Modular accessory for protective case enclosing touch screen device
AssigneeOtter Products, LLC
InventorsCurtis R. Richardson, Douglas A. Kempel, Jamie L. Johnson
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Abstract
A protective enclosure for an electronic device that has a protective shell that is capable of enclosing and substantially surrounding the touch screen device in a substantially watertight, substantially rigid and substantially crush-resistant manner. Modular units can be releasably connected in a rigid manner to the protective enclosure to form an integrated unitary device that is substantially crush-resistant and watertight unit. The modular units can be interchangeable and connect to the protective case using the same format.
Claims11
A method of interchangeably attaching a plurality of different modular units to a protective case for an electronic device comprising:
- providing said plurality of different modular units that are capable of performing different functions when connected to said electronic device;
- covering said modular units with a modular unit protective housing that is substantially waterproof and substantially crush proof;
- providing a modular unit connector on said modular unit protective housing that is the same for said plurality of different modular units;
- providing an electronic device protective case connector on said protective case that interconnects with said modular unit connector and provides a sturdy, rigid connection;
- connecting a first modular unit, that performs a first function when connected to said electronic device, to said electronic device protective case using a latch so that said first modular unit and said protective case form a single, integrated, rigid unit;
- separating said first modular unit from said electronic device protective case by unlatching said latch;
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- connecting a second modular unit, that performs a second function when connected to said electronic device, to said protective case using said latch so that said first modular unit and said electronic device protective case form a single, integrated rigid unit.
A two piece integrated protective housing comprising:
- a plurality of modular unit protective cases that house a plurality of modular units that perform different functions, said modular unit protective cases being substantially waterproof and substantially crushproof;
- a modular unit protective case connector disposed on said plurality of modular unit protective cases that is substantially the same for all of said plurality of modular unit protective cases;
- an electronic device protective case that houses an electronic device and that is substantially waterproof and substantially crushproof;
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- an electronic device protective case connector disposed in said electronic device protective case that latches to said modular unit connector to provide a rigid, sturdy connection between said modular unit protective case.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.