a storage compartment cover.

A protective case for a portable electronic device, the portable electronic device including a front with a display and a user input, a back with a camera lens, left and right sides, and top and bottom ends, the protective case comprising:

• a. a front portion for enclosing the front of the portable electronic device, the front portion exposing the display and user input;
• b. a back portion enclosing the back of the portable electronic device, the back portion comprising:
• i. an upper part, the upper part removable and having a top edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, a right edge, and a floor, the upper part configured to protect the camera lens and to allow the lens to capture unobscured images when removed;
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• ii. a lower part, the lower part forming the remainder of the back portion.
• c. a left side portion and a right side portion for partially enclosing the left side and the right side of the portable electronic device, respectively, the left and right side portions extending between and attaching the front portion to the back portion;
• d. a top end portion and a bottom end portion for partially enclosing the top and bottom ends of the portable electronic device, respectively, the top and bottom end portions extending between and attaching the front portion to the back portion;
• e. a first corner being located at a junction of the top end portion and the right side portion;
• f. a second corner being located at a junction of the top end portion and the left side portion;
• g. a third corner being located at a junction of the bottom end portion and the left side portion;
• h. a fourth corner being located at a junction of the bottom end portion and the right side portion;
• i. an corner storage compartment located in at least one of the four corners of the protective case
• j. a removable corner accessory slideably retained in the corner storage compartment, the corner accessory comprising:
• i. a body having a length for receipt with the corner storage compartment;
• ii. a head being attached to an end of the body;
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• iii. the head being shaped and sized to form the corner of the protective case when the corner accessory is slideably retained in the corner storage compartment;
• k. a plurality of rectangular storage compartments formed in the back portion of the protective case, the rectangular storage compartments at least partially enclosed by a hingeably attached storage compartment cover;
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• l. the rectangular storage compartments containing one or more items, the items including, but not limited to, a tool, a tweezers, a toothpick, a lens cleaning cloth, a kickstand, a set of earphones, a telephonic head/speaker set, a flash drive, a laser pointer, a health monitoring item, a medical item, an office product, a cosmetic product, a pharmaceutical product, a candy product, a hygiene product, a spice, a sweetener, a condiment, a cleaning product, a writing instrument, an adhesive product, a mount, a safety product, a first aid product, a survival product, a oral care product, a pair of eye glasses, a battery, a charger, and a cable.