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US 8,985,543 B2Granted
Mobile device case with a spring loaded stand
AssigneeSuperior Communications, Inc.
InventorsGeorge Chen, Mervyn Cheung
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Abstract
An apparatus and/or systems related to a case for a mobile device. A protective case may include a stand portion which slides out to an open position for propping up the mobile device at a predetermined angle for viewing by a user. The stand portion has springs which hold the stand portion in the open position or a closed position. As the user switches the viewing orientation of the mobile device (e.g., by physically rotating the mobile device 90 degrees), the stand portion continues to prop up the mobile device at the predetermined angle.
Claims20
A case for a mobile device comprising:
- a body configured to cover the mobile device and having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, and a back side, the back side having a back surface defining a stand opening;
- a stand receiving portion within the stand opening;
- a pair of parallel tracks defined by the stand receiving portion;
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- a stand configured to hold the mobile device at a viewing angle when the stand is in an open position and configured to retract into the stand opening when the stand is in a closed position, the stand including:
- a sliding plate configured to fit within the stand opening in the closed position and slide within the pair of parallel tracks between the closed position and the open position,
- at least one spring connected to the sliding plate and configured to lock the sliding plate into the closed position and the open position;
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- a pivoting plate configured to fit within the stand opening in the closed position and connected to the sliding plate at a hinge;
- wherein the bottom side of the body and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at the viewing angle in a portrait-style orientation, and the left side or the right side of the body and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at the viewing angle in a landscape-style orientation.
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A case for a mobile device comprising:
- a body configured to cover the mobile device and having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, and a back side, the back side having a back surface defining a stand opening;
- a stand receiving portion within the stand opening;
- a pair of parallel tracks defined by the stand receiving portion;
- a stopper on the stand receiving portion;
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- a stand configured to hold the mobile device at a viewing angle when the stand is in an open position and configured to retract into the stand opening when the stand is in a closed position, the stand including:
- a sliding plate configured to fit within the stand opening in the closed position and within the pair of parallel tracks between the closed position and the open position;
- at least one spring connected to the sliding plate and configured to lock the sliding plate into the closed position and the open position;
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- a pivoting plate configured to fit within the stand opening in the closed position and connected to the sliding plate at a hinge;
- wherein the bottom side of the body and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at the viewing angle in a portrait-style orientation, and the left side or the right side of the body and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at the viewing angle in a landscape-style orientation.
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A case for a mobile device comprising:
- a body configured to cover the mobile device and having a top side, a bottom side, a left side, a right side, and a back side, the back side having a back surface defining a stand opening;
- a pair of parallel tracks defined by the stand receiving portion;
- a pair of closing notches defined by the stand receiving portion;
- a pair of engaging notches defined by the stand receiving portion;
- a stopper on the stand receiving portion;
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- a stand configured to hold the mobile device at a viewing angle when the stand is in an open position and configured to retract into the stand opening when the stand is in a closed position, the stand including:
- a sliding plate configured to fit within the stand opening in the closed position;
- a pair of springs protruding from the sliding plate, free to pivot against the sliding plate and configured to slide along the pair of parallel tracks between the closed position and the open position, the sliding plate locked into the closed position when the pair of springs engages the pair of closing notches, and the sliding plate locked into the open position when the pair of springs engages the pair of engaging notches;
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- a pivoting plate configured to fit within the stand opening in the closed position, the pivoting plate connected to the sliding plate at a hinge;
- wherein the bottom side of the body and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at the viewing angle in a portrait-style orientation, and the left side or the right side of the body and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at the viewing angle in a landscape-style orientation.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.