US 11,751,652 B2
Protective outer case, especially for portable audio device systems
Monica Elizabeth Wright, Falls Church, VA (US); Darrick Del Moral, San Bruno, CA (US); Bryan Vo, San Francisco, CA (US); Christopher William Ledesma, San Francisco, CA (US); Bryan Hynecek, Redwood City, CA (US); Lauren O' Brien, Burlingame, CA (US); and Scott Hunter Goard, Mountain View, CA (US)
Assigned to Speculative Product Design, LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Speculative Product Design, LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Jul. 19, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/379,417.
Application 17/379,417 is a continuation in part of application No. 17/109,789, filed on Dec. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,412,823.
Application 17/109,789 is a continuation in part of application No. 16/522,408, filed on Jul. 25, 2019, abandoned.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/053,295, filed on Jul. 17, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2021/0345742 A1, Nov. 11, 2021
Int. Cl. A45C 11/00 (2006.01); H04R 1/10 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 11/00 (2013.01) [A45C 13/02 (2013.01); H04R 1/1025 (2013.01); A45C 2011/001 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An outer case for covering a handheld electronic device or handheld electronic device case, the outer case comprising:
a base;
a lid pivotably attached to the base and rotatable between a fully open lid position and a closed lid position; and
a collar slidable along the base in a direction away from the lid from a first collar position to a second collar position, wherein the collar prevents the lid from opening to the fully open lid position when the lid is in the closed lid position and the collar is in the first collar position, and wherein the collar allows the lid to open to the fully open lid position when the collar is in the second collar position.