Cover for a region of a mobile phone
Disclosed are covers for a mobile phone including aspects that protect the phone from impact and/or provide shock absorbance characteristics. Covers can include one or more protrusions that reduce the contact surface to the phone and dissipate energy. Advantageously, the one or more protrusions work with intermittent spaces to provide shock absorbing characteristics and reduce the contact surface area between the cover and the phone. In some embodiments, the protrusions can include a soft-side rectangular shape, where the protrusions are placed in an ordered array in the back wall of a cover. In some embodiments, the one or more protrusions can include a row of x-shaped protrusions interspersed with air pockets along the inside wall of the cover.
1. A cover for a region of a mobile phone, the cover comprising:
a back wall comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a left side wall extending from a first side of the back wall and comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a right side wall extending from a second side of the back wall and comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a bottom wall extending from a third side of the back wall and comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a top wall extending from a fourth side of the back wall and comprising an outer portion and an inner portion, wherein the cover is capable of housing the mobile phone; and
a first plurality of protrusions, at least some of the first plurality of protrusions disposed on the inside portion of at least one of: the left side wall, the right side wall, the top wall, or the bottom wall, wherein the at least some of the first plurality of protrusions reduce the contact surface between the cover and the mobile phone and provide shock absorbing characteristics when the mobile phone is housed by the cover, wherein at least some of the first plurality of protrusions comprise an X shape,
wherein a second plurality of protrusions are on the one or more corners are elevated from a wall of the plurality of walls by at least one step.
2. The cover of claim 1 , wherein a third plurality of protrusions comprises an oval surface having a flat surface disposed on the inside portion of the back wall providing shock absorbing characteristics when the mobile phone is housed by the cover.
3. The cover of claim 1 , wherein a protrusion of the first plurality of protrusions are disposed adjacent to another protrusion of the first plurality of protrusions.
4. The cover of claim 1 , wherein a third plurality of protrusions are disposed on the outer portion of the back wall.
5. The cover of claim 1 , wherein at least five protrusions are disposed on an inner portion of a wall as a collection of protrusion rows.
6. The cover of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the first plurality of protrusions disposed on the inner portion of at least one of: the left side wall, the right side wall, the top wall, or the bottom wall provide the shock absorbing characteristics at least along a length axis of the cover.
7. The cover of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the first plurality of protrusions disposed on the inner portion of at least one of: the left side wall, the right side wall, the top wall, or the bottom wall provide the shock absorbing characteristics at least along a width axis of the cover.
8. The cover of claim 1 , wherein at least some of the first plurality of protrusions disposed on the inner portion of at least one of: the left side wall, the right side wall, the top wall, or the bottom wall provide the shock absorbing characteristics at least along a diagonal axis of the cover.
9. A cover for a region of a mobile phone, the cover comprising:
a back wall comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a left side wall comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a right side wall comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a bottom wall comprising an outer portion and an inner portion;
a top wall comprising an outer portion and an inner portion, wherein the cover is capable of housing the mobile phone; and
a first plurality of protrusions, at least some of the plurality of protrusions disposed on the inside portion of at least one of: the left side wall or the right side wall, wherein the at least some of the first plurality of protrusions reduce the contact surface between the cover and the mobile phone and provide shock absorbing characteristics when the mobile phone is housed by the cover,
wherein a second plurality of protrusions are on the one or more corners are elevated from a wall of the plurality of walls by at least one step,
wherein at least some of the first plurality of protrusions comprise an X shape.
10. The cover of claim 9 , wherein at least five rows of protrusions are disposed on an inner portion of at least one of: the left side wall, the right side wall, the top wall, or the bottom wall.
11. The cover of claim 9 , wherein at least some of the second plurality of protrusions on the one or more corners are elevated from a wall of the plurality of walls by two steps.
12. The cover of claim 9 , wherein at least some of the second plurality of protrusions are disposed on four corners of the cover.
13. The cover of claim 9 , wherein the cover comprises flexible plastic.
14. The cover of claim 9 , wherein at least some of a third plurality of protrusions disposed on the outer portion of the back wall provide the shock absorbing characteristics at least along a length axis of the cover.
15. The cover of claim 9 , wherein at least some of a third plurality of protrusions disposed on the outer portion of the back wall provide the shock absorbing characteristics at least along a width axis of the cover.
16. The cover of claim 9 , wherein at least some of a third plurality of protrusions disposed on the outer portion of the back wall provide the shock absorbing characteristics at least along a diagonal axis of the cover.
17. A protective phone case comprising:
a base envelope configured to generally surround the back and sides of a smart phone, the base envelope having a back wall and four side walls;
a lip of the base envelope configured to extend from each of the four side walls slightly around the front of and toward a touchscreen of the smartphone; and
at least one row of protruding features arranged inside the base envelope along an inner-facing side wall and configured to protrude to the same extent as each other from the side wall to touch one or more surfaces a smart phone and maintain resilient contact therewith while creating air pockets therebetween, the air pockets also configured to be positioned adjacent the one or more surfaces of the smart phone,
wherein the protruding features along the inner-facing side wall provide shock absorbing characteristics when the smartphone is housed by the protective phone case, wherein at least some of the protruding features comprise an X shape;
wherein one or more corners of the base envelope are elevated from a wall of the plurality of walls by at least one step.
18. The protective phone case of claim 17 , wherein the one or more corners comprise enlarged corner bumpers, integrally formed with the protective phone case.
19. The protective phone case of claim 17 , further comprising an elongate thickened spine that extends along more than half the length of the back of the protective phone case, the spine configured to fill the role of a shank that resiliently resists torsion of the protective phone case, the spine having a thickness comparable to a thickness of the enlarged corner bumpers and integrally formed therewith.