A protective enclosure (100, 200, 400, 500, 600, 900, 1100, 1200, 1400, 1700) for an electronic device that includes a top device portion and a bottom device portion, with the top device portion and the bottom device portion pivotably displaceable about a device hinge axis, the protective enclosure comprising: a first case portion adapted to surround at least a portion of the top device portion, the first case portion extending along a first axis from a first end to a second end, the first axis being configured to be normal to the device hinge axis; a second case portion adapted to surround at least a portion of the bottom device portion, the second case portion extending along a second axis from a first end to a second end, the second axis being configured to be normal to the device hinge axis; and a first hinge member coupled to a portion of the first case portion and to a portion of the second case portion, the first hinge member pivoting about a first hinge axis that is configured to be coaxially aligned with or parallel to the device hinge axis, wherein the first case portion and the second case portion are pivotable about the first hinge axis between an open first position and a closed second position; wherein the first hinge member comprises a hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) that extends between the second end of the first case portion and the second end of the second case portion, the hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) comprising a flexible material, and wherein the hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) includes at least two channels or recesses extending parallel to the device hinge axis and that facilitate bending of the hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) about the first hinge axis, the hinged portion of material being two or more hinged segments, the hinges extending in a direction parallel to the device hinge axis and the first hinge axis, the first hinge axis being an overall bending axis of the hinge portion of material, whereas the at least two channels or recesses extend along all or a part of the hinge portion of material in a direction parallel to the device hinge axis and the first hinge axis, and the at least two channels or recesses assist the hinge portion of material to bend along the first hinge axis. a first case portion adapted to surround at least a portion of the top device portion, the first case portion extending along a first axis from a first end to a second end, the first axis being configured to be normal to the device hinge axis; a second case portion adapted to surround at least a portion of the bottom device portion, the second case portion extending along a second axis from a first end to a second end, the second axis being configured to be normal to the device hinge axis; and a first hinge member coupled to a portion of the first case portion and to a portion of the second case portion, the first hinge member pivoting about a first hinge axis that is configured to be coaxially aligned with or parallel to the device hinge axis, wherein the first case portion and the second case portion are pivotable about the first hinge axis between an open first position and a closed second position; wherein the first hinge member comprises a hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) that extends between the second end of the first case portion and the second end of the second case portion, the hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) comprising a flexible material, and wherein the hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) includes at least two channels or recesses extending parallel to the device hinge axis and that facilitate bending of the hinge portion (202, 402, 502, 602, 902, 1102a, 1202, 1402, 1702) about the first hinge axis, the hinged portion of material being two or more hinged segments, the hinges extending in a direction parallel to the device hinge axis and the first hinge axis, the first hinge axis being an overall bending axis of the hinge portion of material, whereas the at least two channels or recesses extend along all or a part of the hinge portion of material in a direction parallel to the device hinge axis and the first hinge axis, and the at least two channels or recesses assist the hinge portion of material to bend along the first hinge axis.