Case for a portable electronic device with hard tactile buttons
AssigneeSpeculative Produce Design, LLC
InventorsArthur Wu, Alex Ringrose
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Abstract
A case for enclosing a personal electronic device is disclosed that has at least one button molded into the case, wherein the button is manufactured from rigid material that may or may not deform when depressed. The case, whether hard or soft, may incorporate the buttons manufactured from a hard material and afford the user the same tactile response as if the user were depressing the underlying buttons on the device. The case may be co-molded with two similar or dissimilar materials. One of the co-molded materials may provide a membrane that allows the button to flex and also secures the buttons to prevent them from being dislodged from or out of the case.
Claims5
A case for enclosing a personal electronic device, comprising:
- a case;
- and
- at least one button molded into the case, wherein the at least one button is manufactured from a rigid material and is co-molded, insert molded, or dual injected with the case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.