US 12,268,286 B2
Protective case for electronic device with housing
Saumil Chetan Mody, Atlanta, GA (US)
Assigned to CASE-MATE, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed by CASE-MATE, INC., Atlanta, GA (US)
Filed on May 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/313,058.
Application 18/313,058 is a continuation of application No. 17/363,538, filed on Jun. 30, 2021, granted, now 11,672,317.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/047,366, filed on Jul. 2, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0270220 A1, Aug. 31, 2023
Int. Cl. A45C 13/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/02 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/008 (2013.01) [A45C 11/00 (2013.01); A45C 13/005 (2013.01); A45C 13/02 (2013.01); A45C 2011/001 (2013.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A case for protecting an electronic device with a housing, the housing comprising a first housing portion hingedly connected to a second housing portion, the case being reconfigurable between an open configuration and a closed configuration and comprising:
a first inner shell portion configured for receiving the first housing portion;
a first outer shell portion configured for receiving the first inner shell portion;
a second inner shell portion configured for receiving the second housing portion; and
a second outer shell portion hingedly secured to the first outer shell portion;
wherein the first inner shell portion is at a first distance from the first outer shell portion in the open configuration and a second distance in the closed configuration, wherein the first distance is greater than the second distance; and
wherein the second housing portion is slidably engaged in the second inner shell portion.