Patent ID: 8789690

Claim:
A protective cover for a Phylactery, comprising: an upper shell member and a lower shell member at least partially separable from one another and which, when together, define a hollow interior contoured to fit the Phylactery and a slot through which a strap of the Phylactery passes when the Phylactery is housed in the protective cover, said upper shell member including a generally cube-shaped portion and a substantially planar lower surface around said cube-shaped portion, the protective cover having a front wall in front of said slot; and the improvement comprising: the protective cover including at least one wall part parallel to said front wall, each of said at least one wall part being rearward of said slot such that said slot is situated forward of said at least one wall part, said lower surface of said upper shell member overlying said slot, and a supplemental support surface extending rearward from only part of a rear edge of said lower surface of said upper shell member and being situated rearward of said at least one wall part, said rear edge of said lower surface of said upper shell member from which said supplemental support surface extends being rearward of said slot, said part of said rear edge of said lower surface of said upper shell member from which said supplemental support surface extends being in line with said cube-shaped portion of said upper shell member, said supplemental support surface in combination with said lower surface of said upper shell member providing support for the strap and a knot of the strap of the Phylactery when the Phylactery is housed in the protective cover.