Patent ID: 9578940
Date: 2017-02-28
CPC Classifications: A45C,G06F,H04B

Claim:
1. A case for a portable electronic device comprising: a back panel having an inner surface; a top wall, a bottom wall, a left wall, and a right wall, each wall having an inner surface, each of said walls extending from said back panel, wherein said inner surfaces of said walls and said inner surface of said back panel at least partially define a storage volume for receiving a portable electronic device, and wherein a first radius of curvature is formed at an intersection between one of said top wall and said bottom wall and one of said left wall and said right wall; and at least one dampening member interconnected to said walls, said dampening member comprising an elastic material capable of elastic deformation, and said dampening member forming a second radius of curvature, wherein said second radius of curvature is larger than said first radius of curvature; wherein said dampening member comprises a cylindrical member having a longitudinal axis, said longitudinal axis oriented substantially parallel to a plane of a planar screen of said portable electronic device when said portable electronic device is provided within the case, and wherein said cylindrical member has an aperture extending through said dampening member; wherein said dampening member comprises at least one support member extending radially from said cylindrical member, said at least one support member defining at least another aperture extending through said dampening member.