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US 9,001,502 B1Granted
Device screen protector article
OwnerRandy G. Cowaninventor
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Abstract
An article for protecting a display screen of an electronic device with a display surface. The article may comprise a substrate configured to cover the screen of the device during us of the device, at least a portion of the substrate being substantially transparent to permit viewing of the display surface through the substrate. The substrate may have a perimeter, an outer surface for facing outwardly from the display surface when the substrate is applied to the display surface, and an inner surface for facing toward the display surface when the substrate is applied to the display surface. The article may comprise at least one marking on the substrate.
Claims18
An article for protecting a display screen of an electronic device, the display screen having a display surface, the article comprising:
- a substrate configured to cover the screen of the device during use of the device, at least a portion of the substrate being substantially transparent to permit viewing of the display surface through the substrate, the substrate having a perimeter, an outer surface for facing outwardly from the display surface when the substrate is applied to the display surface, and an inner surface for facing toward the display surface when the substrate is applied to the display surface;
- at least one marking on the substrate such that application of the substrate to the display screen displays the at least one marking on the display screen of the device;
- wherein the substrate is configured to be removably adhered to the display screen of the device to permit peeling removal of the substrate from the screen and thereby remove the at least one marking from display on the display screen and
- wherein the at least one marking is positioned on the inner surface of the substrate applied with an adhering substance such that the marking is removably positioned between the substrate and the display surface and blocks a portion of a changeable image displayed on the display surface when the substrate is adhered to the display screen.
1 more element
An electronic device system comprising:
- an electronic device having a display screen with a display surface, the display screen having a display zone capable of displaying a changeable image and the display screen of the device having a non-display zone incapable of displaying a changeable image, the display zone being illuminable by a source of illumination of the display screen;
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- an article for protecting the display screen, the article comprising:
- a substrate removably applied to the display screen of the device during use of the device, at least a portion of the substrate being substantially transparent to permit viewing of the display surface through the substrate, the substrate having a perimeter, an outer surface for facing outwardly from the display surface when the substrate is applied to the display surface, and an inner surface for facing toward the display surface when the substrate is applied to the display surface, the substrate having a display region covering the display zone of the display screen and a non-display region covering the non-display zone of the display screen;
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- at least one marking on the substrate such that the display screen displays the at least one marking on the display screen of the device;
- wherein the substrate is configured to be removable from the display screen to permit peeling removal of the substrate from the screen and thereby remove the at least one marking from display on the display screen;
- and
- wherein the at least one marking is positioned on the inner surface of the substrate applied with an adhering substance such that the marking is removably positioned between the substrate and the display surface and blocks a portion of a changeable image displayed on the display surface when the substrate is adhered to the display screen.
6 more elements
A method of adding removable decorative matter to an electronic device comprising:
- providing an electronic device having a display screen with a display surface, the display screen having a display zone capable of displaying a changeable image and a non-display zone incapable of displaying a changeable image, the display zone being illuminable by a source of illumination of the display screen;
- obtaining an article including a substrate with at least a portion of the substrate being substantially transparent, the substrate having a display region and a non-display region, the article further including at least one marking on the substrate located in the display region, the at least one marking being positioned on an inner surface of the substrate;
- applying the substrate to the display surface of the display screen such that the display region of the substrate is positioned over the display zone of the display screen and the non-display region of the substrate is positioned over the non-display zone of the display screen and such that the at least one marking is positioned over the display zone of the display screen, the inner surface of the substrate applied with an adhering substance being positioned against the display surface such that the at least one marking is removably positioned between the substrate and the display surface and blocks a portion of a changeable image displayed on the display surface;
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- removing the substrate from the display screen by peeling the substrate from the display surface such that the at least one marking on the inner surface of the substrate is removed from a position over the display zone of the display screen.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.