IP Library Granted Patent US 10,754,375
Granted Patent B2
US 10,754,375 · App. 16/656,379 · Granted Aug 25, 2020

Display cover with webcam cover

Inventor: Geoffrey Howard Wickett (Buckinghamshire, GB)
Assignee: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
G06F1/1607G06F1/1686G06F1/1616G06F2200/1612
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,754,375
App. No.
16/656,379
Granted
Aug 25, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to various embodiments, a display cover of an electronic display includes a cover configured to extend over the electronic display, a webcam aperture extending through the cover and configured to enable a webcam to view through the cover, and a webcam cover to be manipulated between a closed position wherein the webcam cover substantially obstructs the webcam aperture and an open position wherein the webcam cover does not substantially obstruct the webcam aperture.

Claims (15)

1. A display cover for an electronic display, comprising:

a cover configured to extend over the electronic display;

a webcam aperture extending through the cover and configured to enable a webcam to view through the cover;

a railway communicating with and extending horizontally from the webcam aperture; and

a webcam cover configured to be manipulated horizontally between a closed position wherein the webcam cover substantially obstructs the webcam aperture and an open position wherein the webcam cover rests at least partially along the railway and does not substantially obstruct the webcam aperture, the webcam cover comprising,

a sliding tab including,

first and second tab pieces disposed on opposing sides of the cover and coupled to each other through the webcam aperture and the railway wherein the first and second tab piece each includes a rail configured to slide horizontally along the railway.

2. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein the webcam aperture extends vertically more than the railway.

3. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein the webcam aperture extends horizontally less than the railway.

4. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein the first and second tab pieces each include a plurality of rails.

5. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein the first and second tab pieces each include a tab stop configured to limit horizontal movement.

6. The display cover of claim 5 , wherein the tab stop of each tab piece is perpendicular to a corresponding rail.

7. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein sliding tab includes an opaque material.

8. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein the display cover attaches to the electronic display with a magnet.

9. The display cover of claim 1 , wherein the cover is adapted to perform one or more of: protect the display, shift a color of the display, dim the display, polarize the display, provide an anti-glare surface for the display, and provide a privacy screen for the display.

Assignments (4)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2025
From: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC; TARGUS US LLC; HYPER PRODUCTS INC.; TARGUS (CANADA) LTD.; TIGER US HOLDINGS INC.; TARGUS US NEWCO INC.
To: FGI WORLDWIDE LLC
Reel/Frame 072631/0240 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Aug 27, 2025
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC; HYPER PRODUCTS INC.
Reel/Frame 072853/0109 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 20, 2022
From: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC; HYPER PRODUCTS INC
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS AGENT
Reel/Frame 061732/0654 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: WICKETT, GEOFFREY HOWARD
To: TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC
Reel/Frame 060579/0732 →