Patent ID: 11971745
Assignee: SHAUN JACKSON DESIGN, INC.
Field: Computer technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC G | IPC G

Claim 0:
1. A case for a portable electronic device having a keyboard portion and a display portion, the case comprising:
a display shell component configured to receive the display portion of the device;
a keyboard shell component configured to receive the keyboard portion of the device;
wherein the keyboard shell component has a front portion terminating in a front edge, a rear portion terminating in a rear edge, and a bottom surface with a stand-receiving region;
a stand component having an upper edge, a lower edge, and inner and outer surfaces, and wherein the upper edge of the stand component is hingedly affixed to a bottom rear portion of the keyboard shell component;
at least one stand retaining member having an upper end that is hingedly attached to a region within the stand-receiving region of the keyboard shell component, and a lower end attached to the inner surface of the stand component; and
wherein the case facilitates the following two positions:
a transport position, wherein the stand component is received within the stand-receiving region of the keyboard shell component, with the stand retaining member in a folded state within the cavity, and
a deployed position, wherein the stand component extends outwardly from the bottom surface of the keyboard shell component, with the stand retaining member in a straightened condition, thereby maintaining the keyboard shell component at an angle relative to a support surface, resting on the front edge of the keyboard shell component and the lower edge of the stand component.