Portable electronic device case

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10698452-B2
Application number	US-201715647808-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 12, 2017
Priority date	Jul 12, 2017
Publication date	Jun 30, 2020
Grant date	Jun 30, 2020

Abstract

Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to: a housing sized to receive a tablet shaped electronic device, the housing including a recessed back; and a stand assembly movably coupled to the housing for adjustment of the stand assembly between one or more open dispositions and a closed disposition having a collapsed configuration, the recessed back sized to receive the stand assembly in the collapsed configuration. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A portable electronic device case comprising:
a housing sized to receive a tablet shaped electronic device, the housing including a recessed back; and
a stand assembly movably coupled to the housing for adjustment of the stand assembly between one or more open dispositions and a closed disposition having a collapsed configuration, the recessed back sized to receive the stand assembly in the collapsed configuration,
the stand assembly rotatably coupled to the housing,
the stand assembly including a first member and a second member,
the first member being rotatably coupled to the second member, the first member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the second member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end,
the first member including a first portion and a second portion with a gap sized for the second member to extend therebetween, and
the housing including opposite sided first and second edges, in at least one of the open dispositions, in a first orientation, the entire second end of the first member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the first member that are adjacent to the second member, the entire second end of the second member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the second member that are adjacent to the first member, in the first orientation, the second end only of the first member, the second end only of the second member, and a first edge of the housing being positioned to concurrently contact a horizontal support surface.

2. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the recess back includes one or more catches and wherein the first member includes one or more pegs to detachably engage with the one or more catches.

3. The portable electronic device case of claim 2 wherein the one or more catches include one or more pairs of oppositely facing first and second catches that are positioned to simultaneously engage the one or more pegs.

4. The portable electronic device case of claim 3 wherein the first and second catches are oppositely facing and longitudinally spaced along one of the one or more pegs when detachably engaged therewith.

5. The portable electronic device case of claim 2 wherein the recessed back includes one or more tracks and wherein the first member includes one or more pegs to slidably engage with the one or more tracks.

6. The portable electronic device case of claim 5 wherein the second member is rotatably coupled to a shaft extending between the first portion and second portion of the first member.

7. The portable electronic device case of claim 6 wherein the second member includes a rod having first and second ends being rotatably coupled to the recess back.

8. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first member has a cutout portion and wherein the second member has a tapered edge, the cutout portion being adjacent the tapered edge in the collapsed configuration of the stand assembly.

9. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first member includes one or more nubs on opposite sides of the first member and wherein the recessed back includes one or more catches, the one or more nubs positioned to seat in one or more catches of the recessed back when the stand assembly is in the closed configuration.

10. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the housing further includes a bezel to frame a display of the tablet shaped electronic device.

11. A portable electronic device case comprising:
a housing sized to receive a tablet shaped electronic device, the housing including a recessed back; and
a stand assembly including a first member and a second member, the first member and the second member rotatably coupled together, the first member rotatably coupled to the recessed back for adjustment of the stand assembly between one or more open dispositions and a closed disposition having a collapsed configuration, the recessed back sized to receive the stand assembly in the collapsed configuration,
the first member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the second member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the first member including a first distance between the first end and the second end of the first member, the second member including a second distance between the first end and the second end of the second member, the first distance being greater than the second distance,
the first member including a first portion and a second portion with a gap sized for the second member to extend therebetween, and
the housing including opposite sided first and second edges, in one or more open dispositions, in a first orientation, the entire second end of the first member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the first member that are adjacent to the second member, the entire second end of the second member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the second member that are adjacent to the first member.

12. The portable electronic device case of claim 11 wherein the first member includes one or more pegs and wherein the recessed back includes one or more tracks and one or more catches, the one or more pegs configured to slidably engage with the one or more tracks and detachably engage with the one or more catches.

Assignees

• Fairhaven Group Inc
• Pioneer Square Brands Inc

Inventors

• Fenton Timothy John
• Ashley Gary Allen

Classifications

• A45C11/003

  for storing portable computing devices, e.g. laptops, tablets or calculators · CPC title

• A45C2200/15

  Articles convertible into a stand, e.g. for displaying purposes · CPC title

• G06F1/1607

  Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing (G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence) · CPC title

• G06F1/166 Primary

  related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle · CPC title

• A45C2011/003

  Human Necessities · mapped topic