Patent ID: 8051980

Claim:
A protective sleeve for portable electronic devices, the protective sleeve comprising: a sleeve frame including a plurality of connecting sidewalls defining a space for receiving the portable electronic device; a cover for covering the space of the sleeve frame; at least one connecting member for pivotally attaching one end of the cover to the frame, wherein each of the at least one connecting member comprises a fixing portion, a torsion portion opposite to the fixing portion, a rotary shaft rotatable disposed between the fixing portion and the torsion portion, and a torsion spring sleeved on the rotary shaft and connecting the fixing portion and the torsion portion; and a locking member for latching and releasing, and thereby opening and closing the cover to the frame, at another end of the cover, wherein the torsion spring is at a resiliently deformed state when the cover is latched to the sleeve frame via the locking member, such that when the locking member is released, the cover would be flipped opened via resilient force of the torsion spring.