US 11,987,183 B2
Protective case system for use with electronic device
Shanshan Li, Fort Collins, CO (US); Joseph A. Prizzi, Vista, CA (US); Kevin M. Malak, San Diego, CA (US); Jeffrey C. Wicks, Fort Collins, CO (US); and Andrew J. Walla, Aurora, CO (US)
Assigned to Otter Products, LLC, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed by Otter Products, LLC, Fort Collins, CO (US)
Filed on Jul. 10, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/219,830.
Application 18/219,830 is a continuation of application No. 17/168,258, filed on Feb. 5, 2021, granted, now 11,745,670.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/020,619, filed on May 6, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2023/0347834 A1, Nov. 2, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04M 1/00 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); B60R 11/02 (2006.01); F16M 13/02 (2006.01); H04B 1/3888 (2015.01)
CPC B60R 11/0241 (2013.01) [A45C 11/00 (2013.01); F16M 13/02 (2013.01); H04B 1/3888 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A protective case system for use with an electronic device, the protective case system comprising:
a protective case for removably receiving the electronic device, wherein a display screen of the electronic device remains visible when the electronic device is installed in the protective case;
a handle attached to and extending outward from a back surface of the protective case, wherein the handle is configured for carrying the protective case; and
an adapter attached to the handle, wherein the adapter is configured to be bendable to a plurality of positions and is configured to function as a multi-position stand for the protective case and the installed electronic device, and wherein the adapter is further configured to removably affix the protective case and the installed electronic device to headrest posts of a seat.