Patent ID: 8971974
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: H04M,H04R

Abstract:
1. A hand-held protective cover for a hand-held device, the hand-held device having a housing and a speaker located in the housing, the housing having a back side and an outer perimeter defining four corners, said hand-held protective cover comprising: a hand-held cover body, when said cover is mounted to the hand-held device said cover body having a back wall adjacent the housing and for covering and for enclosing the speaker, and said cover body including a perimeter wall, said perimeter wall configured to extend around the perimeter of the housing and to cover each of the corners of the housing when said cover body is mounted to the hand-held device to protect the hand-held device from impact, and said cover body including at least one opening formed therein to form a sound outlet; and a channel, when said cover is mounted to the housing said channel positioned adjacent the back side of the housing between said back wall and the housing, and said channel having an open side for facing the back side of the housing and for forming at least one sound duct with the back side of the housing, said sound duct in communication with said outlet and forming an inlet in communication with the speaker when said cover is mounted to the housing wherein the sound waves emitted by the speaker are directed into said inlet and then into said sound duct, said sound duct increasing in its cross-section along its length for concentrating the sound waves from the speaker and for directing the concentrated sound waves to said outlet, and said outlet being at a location remote from the speaker but within or at the outer perimeter of the housing so that said outlet does not protrude from the hand-held device when said cover is mounted to the hand-held device.