Patent ID: 7889498
Filing Date: 2011-02-15
Classification: A45C,G06F,H04B,H04M,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A case for an electronic device comprising: a first case portion comprising: a base surface upon which a back of a housing of the electronic device will be placed against, wherein the base surface comprises a top edge; a battery, enclosed in the first case portion; electronic circuitry, coupled to the battery; a lower sidewall, connected to the base surface at an end opposite of the top edge, that will be positioned against a bottom side edge of the electronic device; an inner connector, on the lower sidewall, positioned to connect to a connector of the electronic device, and coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery; and an outer connector, positioned on an outside of the first case portion, coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery and inner connector, wherein the electronic circuitry comprises a recharging circuit, wherein the recharging circuit can recharge the battery; a plurality of visible indicators; a battery charge level indication circuit, coupled to the plurality of visible indicators and the battery; a button coupled to the electronic circuitry, which when pressed causes the battery charge level indication circuit to determine a charge level of the battery and one or more the visible indicators to be displayed to reflect the determined charge level, and a second case portion comprising: an upper sidewall that will be positioned against a top side edge of the electronic device when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion; and an open side end, opposite of the upper sidewall, wherein the second case portion slides onto the first case portion through the open side end, wherein when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, the first and second case portions meet at and form a seam which extends across a back of the case, and when the second case portion is seated against the first case portion, a first open-shaped opening for the first case portion merges with a second open-shaped opening for the second case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.