Protective housing for a mobile device

US11169572B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• HAND HELD PRODUCTS, INC. · US

Inventors

• Blake E. Dunbar · Philadelphia, US
• Dwight Linwood Franz · Haddonfield, US
• Ralph Chen · Bothell, US
• Yang Zhang · San Diego, US
• Robert Pierce · Mount Laurel, US
• Mark Tentler · Matthews, US
• Sean Philip Kearney · Marlton, US
• Mark Howe · Central City, US
• Kevin Sharpe · Littleton, US
• Paul R. Morris · Broughton Astley, GB
• Doyle Davis · Columbiana, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 7, 2019
• Grant date: Nov 9, 2021
• Expiry date: Aug 7, 2039

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2200/1633
• WIPO field: Other consumer goods
• WIPO sector: Other fields

Abstract

A housing of a device comprises a screw boss that extends outwardly from a first base plate proximate to a corner of the housing. Additionally, the housing of the device includes a force dissipation member. The force dissipation member includes a central portion that is sized to detachably attach around the screw boss. The force dissipation member further includes at least two arms that extend outwardly from the central portion, wherein each arm of the at least two arms is attached to a different side of the two walls of the housing.