Patent ID: 7203533

Claim:
A protector for a portable wireless communication device that has a housing, a display, and a keypad and contains at least one signal processing circuit, said protector comprising: a transparent cover pivotally attached to the housing by at least two hinges such that said cover is pivotable from a first position wherein it covers the keypad to another position wherein the keypad is exposed and the cover is folded around a back portion of the portable wireless communication device and further acts as a stand for propping up the portable wireless communication device at an angle on a surface, and wherein the housing includes a scrolling means proximate to the keypad, wherein the scrolling means is not covered when the cover is in the first position thereby enabling a user to use the scrolling means to perform a scrolling operation viewable on the display through the cover when the cover is in the first position; and a planar antenna attached to the exterior of both the cover and the housing where the planar antenna is capacitively coupled to the signal processing circuit such that the planar antenna is electromagnetically coupled to the signal processing circuit without being physically coupled to the signal processing circuit.