US 11,910,892 B2
Mobile electronic device protective case with improved sound management
Christopher Postle, Aurora, CO (US)
Filed by Christopher Postle, Aurora, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/813,066.
Prior Publication US 2024/0016273 A1, Jan. 18, 2024
Int. Cl. A45C 11/00 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01)
CPC A45C 11/00 (2013.01) [H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); A45C 2011/001 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01)] 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective case for a mobile electronic device, the case comprising:
a shell defining a cavity for receiving a portion of the mobile electronic device within the cavity, the shell including:
a rear panel disposed generally on a plane;
a left case side extending substantially perpendicular to the plane and a right case side extending substantially perpendicular to the plane opposite the left case side;
a case top side extending substantially perpendicular to the plane adjacent top portions of the left case side and the right case side;
a case bottom side disposed opposite the case top side adjacent bottom portions of the left case side and the right case side, the case bottom side including: a left device retaining portion adjacent the bottom portion of the left case side and a right device retaining portion adjacent the bottom portion of the right case side; and
a left sound port including a left sound guiding surface that inclines relative to the plane as the left sound guiding surface extends away from the case bottom side and the left device retaining portion and a right sound port including a right sound guiding surface that inclines relative to the plane as the right sound guiding surface extends away from the case bottom side and the right device retaining portion, wherein the left sound port and the right sound port extend further away from the case bottom side and the right and left retaining portions than any portion of the protective case disposed therebetween, wherein the left sound guiding surface and the right sound guiding surface are each disposed remote from the cavity and the case bottom side, the left sound port includes a left port rear portion extending on the plane or parallel to the plane away from the left device retaining portion and the case bottom side, the left sound guiding surface disposed at an extreme end of the left sound port away from the case bottom side with the left port rear portion disposed between the left sound guiding surface and the case bottom side, the right sound port includes a right port rear portion extending on the plane or parallel to the plane away from the right device retaining portion and the case bottom side, the right sound guiding surface disposed at an extreme end of the right sound port away from the case bottom side with the right port rear portion disposed between the right sound guiding surface and the case bottom side.