Tool for installing a screen protector on an electronic device

US11665269B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Otter Products, LLC · US

Inventors

• Ross V. Bulkley · Loveland, US
• BRYAN W. GOINGS · Fort Collins, US
• Elise S. Niedringhaus · Fort Collins, US
• George Russell Price · Fort Collins, US
• Jamie L. Johnson · Fort Collins, US
• David J. Bohman · Fort Collins, US
• Richard W. Vinson · Fort Collins, US
• Zachariah J. Pickett · Fort Collins, US
• Jonathan B. Miksch · Fort Collins, US
• Jonathan H. Guerdrum · Fort Collins, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 10, 2021
• Grant date: May 30, 2023
• Expiry date: Oct 11, 2041

Classification

• Technology area (CPC G): Physics
• CPC primary: G06F2200/1634
• WIPO field: Computer technology
• WIPO sector: Electrical engineering

Abstract

A tool for facilitating attaching a screen protector of a screen protector assembly to a display of an electronic device includes a tray, an alignment block, and a spring. The tray includes a first corner alignment feature, a second corner alignment feature, and an engagement feature for engaging the screen protector assembly. The tray also includes a movable arm for holding the screen protector assembly on the engagement feature. The alignment block is slidably attached to the tray to define an interior of the tool. The alignment block includes a first corner alignment feature, a second corner alignment feature, and an engagement feature for engaging the screen protector assembly. The spring is configured to push the alignment block toward the first and second corner alignment features of the tray to center the electronic device is in the tool for the attaching of the screen protector to the electronic device.