| US 8,204,561 B2 | ||
| One piece co-formed exterior hard shell case with an elastomeric liner for mobile electronic devices | ||
| Ryan Hill Mongan, Orange, Calif. (US); David John Law, Seattle, Wash. (US); Jarret Weis, San Francisco, Calif. (US); Bryan Lee Hynecek, Fremont, Calif. (US); and Stephen Reiger Myers, Redwood City, Calif. (US) | ||
| Assigned to Speculative Product Design, LLC, Palo Alto, Calif. (US) | ||
| Filed on Oct. 26, 2011, as Appl. No. 13/282,363. | ||
| Application 13/282363 is a continuation of application No. 12/366769, filed on Feb. 06, 2009. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2012/0031788 A1, Feb. 09, 2012 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 7/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 455—575.8 [206/592; 361/679.55; 361/679.56; 455/575.1] | 16 Claims |
| 1. A one-piece case for enclosing a personal electronic device comprising:
a flexible inner layer co-molded with an exterior hard layer and permanently affixed together to form a co-molded one-piece
assembly;
wherein the co-molded one-piece assembly is sufficiently flexible to accept insertion of the personal electronic device and
sufficiently rigid to securely retain the inserted personal electronic device, wherein:
the flexible inner layer includes a bottom surface, side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom,
and a fitted cavity configured to accept and retain the inserted personal electronic device such that the bottom surface covers
at least a portion of a bottom surface of the inserted personal electronic device and the side surfaces cover at least a portion
of a side surface of the inserted personal electronic device;
the exterior hard layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces sized and shaped to substantially cover an exterior of
the bottom and side surfaces of the flexible inner layer and a cut away portion that is permanently filled with a portion
of the co-molded flexible inner layer.
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