US 12,433,382 B2
Wooden smartphone case for an electronic device
Richard Lilliestråle, Stockholm (SE)
Assigned to Bark Sweden AB, Stockholm (SE)
Appl. No. 18/260,574
Filed by Bark Sweden AB, Stockholm (SE)
PCT Filed Dec. 16, 2021, PCT No. PCT/EP2021/086102
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jul. 6, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/152493, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 21, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 2100007-0 (SE), filed on Jan. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0049846 A1, Feb. 15, 2024
Int. Cl. A45C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 11/00 (2013.01) [A45C 11/002 (2025.01)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A wooden smartphone case for a portable rectangular electronic device having a front surface with a display, a width, a length, and a thickness, the wooden smartphone case defines a compartment configured to receive and hold the electronic device such that the display is visible to a user, the wooden smartphone case has a longitudinal axis A along the length of the electronic device when mounted in the wooden smartphone case, the wooden smartphone case comprises:
a main body member having a first end and a second end, and comprising a back wall configured to cover a back surface of the electronic device, and opposite side walls running along the longitudinal axis A and having an outer height slightly larger than the thickness of the electronic device, and
a first end wall member and a second end wall member attached to the first end and the second end, respectively, of the main body member, wherein each of the first and second end wall members having a height corresponding to the height of the side walls,
wherein at least one of the side walls is structured to apply a force in a perpendicular direction with regard to a longitudinal extension of the at least one side wall, such that an electronic device being arranged in the compartment is held in the compartment, wherein the at least one side wall is structured to apply the force against the electronic device arranged in the compartment along a predetermined length section of the at least one side wall, and wherein the distance between opposite side walls in a perpendicular direction along the predetermined length section defines a first distance L1 being related to the width of the electronic device such that the first distance L1 is a predetermined percentage less than the width of the electronic device,
wherein the at least one side wall is a predetermined percentage thicker at the predetermined length section in comparison to the thickness of the side wall not along the predetermined length section, and wherein the predetermined percentage is in the range of 10-20%, corresponding to 0.3-0.7 mm, and
wherein the predetermined length section of the at least one side wall is in the range of 20-50% of a total length of the side wall, and wherein the predetermined length section is arranged at a distance of 20-50% of the total length of the side wall from the respective first end wall member and second end wall member.