US 2016/0107416 A1Published application

Protective film for an electronic device

AssigneeOtter Products, LLC

InventorsLewis S. Cohen, Juan Maldonado, Igor Muravyov, Brett G. Webster

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Abstract

A screen protector for a screen of an electronic device is provided. The screen protector may include a protective film, a tab, an adhesive layer, and a backing layer. The protective film may include major surfaces and an edge. The tab may be removable and may extend from the edge of the protective film to form a grab handle for positioning the protective film. The adhesive layer may be on a first major surface of the protective film and include an adhesive having tack sufficient to permit repositioning of the protective film during installation of the protective film onto the screen. The backing layer may cover the adhesive layer to protect the adhesive prior to the installation of the protective film onto of the screen. The backing layer may be removable from the adhesive layer prior to the installation to expose the adhesive to the screen.

Claims20

Dependent claims

A screen protector for protecting a screen of an electronic device, the screen protector comprising:

a protective film including a first major surface, a second major surface opposite the first major surface, and an edge;
a tab extending from the edge of the protective film, the tab sized to form a grab handle for positioning the protective film relative to the screen of the electronic device during installation of the protective film onto the screen of the electronic device, the tab being removable from the protective film after the positioning and the installation of the protective film onto the screen of the electronic device;
an adhesive layer on the first major surface of the protective film, the adhesive layer including an adhesive providing tack sufficient to adhere the first major surface of the protective film to the screen of the electronic device and permitting repositioning of the protective film during the installation of the protective film onto the screen of the electronic device;
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a backing layer covering the adhesive layer to protect the adhesive of the adhesive layer prior to the installation of the protective film onto of the screen of the electronic device, the backing layer removable from the adhesive layer prior to the installation.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 14/976,221Filed 21 Dec 2015
Priority: 12 Mar 2010
Published: 21 Apr 2016
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification34 codes

B32B 37/12
Methods or apparatus for laminating, e.g. by curing or by ultrasonic bonding: characterised by using adhesives
B29C 63/0047
Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor: preventing air-inclusions
B29C 63/02
Lining or sheathing, i.e. applying preformed layers or sheathings of plastics; Apparatus therefor: using sheet or web-like material
B29C 63/08
By folding, winding, bending or the like: by winding helically

Family

Application61/313,363Us provisional application · filed 12 Mar 2010
Application61/316,185Us provisional application · filed 22 Mar 2010
Application61/359,690Us provisional application · filed 29 Jun 2010
Application61/440,708Us provisional application · filed 8 Feb 2011
Application13/044,275Division · filed 9 Mar 2011
Application13/624,499Continuation · filed 21 Sep 2012
Application14/976,221Continuation
Application13/624,499Division
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