US 12,137,782 B2
Laptop lift case
Ma Yiu Sing, Yuen Long (HK); and Xin Fu, Anaheim, CA (US)
Assigned to Targus International LLC, Anaheim, CA (US)
Filed by TARGUS INTERNATIONAL LLC, Anaheim, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/648,119.
Prior Publication US 2023/0225474 A1, Jul. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. A45C 13/02 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/10 (2006.01); A45F 3/04 (2006.01); A45F 3/00 (2006.01)
CPC A45C 13/001 (2013.01) [A45C 11/00 (2013.01); A45C 13/02 (2013.01); A45C 13/103 (2013.01); A45C 13/1076 (2013.01); A45F 3/04 (2013.01); A45C 2011/003 (2013.01); A45C 2013/025 (2013.01); A45C 2013/1015 (2013.01); A45F 2003/001 (2013.01); A45F 2003/003 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A carrying case for a portable electronic device (PED), comprising:
an outer wall defining a primary compartment and a PED compartment, the outer wall comprising an outer surface facing outside of the carrying case and an inner surface that contacts the PED responsive to placement of the PED in the PED compartment;
an inner wall dividing the primary compartment from the PED compartment;
a PED lift member within the PED compartment, the PED lift member comprising:
a lift handle comprising a distal end of a single strap, the lift handle upwardly displaceable relative to the PED compartment; and;
a cradle portion coupled to a proximal end of the single strap by a plurality of straps coupled to an end of the cradle portion, the plurality of straps converging toward the proximal end of the single strap, the cradle portion configured to vertically suspend a PED within the PED compartment and to upwardly lift the PED relative to the PED compartment at least partially out of the PED compartment responsive to upward displacement of the lift handle; and
a guide member coupled to and protruding from the inner surface of the outer wall, at least a portion of the lift member passing through the guide member, the guide member limiting the upward displacement of the lift handle responsive to engagement of the plurality of straps or the cradle portion that is wider than the portion of the lift member passing through the guide member with the guide member.