US 11,857,045 B2
Multifunctional case for electronics-enabled eyewear
Stephen Andrew Steger, Santa Monica, CA (US); Tiffany Ming Tsao, Saratoga, CA (US); and Qiaokun Huang, Los Angeles, CA (US)
Assigned to Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed by Snap Inc., Santa Monica, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/581,183.
Application 17/581,183 is a continuation of application No. 15/716,206, filed on Sep. 26, 2017, granted, now 11,233,411.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/400,058, filed on Sep. 26, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2022/0320878 A1, Oct. 6, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H02J 7/00 (2006.01); H02J 7/14 (2006.01); A45C 11/04 (2006.01); H02J 7/34 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 11/04 (2013.01) [H02J 7/0044 (2013.01); H02J 7/0047 (2013.01); H02J 7/342 (2020.01); H02J 7/0048 (2020.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carry case for an electronics-enabled eyewear device, the case comprising:
a substantially rigid frame comprising walls that together define an interior holding space for the eyewear device, the rigid frame defining a tamper-resistant battery compartment integrated into a particular wall of the rigid frame, the battery compartment being isolated from the holding space by fire-resistant sheet material;
a shock-resistant covering on an exterior surface of the frame, the covering being of a resiliently compressible material;
a case battery housed in the battery compartment; and
a connection arrangement carried by the frame and coupled to the case battery, the connection arrangement being accessible from the holding space to enable electrical coupling of the eyewear device, when located in the holding space, with the case battery for charging the eyewear device.