Case for enclosing a personal electronic device and a card
View Patent ↗Cases for enclosing a personal electronic device may also enclose one or more cards, such as credit cards, payment cards, coupons, receipts, identification cards, merchandise credit cards, gift cards, or business cards through the use of a retaining system. Exemplary cases may include a flexible inner layer and an exterior hard layer that may be permanently affixed to one another to form two fitted cavities, one for holding the personal electronic device and one for holding inserted cards.
1. A one-piece case for enclosing a personal electronic device and one or more cards comprising a flexible inner layer and an exterior hard layer that is permanently affixed to the flexible inner layer, the one-piece case being sufficiently flexible to deform and thereby accept insertion of the personal electronic device and sufficiently rigid to reform around and securely retain the inserted personal electronic device, wherein:
the flexible inner layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, thereby forming a first fitted cavity and a top surface of an adjacent second fitted cavity, wherein the first fitted cavity is configured to accept and retain the inserted personal electronic device such that the bottom surface of the flexible inner layer covers a bottom surface of the inserted personal electronic device and the side surfaces cover at least a portion of side surfaces of the inserted personal electronic device; and
the exterior hard layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, wherein the bottom and a first portion of the side surfaces of the exterior hard layer form the second fitted cavity and a second portion of the side surfaces of the exterior hard layer substantially cover the side portions the flexible inner layer, wherein the second fitted cavity is configured to accept and retain at least one card and at least one of the first portion of the side surfaces includes an opening via which the card is inserted in the one-piece case.
2. The one-piece case of claim 1 , wherein the second cavity is configured to accept and retain is at least one of a credit card, a payment card, an identification card, a business card, a coupon, a receipt, a merchandise credit card, and a gift card.
3. The one-piece case of claim 1 , wherein the flexible inner layer is manufactured from a material with a coefficient of static friction is sufficient to hold the inserted card in place within the second fitted cavity.
4. The one-piece case of claim 1 , wherein bottom surface of the flexible inner layer includes a retaining feature that extends into the second fitted cavity so as to exert pressure on the inserted card and thereby retain the inserted card in the second fitted cavity.
5. A case for enclosing a personal electronic device and one or more cards inserted therein comprising an exterior hard layer and a flexible inner layer insert that is attached to the exterior hard layer, the case being sufficiently flexible to deform and thereby accept insertion of the personal electronic device and sufficiently rigid to reform around and securely retain the inserted personal electronic device and including a first fitted cavity configured to accept and retain the inserted personal electronic device and a second fitted cavity configured to accept and retain the one or more inserted cards, wherein:
the exterior hard layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, thereby forming side surfaces of the first fitted cavity and a bottom and side surfaces of the second fitted cavity; and
the flexible inner layer insert includes a top surface and two side surfaces joined to the top surface and extending downward therefrom, the flexible inner layer insert being attached to the exterior hard layer so that the two side surfaces of the flexible inner layer insert form the side surfaces of the second fitted cavity and the top surface of the flexible inner layer insert forms the top surface of the second fitted cavity and a bottom surface of the first fitted cavity.
6. The case of claim 5 , wherein the wherein the second cavity is configured to accept and retain at least one of a credit card, a payment card, an identification card, a business card, a coupon, a receipt, a merchandise credit card, and a gift card.
7. The case of claim 5 , wherein the flexible inner layer insert is manufactured from a material with a coefficient of static friction sufficient to hold the inserted card in place within the second fitted cavity.
8. The case of claim 5 , wherein bottom surface of the flexible inner layer insert includes a retaining feature that extends into the second fitted cavity so as to exert pressure on the inserted card and thereby retain the inserted card in the second fitted cavity.