Patent ID: 8526180

Claim:
An apparatus for covering at least part of a mobile computing device having a touch screen display, the mobile computing device further having an electrical connection in a housing that houses the mobile computing device, the apparatus comprising: an encasement that covers at least part of the mobile computing device that includes the electrical connection, the encasement having a bottom member to cover at least a first portion of the mobile computing device, and a top member to cover at least a second portion of the mobile computing device, the top member configured to allow touch access to the touch screen display; a coupling mechanism to couple the top member with the bottom member to cover the first and second portions of the mobile computing device, and to seal the top member with the bottom member; an aperture in the encasement proximate the electrical connection, the aperture having a gasket seat; a door for attaching to the encasement proximate the aperture, the door having an open configuration to enable access to the electrical connection of the mobile computing device, and a closed configuration to close the aperture in the encasement; and a gasket for being seated on the gasket seat to seal the aperture in the encasement when the door is in the closed configuration, the gasket being connected with the encasement by a tether.