Patent ID: 8442604
Filing Date: 2013-05-14
Classification: G03B,H04B,H04M,H04W,Y02D

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: providing a base layer of a smartphone case, wherein the base layer has an interior side and an exterior side, and a base layer thickness is between the interior and exterior sides, the base layer is rectangular, having a base layer length in a first direction and a base layer width in a second direction, and the base layer length is longer than the base layer width; providing sidewalls transverse to the base layer, wherein the sidewalls couple to the base layer at the exterior side, and extend toward and beyond the interior side; forming a camera-flash opening in the base layer, wherein the opening extends from the interior side to the exterior side of the base layer, the camera-flash opening has an opening length in the first direction and an opening width in the second direction, and the opening width is longer than the opening length; and coupling a black colored ring to the camera-flash opening, wherein a height of the black colored ring is at least the base layer thickness, the ring comprises in the first direction, a ring inner length and ring outer length, and in the second direction, a ring inner width and ring outer width, the ring inner width is longer than the ring inner length, the ring outer width is greater than the ring inner width, and the ring outer length is greater than the ring inner length, the ring inner width is less than the opening width, and the ring inner length is less than the opening length, the ring inner width increases in a direction from the interior side to the exterior side of the base layer, and the ring inner length increases in a direction from the interior side to the exterior side of the base layer.