Patent ID: 9084461
Filing Date: 2015-07-21
Classification: A45C,G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of providing a protective case for a mobile electronic device, the method comprising: overlapping fingers extending from respective ends of a first frame member and a second frame member, the first frame member comprising a first aperture and a second aperture, the first and second apertures being aligned with each other, the first aperture having a first inner diameter, the second aperture having a second inner diameter, the first inner diameter being different than the second inner diameter, the second frame member comprising a third aperture; coaxially aligning the first, second, and third apertures of the first and second frame members within the fingers of the first and second frame members; applying an axial force to a first pin and pushing the first pin into the first, second, and third apertures with the axial force, the first pin comprising a first axial region having a first axial region diameter and a second axial region having a second axial region diameter, the first axial region diameter being different than the second axial region diameter, the first axial region being positioned in the first aperture and the second axial region being positioned in the second and third apertures; and compressing an elastic material between a radially internal surface of the first aperture and the first axial region of the first pin.