IP Library Granted Patent US 10,698,452
Granted Patent B2
US 10,698,452 · App. 15/647,808 · Granted Jun 30, 2020

Portable electronic device case

Inventors: Timothy John Fenton (Mercer Island, WA); Gary Allen Ashley (Seattle, WA)
Assignee: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
G06F1/166G06F1/1607A45C2011/003A45C2200/15
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Patent No.
US 10,698,452
App. No.
15/647,808
Granted
Jun 30, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to: a housing sized to receive a tablet shaped electronic device, the housing including a recessed back; and a stand assembly movably coupled to the housing for adjustment of the stand assembly between one or more open dispositions and a closed disposition having a collapsed configuration, the recessed back sized to receive the stand assembly in the collapsed configuration. In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims (24)

1. A portable electronic device case comprising:

a housing sized to receive a tablet shaped electronic device, the housing including a recessed back; and

a stand assembly movably coupled to the housing for adjustment of the stand assembly between one or more open dispositions and a closed disposition having a collapsed configuration, the recessed back sized to receive the stand assembly in the collapsed configuration,

the stand assembly rotatably coupled to the housing,

the stand assembly including a first member and a second member,

the first member being rotatably coupled to the second member, the first member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the second member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end,

the first member including a first portion and a second portion with a gap sized for the second member to extend therebetween, and

the housing including opposite sided first and second edges, in at least one of the open dispositions, in a first orientation, the entire second end of the first member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the first member that are adjacent to the second member, the entire second end of the second member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the second member that are adjacent to the first member, in the first orientation, the second end only of the first member, the second end only of the second member, and a first edge of the housing being positioned to concurrently contact a horizontal support surface.

2. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the recess back includes one or more catches and wherein the first member includes one or more pegs to detachably engage with the one or more catches.

3. The portable electronic device case of claim 2 wherein the one or more catches include one or more pairs of oppositely facing first and second catches that are positioned to simultaneously engage the one or more pegs.

4. The portable electronic device case of claim 3 wherein the first and second catches are oppositely facing and longitudinally spaced along one of the one or more pegs when detachably engaged therewith.

5. The portable electronic device case of claim 2 wherein the recessed back includes one or more tracks and wherein the first member includes one or more pegs to slidably engage with the one or more tracks.

6. The portable electronic device case of claim 5 wherein the second member is rotatably coupled to a shaft extending between the first portion and second portion of the first member.

7. The portable electronic device case of claim 6 wherein the second member includes a rod having first and second ends being rotatably coupled to the recess back.

8. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first member has a cutout portion and wherein the second member has a tapered edge, the cutout portion being adjacent the tapered edge in the collapsed configuration of the stand assembly.

9. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the first member includes one or more nubs on opposite sides of the first member and wherein the recessed back includes one or more catches, the one or more nubs positioned to seat in one or more catches of the recessed back when the stand assembly is in the closed configuration.

10. The portable electronic device case of claim 1 wherein the housing further includes a bezel to frame a display of the tablet shaped electronic device.

11. A portable electronic device case comprising:

a housing sized to receive a tablet shaped electronic device, the housing including a recessed back; and

a stand assembly including a first member and a second member, the first member and the second member rotatably coupled together, the first member rotatably coupled to the recessed back for adjustment of the stand assembly between one or more open dispositions and a closed disposition having a collapsed configuration, the recessed back sized to receive the stand assembly in the collapsed configuration,

the first member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the second member including a first end rotatably coupled to the housing and a second end opposite the first end, the first member including a first distance between the first end and the second end of the first member, the second member including a second distance between the first end and the second end of the second member, the first distance being greater than the second distance,

the first member including a first portion and a second portion with a gap sized for the second member to extend therebetween, and

the housing including opposite sided first and second edges, in one or more open dispositions, in a first orientation, the entire second end of the first member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the first member that are adjacent to the second member, the entire second end of the second member being positioned to fully extend away from all portions of the second member that are adjacent to the first member.

12. The portable electronic device case of claim 11 wherein the first member includes one or more pegs and wherein the recessed back includes one or more tracks and one or more catches, the one or more pegs configured to slidably engage with the one or more tracks and detachably engage with the one or more catches.

Assignments (9)
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 Dec 11, 2020
From: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.
Reel/Frame 054614/0435 →
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: ASHLEY, GARY ALLEN
To: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 044475/0052 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Dec 23, 2017
From: FENTON, TIMOTHY JOHN
To: FAIRHAVEN GROUP, INC.
Reel/Frame 044475/0049 →
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 →
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