Cantilevered snap fit case
OwnerGreg Adelman, William R. Brennan, Jr. +1inventors
InventorsGreg Adelman, William R. Brennan, Jr., Richard N. Case
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Abstract
A case for holding an electronic device includes a body having a void for holding the electronic device. The void approximately replicates the shape of the electronic device such that a face of the electronic device is not substantially surrounded by the body. The body has tabs configured to contact a portion of the face of the electronic device and hold the electronic device in the void such that it is held in place. The body has a flexible body portion, the flexible body portion defined by a cut in the body, dividing the body into a hinge portion and a main body. The hinge portion is configured to be flexed away from the main body to provide a direction that the electronic device is slidably removed.
Claims18
A case for holding an electronic device, comprising:
- a semi-rigid body having a rear face, a top sidewall, a bottom sidewall, a left sidewall, and a right sidewall, the top, bottom, left, and right sidewalls forming an approximately rectangular shape, the rear face being approximately perpendicular to the top, bottom, left, and right sidewalls and spanning between the top, bottom, left, and right sidewalls, the left and right sidewall having a first and second flexible body portion break, the first flexible body portion break beginning at a first edge of the right sidewall, the first edge distal from the rear face, the first flexible body portion break extending into the rear face through the right sidewall, the second flexible body portion break beginning at a second edge of the left sidewall, the second edge distal from the rear face, the second flexible body portion break extending into the rear face through the left sidewall, the first and second flexible body portion breaks forming a flexible body portion of the semi-rigid body including the top sidewall and having an attachment point that connects the flexible body portion to the semi-rigid body, configured to allow the flexible body portion to flex away from the rear face, and causing the top sidewall to un-align from the approximately rectangular shape;
- wherein the semi-rigid body includes a first, second, and third aperture for receiving an attachment, the first, second, and third apertures located within the rear face, and the semi-rigid body includes a first and second attachment support member, the first attachment support member oriented between the first and second apertures, and the second attachment support member oriented proximate to the third aperture;
- wherein the attachment includes a first and second attachment tab, the first attachment tab configured on the attachment to align with the first and second apertures such that a portion of the first attachment tab fits in the second aperture and is engaged by the first attachment support member, and the second attachment tab is configured on the attachment to align with the third aperture and engage the second attachment support member.
A case for holding an electronic device, the case comprising:
- a body for holding the electronic device including a first, second, and third aperture for receiving an attachment, the first, second, and third apertures located within the rear face, and the body includes a first and second attachment support member, the first attachment support member oriented between the first and second apertures, and the second attachment support member oriented proximate to the third aperture, the attachment including a first and second attachment tab, the first attachment tab configured on the attachment to align with the first and second apertures such that a portion of the first attachment tab fits in the second aperture and is engaged by the first attachment support member, and the second attachment tab is configured on the attachment to align with the third aperture and engage the second attachment support member, wherein the portion of the first attachment tab is wedge-shaped such that, when advanced in the first aperture towards the first attachment tab, the portion wedges under the first attachment tab until it reaches the second aperture.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.