Patent ID: 9723113
Date: 2017-08-01
CPC Classifications: A45C,A63H,G06F,H04B,H04M,H05K

Claim:
1. A protective cover for a handheld portable electronic device, comprising: a front cover configurable to cover and protect at least a portion of a display screen of the handheld portable electronic device, wherein the front cover comprises: one or more mounting portions coupled to the front cover, wherein at least one of the mounting portions is configured to couple the front cover to the handheld portable electronic device, wherein at least one of the mounting portions comprises a rear housing wherein the rear housing comprises: wherein, when the front cover is in place over the display screen, at least a portion of the front cover covering the display screen comprises one or more studded surfaces or one or more socket surfaces, wherein at least one of the studded surfaces or socket surfaces on the portion of the front cover covering the display screen is configured to receive standard building elements of a play building set such that a user can add building elements over the display screen when the front cover is closed over the display screen, wherein the elongated open slot of the hinge socket is in one side of the cavity of the rear housing at a lateral edge of the rear housing, and wherein the elongated open slot adjoins the front opening of the cavity, wherein the front cover is coupled to the rear housing by way of a snap-in connection of the hinge member of the front cover with the opposing engaging portions in the elongated open slot in the side of the cavity in the rear housing along the side of the handheld portable electronic device, and wherein the hinge member of the front cover is engaged in the elongated open slot between the opposing engaging portions of the hinge socket of the rear housing such that at least one of the studded surfaces or socket surfaces on the portion of the front cover covering the display screen can be swung away to one side of the display screen by way of the snap-in connection at the lateral edge of the rear housing.