IP Library Granted Patent US 8,780,535
Granted Patent B2
US 8,780,535 · App. 13/215,878 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Case for enclosing and remaining attached to a tablet-computing device

Inventors: Ryan Hill Mongan (Orange, CA); Bryan Lee Hynecek (Fremont, CA); David John Law (Seattle, WA); Jarret Weis (San Francisco, CA)
Assignee: Speculative Product Design, LLC
A45C11/00G06F2200/1633A45C2200/15A45C2011/003
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Patent No.
US 8,780,535
App. No.
13/215,878
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case for enclosing and remaining attached to a tablet-computing device may include a rigid inner portion and an outer portion attached thereto. The case may be customized to accommodate a particular kind or type of tablet-computing device and may include an aperture aligned within the case to accommodate a feature of the inserted tablet-computing device. The case may be configured to elevate a tablet-computing device to an angled position relative to a planar position and/or maintain the tablet-computing device in the angled position. In some embodiments, the rigid inner portion may be removable from the case.

Claims (9)

1. A case for enclosing and remaining attached to a tablet-computing device comprising: a rigid inner portion shaped to accept and retain the tablet-computing device when inserted therein; and an outer portion attached to the rigid inner portion, the outer portion including a first section and a second section, the first section being attached to and shaped to cover a backside of the rigid inner portion, the second section being shaped to cover the inserted tablet-computing device and connected to the first section via a flexible junction,

wherein the rigid inner portion is attached to the first section via a flexible junction, the second section includes a retaining mechanism, and the rigid inner portion includes an attachment mechanism for attaching to the retaining mechanism thereby elevating the tablet-computing device at an angled position relative to a planar position and maintaining the tablet-computing device at the angled position.

2. The case of claim 1 , wherein thn rigid inner portion includes a cut away portion sized and positioned to accommodate at least one of a user interface and a port included within the inserted tablet-computing device.

3. The case of claim 1 , wherein the rigid inner portion is removably Attached to the outer portion.

4. The case of claim 1 , wherein the outer portion includes a third section connected to the first section via a flexible junction, the third section includes a retaining mechanism and the first section includes an attachment mechanism for attaching to the retaining mechanism thereby elevating the tablet-computing device at an angled position relative to a planar position and maintaining the tablet-computing device at the angled position.

5. The case of claim 1 , wherein a material comprising the outer portion is at least one of plastic, rubber, fabric, leather, cardboard, metal, and some combination thereof.

6. The case of claim 1 , wherein the case is customized to accommodate a particular type of tablet-computing device.

7. The case of claim 1 , wherein the case includes at least one aperture aligned within the case to accommodate a feature of the inserted tablet-computing device.

8. The case of claim 1 , wherein a material comprising the rigid inner portion is at least one of a plastic, a metal, latex, wood, an elastomeric material, a composite, and rubber.

Assignments (9)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2025
From: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
To: TRUIST BANK, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 070944/0494 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 13, 2021
From: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
To: SAMSONITE IP HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
Reel/Frame 057183/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: SAMSONITE IP HOLDINGS S.A R.L.
To: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
Reel/Frame 057650/0455 →
NOTICE OF GRANT OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS Recorded Aug 3, 2021
From: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
To: TRUIST BANK (SUCCESSOR BY MERGER TO SUNTRUST BANK), AS LENDER
Reel/Frame 057651/0433 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 2, 2016
From: SAMSONITE IP HOLDINGS S.À R.L.
To: HSBC BANK USA, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 039548/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 4, 2015
From: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
To: SAMSONITE IP HOLDINGS S.AR.L.
Reel/Frame 034893/0531 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2014
From: SPECK MEZZ, LLC
To: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
Reel/Frame 033035/0842 →
SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Dec 4, 2013
From: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
To: SPECK MEZZ, LLC
Reel/Frame 031765/0105 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2011
From: MONGAN, RYAN HILL; HYNECEK, BRYAN LEE; LAW, DAVID JOHN; WEIS, JARRET
To: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC.
Reel/Frame 026921/0702 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 61401908 · Aug 23, 2010
Related Publication 20120044638A1 · Feb 23, 2012