Protective case of mobile terminal

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9307062-B2
Application number	US-201213493093-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2012
Priority date	Jun 15, 2011
Publication date	Apr 5, 2016
Grant date	Apr 5, 2016

Abstract

A protective case of a mobile includes: a main body having a size and shape adapted to receive a mobile terminal; a first connecting unit provided at a side of the main body; a cover connected to the main body by the first connecting unit and pivotable to a front side and a rear side of the main body about the first connecting unit; a second connecting unit provided at a side of the cover; and a support connected to the cover by the second connecting unit and pivotable to a front side and a rear side of the cover about the second connecting unit.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A protective case of a mobile terminal comprising:
a main body having a front side adapted to receive a mobile terminal, and a rear side opposite the front side;
a first connecting unit provided at a side of the main body;
a cover connected to the main body by the first connecting unit, the first connecting unit pivotable to allow rotation of the cover about the first connecting unit;
a second connecting unit provided at a side of the cover; and
a support connected to the cover by the second connecting unit, the second connecting unit pivotable to a front side and a rear side of the cover allowing rotation of the support about the second connecting unit, the support further including a preset radius of curvature, and connected to the second connecting unit;
a first slide-prevention unit formed on a front surface of the pivotable second connecting unit and a second slide-prevention unit formed on a rear surface of the pivotable second connecting unit,
wherein when the cover covers the front side of the main body, the support connected to the cover is disposed on the rear side of the main body, and
wherein the rear side of the main body further includes a third slide-prevention unit, and the second slide-prevention unit is at least partially enclosed by the support and the cover when the cover is rotated about the main body by the first connecting unit to stand the mobile terminal.

2. The protective case of claim 1 , wherein the main body comprises:
a plate portion having on its front side an area of similar shape to an area of the mobile terminal to be received thereon;
corner guards extended from respective corners of the plate portion to encase respective corners of the mobile terminal to be received; and
fringe guards extended upward, by a preset height, from at least one of a plurality of edge regions of the front side of the plate portion.

3. The protective case of claim 2 , further comprising:
a fluff layer formed on the front side of the plate portion; and
a fixing unit fixing the first connecting unit to the edge of the plate portion.

4. The protective case of claim 3 , further comprising a camera hole penetrating a side of the fixing unit to expose a lens of a camera of the mobile terminal to be received on the plate portion of the main body.

5. The protective case of claim 1 , wherein the cover comprises:
a plate member made of a material sufficiently hard to provide protection to a portable terminal when received on the main body;
an upper skin portion provided on the front side of the plate member; and
a lower skin portion provided on the rear side of the plate member.

6. The protective case of claim 5 , wherein the first connecting unit is formed by extending the upper skin portion and the lower skin portion from the plate member and bonding the upper and lower skin portions together and to the main body.

7. The protective case of claim 5 , wherein the second connecting unit is made by extending the upper skin portion and the lower skin portion from the plate member and bonding the upper and lower skin portions together and to the support.

8. The protective case of claim 5 , wherein the support comprises:
a supporting plate made of a material sufficiently hard to provide protection to a portable terminal when received in the main body;
a curved portion connected to the supporting plate and having the preset radius of curvature; and
skin portions covering front and rear sides of the supporting plate and the curved portion.

9. The protective case of claim 8 , wherein the skin portions of the supporting plate are connected to the second connecting unit and the upper and lower skin portion of the cover, respectively.

10. The protective case of claim 8 , wherein the skin portions of the supporting plate are made of non-slip polyurethane.

11. The protective case of claim 8 , wherein the main body further comprises a first magnetic member provided at a side thereof.

12. The protective case of claim 11 , further comprising:
a hole formed at a side of the supporting plate; and
a second magnetic member having a substantially same height as that of the hole in the supporting plate, disposed in the hole, and coming in contact with and temporally fixing to a side of the main body on which the first magnetic member is disposed.

13. The protective case of claim 5 , further comprising an earphone jack hole penetrating the front and rear sides of at least one of the cover and the first connecting unit to expose an earphone jack of the mobile terminal to be received on the plate member of the main body.

14. The protective case of claim 1 , further comprising at least one locking step formed on a rear side of the main body and disposed at a point inwards from a terminal edge of the main body for coupling the support to the rear side of the main body.

15. The protective case of claim 14 , wherein when the cover is rotated about the main body by the first connecting unit to angle the mobile terminal relative to a surface and supported on the cover, the support is pivoted about the second connecting unit to engage the support with the at least one locking step according to the preset radius of curvature.

16. The protective case of claim 1 , wherein the cover connected to the first connecting unit pivots to the rear side of the main body by a preset angle about the first connecting unit such that an edge opposite to the first connecting unit comes in contact with a surface on which the protective case is disposed;
wherein the support is connected to the cover such that an edge of the cover comes in contact with the surface and at least some region of the support comes in contact with the surface;
wherein the second connecting unit connecting the cover to the support comes in contact with the surface when one of the cover and the support comes in contact with the surface; and
wherein the main body has a second supported state where the edge of the main body comes in contact with the surface and is spaced apart from the cover by various angles about the first connecting unit.

17. The protective case of claim 16 , wherein the main body comprises a third slide-prevention unit provided at a side contacting with the surface to prevent the main body from sliding along the surface.

18. The protective case of claim 17 , wherein when the support is rotated about the second connecting unit to extend towards the rear side of the main body, the second slide prevention unit is exposed to a surface to stabilize the protective case and the third slide prevention unit is at least partially enclosed by the support and the cover.

19. A protective case for a mobile terminal comprising:
a main body having a front side adapted to receive a mobile terminal and having a rear side opposite the front side, the rear side including at least one first slide prevention unit;
a first connecting unit provided at a distal end of the main body;
a cover connected to the main body by the first connecting unit, the first connecting unit pivotable to allow rotation of the cover about the first connecting unit relative to the main body; and
a second connecting unit provided at a distal end of the cover including at least a second slide prevention unit on a first surface of the second connecting unit, and a third slide prevention unit on a second surface of the second connecting unit; and
a support connected to the cover by the second connecting unit, the second connecting unit pivotable to allow rotation of the support about the

Assignees

• Kim Yoon Young
• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yoon Young

Classifications

• G06F2200/1633

  Protecting arrangement for the entire housing of the computer · CPC title

• F16M11/10

  around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16M13/00

  Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} · CPC title

• H04M1/04 Primary

  Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers · CPC title

• G06F1/1626

  with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs] · CPC title