IP Library Granted Patent US 10,216,222
Granted Patent B2
US 10,216,222 · App. 15/647,521 · Granted Feb 26, 2019

Portable electronic device case

Inventors: Timothy John Fenton (Mercer Island, WA); Gary Allen Ashley (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
G06F1/1616A45F5/00G06F1/1613G06F1/00G06F2200/1633
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Patent No.
US 10,216,222
App. No.
15/647,521
Granted
Feb 26, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to: a keyboard case portion including a first base portion and one or more first flaps so positioned with one or more first gaps between the first base portion and the one or more first flaps. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims (15)

1. A portable electronic device case comprising:

a keyboard case portion including a first base portion having a periphery including a first side, a second side, and a third side, the first side and the third side being substantially parallel with each other, the first side and second side being substantially perpendicular to each other;

a first wall portion extending substantially perpendicular from the first base portion along the first side of the first base portion;

a first flap of a semirigid material having an unflexed state of the first flap and a flexed state of the first flap, the first flap in the unflexed state extending from the first wall portion a first length along a first dimension perpendicular to the first wall portion outwardly over the first base portion so positioned with a first gap between the first base portion and the first flap, the first flap in the flexed state extending from the first wall portion a second length along the first dimension wherein the second length is less than the first length; and

a display case portion hingedly coupled to the keyboard case portion, the display case portion including a second base portion and one or more second flaps so positioned with one or more second gaps between the second base portion and the one or more second flaps.

2. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the one or more second flaps are semi-rigid material.

3. The portable electronic device case of claim 2 wherein the semi-rigid material is thermoplastic material.

4. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first base portion includes one or more indents.

5. The portable electronic device case of claim 4 wherein the one or more indents are sized and shaped to receive one or more feet of a laptop.

6. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first gap is sized to receive one or more portions of a laptop keyboard assembly.

7. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first gap is sized to slidably engage one or more portions of a laptop keyboard assembly.

8. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the one or more second gaps are sized to receive one or more portions of a laptop display assembly.

9. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the one or more second gaps are sized to slidably engage one or more portions of a laptop display assembly.

10. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the keyboard case portion further comprising a third wall portion extending from the third side of the first base portion periphery, and a third flap extending from the third wall portion, the third flap of semi-rigid material having an unflexed state and a flexed state.

11. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the second base portion has a periphery and wherein the display case portion further comprising one or more second wall portions extending from one or more portions of the second base portion periphery, the one or more second flaps extending from the one or more second wall portions to form the one or more second gaps between the one or more second flaps and the second base portion.

Assignments (11)
MERGER Recorded Mar 17, 2022
From: TECHSHELL, INC.
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 059289/0811 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
To: U.S. BANK NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT
Reel/Frame 058601/0168 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058510/0053 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2021
From: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 058510/0059 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 27, 2020
From: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
To: TECHSHELL, INC.
Reel/Frame 051952/0303 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2020
From: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 051781/0121 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2018
From: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.
Reel/Frame 045823/0938 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 23, 2017
From: FENTON, TIMOTHY JOHN
To: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 044474/0970 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 23, 2017
From: ASHLEY, GARY ALLEN
To: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 044474/0967 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2017
From: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
To: GLADSTONE INVESTMENT CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 043804/0664 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2017
From: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 043524/0662 →
Continuity (1)
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