Electronic device privacy case
View Patent ↗An electronic device privacy case. The electronic device privacy case includes a tray configured to store an electronic device having a display. A pair of foldable side panels extend upward from the tray and connect to support members, each of which are hingedly connected at one end to the tray via a locking hinge. A top panel is slidably disposed within channels in the support members and connected at one end to a rotatable shaft disposed in a housing attached to one end of the tray. The top panel may be retracted and rolled up along the rotatable shaft or may be extended to obscure the display from view. Further, the foldable side panels may be in a stored configuration within the tray, or may be lifted to a deployed configuration in order to prevent other individuals in public from viewing the display of the electronic device.
1. An electronic device privacy case, comprising:
a rectangular tray having a first end, a second end opposing the first end, and peripheral sidewalls extending from a recessed surface;
a pair of foldable side panels each having an upper end and a lower end, wherein each lower end is attached to the recessed surface of the tray, and wherein each foldable side panel is configured to maintain either one of a folded stored position or an unfolded deployed position;
a pair of support members each having a distal end and a proximal end attached to the upper end of each foldable side panel, wherein the proximal end of each of the support members is hingedly attached to the tray via a locking hinge; and wherein each of the support members have a channel through a length thereof; and
a top panel removably wound on a rotating shaft disposed at the first end of the tray, wherein the top panel comprises a connecting end, a free end, and opposing edges, each of the opposing edges slidably disposed within the channel of each of the of the support members, wherein the top panel is connected at the connecting end to the rotatable shaft, and wherein the top panel is configured to maintain either one of a wound retracted position or an unwound extended position.
2. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , further comprising a housing having an interior volume disposed on the first end of the tray, wherein the rotatable shaft is disposed within the interior volume of the housing.
3. The electronic device privacy case of claim 2 , wherein the top panel is slidable through the opening of the housing toward the first end of the tray.
4. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein the top panel is wound around the rotatable shaft when in the stored position.
5. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein the peripheral sidewalls of the tray further comprise one or more apertures disposed therethrough, wherein the one or more apertures are adapted to allow for the insertion of accessory cables.
6. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein an electronic device is securable within the tray via a friction fit, and wherein a bottom surface of the electronic device is supported by the recessed surface of the tray.
7. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein the each of the channels form a U-shape opening.
8. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein each of the foldable side panels is configured to collapse into a stored configuration resting within the tray adjacent to an inner edge of the peripheral sidewalls.
9. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein each of the foldable side panels is concealed by the support members and the peripheral sidewalls of the base when in the stored configuration.
10. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein each of the foldable side panels is supported in a raised position by the support member when in the deployed configuration.
11. The electronic device privacy case of claim 10 , and wherein each of the side panels is supported by the locking hinge in a raised position when the side panel is in the deployed configuration.
12. The electronic device privacy case of claim 1 , wherein the free end of the top panel is depressible in a downward direction when top panel is in an extended position and the side panels are in a deployed configuration.