Patent ID: 9276628
Filing Date: 2016-03-01
CPC Classification: H04B

Claim Text:
1. A folding cellular telephone case adapted to fold over and to couple to a connector of a cellular telephone, the folding cellular telephone case comprising: a back side panel having an inside surface, a cellular telephone dock connector plug, and a socket, wherein the socket is disposed adjacent an outside surface of the back side panel, wherein the inside surface has a substantially rectangular and substantially planar shape that is substantially conformal to a back surface of the cellular telephone, wherein the plug extends in a direction parallel to the inside surface and extends over a portion of the inside surface such that the plug can engage a socket of the cellular telephone when the cellular telephone is disposed on the inside surface of the back side panel, wherein the socket and plug of the back side panel are electrically coupled such that the cellular telephone can be powered by a supply current that flows in a current path from a source outside the folding telephone case through the socket through the plug and to the cellular telephone, wherein the back side panel has a peripheral edge that has a substantially rectangular shape; a front side panel that has a peripheral edge, wherein the peripheral edge of the front side panel has a substantially rectangular shape that substantially matches the substantially rectangular shape of the peripheral edge of the back side panel, wherein the front side panel is hinged with respect to the back side panel such that the front side panel can fold over and cover a front surface of the cellular telephone when the back surface of the cellular telephone is disposed on the inside surface of the back side panel, wherein the front side panel has an inside surface that covers and faces the front surface of the cellular telephone when the front side panel is folded over to cover the front surface of the cellular telephone, and wherein the front side panel has an outside face surface that is opposite to the inside surface of the front side panel, wherein the front side panel comprises: a hinge portion coupled to the back side panel and to the front side panel, wherein electrical conductors extend from the plug of the back side panel, through the hinge portion, and to the electronic circuitry of the front side panel, wherein no charging current flows through the hinge portion to charge any battery of the cellular telephone.