US 12,081,256 B2
Cover for folding portable electronic device with hinge protection
Jack Dufelmeier, Chicago, IL (US); and Richard Kang, Palatine, IL (US)
Assigned to Fellowes Mobile LLC, Itasca, IL (US)
Filed by FELLOWES MOBILE LLC, Itasca, IL (US)
Filed on Oct. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/489,406.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/417,561, filed on Oct. 19, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0137062 A1, Apr. 25, 2024
Prior Publication US 2024/0235599 A9, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H04M 1/04 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/3888 (2013.01) [H04M 1/04 (2013.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A case for covering at least a portion of the housing of a portable electronic device, the case including a first cover for covering at least a portion of a first portion of the housing, a second cover for covering at least a portion of a second portion of the housing, and a third cover for covering at least a third portion of the housing, the first cover pivotably attached to the third cover, and the second cover pivotably attached to the third cover, the first cover including a first cover back exterior surface, the second cover including a second cover back exterior surface, and the third cover including a third cover back exterior surface, the first cover back exterior surface, second cover back exterior surface, and third cover back exterior surface being co-planar when the case is in a fully open position, the first cover including a first cover perimeter wall and the second cover including a second cover perimeter wall, the first cover including a first cover back wall spanning between the first cover perimeter wall, the second cover including a second cover back wall spanning the second cover perimeter wall, the third cover including a third cover back wall, the third cover back wall overlying at least a portion of the first cover back wall and at least a portion of the second cover back wall when the case is in the open position, wherein one of the third cover or the first cover perimeter wall includes a first protrusion and a second protrusion and an other of the first cover perimeter wall or the third cover includes a first receiver to receive the first protrusion and a second receiver to receive the second protrusion, wherein one of the third cover or the second cover perimeter wall includes a third protrusion and a fourth protrusion and an other of the second cover perimeter wall or the third cover includes a third receiver to receive the third protrusion and a fourth receiver to receive the fourth protrusion.