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Granted Patent B2
US 9,408,446 · App. 14/326,048 · Granted Aug 9, 2016

Case for a portable electronic device

Inventors: Steven B. Liebers (Collegeville, PA); Zhongqiu Zhu (Wenzhou, CN)
Assignee: Diversified Products, Inc.
A45C11/00A45C11/04H04B1/3888A45C15/00A45C2011/002A45C2200/15A45F5/021
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,408,446
App. No.
14/326,048
Granted
Aug 9, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A case for a portable electronic device is provided including a primary cover having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface dimensioned to securely retain the portable electronic device. The case further includes a pouch to receive a pair of reading glasses on the outer surface of the primary cover. The pouch is secured to the outer surface by a receiver in the form of a pair of parallel tracks disposed on the outer surface of the primary cover that mates with a pair of corresponding rails disposed on the pouch.

Claims (10)

1. A case for a portable electronic device, comprising:

(a) a primary cover having an outer surface and an inner surface, the inner surface dimensioned to securely retain the portable electronic device; and

(b) a pouch adopted to receive a pair of reading glasses on the outer surface of the primary cover, the pouch secured to the outer surface by a receiver in the form of a pair of parallel tracks disposed on the outer surface of the primary cover that mates with a pair of corresponding rails disposed on the pouch, wherein the pouch comprises a thin sheet having a first edge and a second edge, wherein a first rail of said pair of rails is disposed on said first edge and said second rail of said pair of rails is disposed on said second edge, wherein the first rail of the first edge is attached to a first track of the pair of parallel tracks independent of the second rail and second track and the second rail of the second edge of the thin sheet is attached to a second track of the pair of parallel tracks independent of the first rail and first track;

wherein the tracks each have a T-shaped cross-sectional opening and the rails each have a mating T-shaped cross section.

2. The case for a portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the rails slide into the tracks to secure the pouch to the primary cover.

3. The case for a portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pouch has a lining of a soft fabric.

4. The case for a portable electronic device of claim 1 , including a belt clip disposed on the case adjacent to the pouch.

5. The case for a portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pouch is disposed parallel to an edge of the primary cover and away from the edge wherein the case is supported by the edge and the pouch to provide an easel support for the case and portable electronic device.

6. The case for a portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein both the pouch and the primary cover are polycarbonate thermoplastic polymer.

7. The case for a portable electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the pouch has animal-skin indicia thereon.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2014
From: LIEBERS, STEVEN B.; ZHU, ZHONGQIU
To: DIVERSIFIED PRODUCTS, INC.
Reel/Frame 033284/0473 →
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160007704A1 · Jan 14, 2016