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Protective case for a portable smartphone

Granted 21 Jan 2025 · no office action yet

Current assignee: Google · originally Alphabet Inc.

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Inventors: Alex Hans, Youngwoo Choi, Stuart Kyle, Claude Zellweger +1 · Examiner: Daniel J Domino · AU 2912 · TC 2900

Application
29/896,321
filed 30 Jun 2023
Publication
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US D1058550
granted 21 Jan 2025

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Description

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›FIG. 1 is a top, right, front perspective…

FIG. 1 is a top, right, front perspective view of a protective case for a foldable smartphone showing a first embodiment of the new design in a fully folded configuration;

FIG. 2 is a front view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a rear view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a left side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a top view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a bottom view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a top, right, front perspective view of the invention of FIG. 1 showing the new design in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 9 is a front view of the invention of FIG. 1 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 10 is a rear view of the invention of FIG. 1 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 11 is a right side view of the invention of FIG. 1 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 12 is a left side view of the invention of FIG. 1 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 13 is a top view of the invention of FIG. 1 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 14 is a bottom view of the invention of FIG. 1 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 15 is a top, right, front perspective view of a protective case for a foldable smartphone showing a second embodiment of the new design in a fully folded configuration;

FIG. 16 is a front view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 15 ;

FIG. 17 is a rear view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 16 ;

FIG. 18 is a right side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 16 ;

FIG. 19 is a left side view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 16 ;

FIG. 20 is a top view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 16 ;

FIG. 21 is a bottom view of the invention illustrated in FIG. 16 ;

FIG. 22 is a top, right, front perspective view of the invention of FIG. 16 showing the design in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 23 is a front view of the invention of FIG. 16 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 24 is a rear view of the new invention of FIG. 16 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 25 is a right side view of the invention of FIG. 16 as shown in a fully un folded configuration;

FIG. 26 is a left side view of the invention of FIG. 16 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration;

FIG. 27 is a top view of the invention of FIG. 16 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration; and,

FIG. 28 is a bottom view of the invention of FIG. 16 as shown in a fully unfolded configuration.

The broken lines in the drawings depict portions of the protective case for a portable smartphone that form no part of the claimed design.

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Claims

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USPC · US Patent Classification
D14/250

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Examiner
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art unit 2912 · TC 2900
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