US 11,934,231 B2
Protective housing for a mobile device
Blake Edmund Dunbar, Philadelphia, PA (US); Dwight Linwood Franz, Haddonfield, NJ (US); Ralph Chen, Bothell, WA (US); Yang Zhang, Hatfield, PA (US); Robert Pierce, West Berlin, NJ (US); Mark Tentler, Matthews, NC (US); Sean Philip Kearney, Marlton, NJ (US); Mark Howe, Central City, IA (US); Kevin Sharpe, Morris Plains, NJ (US); Paul Morris, Central City, IA (US); and Doyle Davis, Everett, WA (US)
Assigned to Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed by Hand Held Products, Inc., Charlotte, NC (US)
Filed on Oct. 13, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,772.
Application 17/450,772 is a continuation of application No. 16/534,099, filed on Aug. 7, 2019, granted, now 11,169,572.
Prior Publication US 2022/0035413 A1, Feb. 3, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H04M 1/18 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1656 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); H04M 1/185 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45C 13/002 (2013.01); G06F 2200/1633 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A housing for a device comprising:
a screw boss that extends outwardly from a first base plate of the housing, wherein the screw boss is proximate to a corner of the housing, the housing comprising a plurality of wall portions defining the corner;
at least one rib directly connecting the screw boss to at least one wall portion of the plurality of wall portions,
wherein at least the screw boss, the first base plate, the at least one rib, and the at least one wall portion of the plurality of wall portions are molded together to form a single portion of the housing;
a central portion sized to detachably attach around the screw boss, wherein an inner surface of the central portion abuts an outer surface of the screw boss;
a plurality of arms each attached to the central portion, the plurality of arms comprising at least two arms attached to two different wall portions of the plurality of wall portions; and
a first wall latch and a second wall latch extending out from the two different wall portions, respectively, wherein the first wall latch comprises a first base portion and a first rod portion proximal to the first base portion and the second wall latch comprises a second base portion and a second rod portion proximal to the second base portion, and wherein one or more of the plurality of arms are attached around the first rod portion of at least one of the first wall latch and around the second rod portion of the second wall latch.