Protective case having modular components

A protective case configured to reversibly receive and retain a tablet computing device, said tablet computing device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls, said case comprising:

• a shell having front and back sides wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons, said shell including a back wall that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back face of the tablet, said back wall including a retention slot;
• a front cover that includes a first region that is configured to cover the front face of the tablet device and a contiguously connected second region that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back wall;
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• a retention tab being connected to an end section of said second region, wherein said retention tab is adapted to being reversibly inserted into said retention slot and reversibly locked into position on the front side of the shell to create an assembled protective case, such that when the assembled case is in a closed position the front cover is configured to extend over and conceal the touchscreen, wherein said retention tab is glued to said end section of the second region of the front cover such that the retention tab may be twisted in one direction over said second region of the front cover into a first low profile position that is configured to pass through the retention slot and twisted in an opposing direction into a second lock position that is configured so as to prohibit passing through the retention slot.

A protective case configured to reversibly receive and retain a tablet computing device, said tablet computing device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls, said case comprising:

• a shell having front and back sides wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons, said shell including a back wall that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back face of the tablet, said back wall including a retention slot;
• a front cover that includes a first region that is configured to cover the front face of the tablet device and a contiguously connected second region that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back wall;
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• a retention tab being connected to an end section of said second region, wherein said retention tab is adapted to being reversibly inserted into said retention slot and reversibly locked into position on the front side of the shell to create an assembled protective case, such that when the assembled case is in a closed position the front cover is configured to extend over and conceal the touchscreen, wherein said retention tab is attached to said end section of the second region of the front cover such that the retention tab may be rotated in one direction over said second region of the front cover into a first low profile position that is configured to pass through the retention slot and rotated in an opposing direction into a second lock position that is configured so as to prohibit passing through the retention slot.