Protective case for portable electronic device
A case for an electronic device includes a rigid layer and a resilient layer. The rigid layer includes a plurality of turned edges. The resilient layer is disposed primarily on a first side of the rigid layer, wherein the resilient layer includes a plurality of enveloping edges that substantially envelop the turned edges.
1. A case for an electronic device comprising:
at least one layer disposed primarily on a first side of the electronic device, wherein the at least one layer comprises a plurality of edges that extend in a direction substantially parallel to at least a second, third, fourth and fifth side of the electronic device;
wherein the at least one layer defines a central opening to expose at least a portion of the first side of the electronic device, and further comprises at least one bridge at least partially spanning the central opening; and
wherein the edges corresponding to the second and fourth sides of the electronic device each have a first height, and the edges corresponding to the third and fifth sides of the electronic device have both a first height and a second height, and wherein the second height is less than the first height.
2. The case of claim 1 , wherein the at least one bridge defines a shape comprising at least one of a straight bar, a curved bar, a curvilinear bar, a substantially circular bar, a wave bar, and an ellipsoidal bar.
3. The case of claim 1 further comprising at least one resilient layer, in addition to the at least one layer, and disposed over the at least one layer.
4. The case of claim 1 , wherein the edges corresponding to the third and fifth sides defines a taper from the first height to the second height.
5. The case of claim 1 , wherein the edges corresponding to the third and fifth sides defines a step from the first height to the second height.
6. The case of claim 1 , wherein the second height less than the first height exposes at least a portion of the third and fifth sides of the electronic device.
7. The case of claim 6 , wherein the second height less than the first height exposes at least a portion of a screen associated with the electronic device.
8. A case for an electronic device, the case comprising:
a first panel having a large, centrally positioned opening and four edge panels to envelope at least a portion of an electronic device;
the four edge panels comprising different heights, wherein a first pair of edge panels comprises a first height substantially similar to the height of the edges of an electronic device, and wherein at least a portion of a second pair of edge panels comprises a second height less than the first height.
9. The case of claim 8 , wherein the second pair of edge panels defines a taper from the first height to the second height.
10. The case of claim 8 , wherein the second pair of edge panels defines a step from the first height to the second height.
11. The case of claim 8 , wherein the difference in height between the second height and the first height exposes at least a portion of the corresponding edges of the electronic device.
12. The case of claim 8 , wherein the difference in height between the second height and the first height exposes at least a portion of a screen associated with the electronic device.
13. The case of claim 8 further comprising at least one resilient layer disposed over at least a portion of the first panel of the case.
14. A case for an electronic device, the case comprising:
a first panel having a large, centrally positioned opening and at least four edge panels;
a first, second, third and fourth corner at each intersection of the at least four edge panels;
at least two of the four edge panels comprising a first height;
the first, second, third and fourth corner comprising a second height substantially equivalent to the first height; and
wherein at least a portion of the other two of the four edge panels comprises a third height less than the first height and the second height.
15. The case of claim 14 , wherein the difference in height along the other two of the four edge panels defines a taper.
16. The case of claim 14 , wherein the difference in height along the other two of the four edge panels defines a step.
17. The case of claim 14 , wherein the third height being less than the first and second height exposes at least a portion of the corresponding sides of the electronic device.
18. The case of claim 14 , wherein the third height being less than the first and second height exposes at least a portion of a screen associated with the electronic device.
19. The case of claim 14 further comprising at least one resilient layer disposed over at least a portion of the first panel of the case.
20. The case of claim 14 further comprising at least one bridge at least partially spanning the centrally positioned opening.