Patent ID: 8584835

Claim:
A protective covering for protecting and housing an electronic device, said protective covering comprising: (I) a housing component comprising: a lower housing layer comprising a rear housing surface and an inner housing surface opposite said rear housing surface; one or more housing side walls extending along a peripheral edge of said lower housing layer, each of said one or more housing side walls extending upward from said lower housing layer and comprising an outer housing side wall surface and an inner housing side wall surface opposite said outer housing side wall surface; an upper edge housing side wall portion that extends (i) outward from said one or more housing side walls and (ii) over and spaced from said inner housing surface, said upper edge housing side wall portion being positioned along an upper edge of said housing component; and at least one housing connection member extending along one of said one or more housing side walls, and substantially perpendicular to said upper edge of said housing component; (II) a door component comprising: an upper door layer comprising an upper door surface, an inner door surface opposite said upper door surface, a connected door end, and a moveable door end opposite said connected door end; a clip member positioned along said upper door surface, said clip member being operatively adapted and sized to clip objects to said upper door surface; and at least one door connection member along said connected door end; said door component (1) being connected to said housing component along said connected door end so that said moveable door end is operatively adapted to move from (i) a first closed position wherein said inner door surface extends over said inner housing surface to (ii) a second open position wherein said inner door surface faces upward and said inner housing surface is completely exposed, and (2) having door component dimensions such that, when said door component is in the first closed position, said upper edge and opposite side edges of said housing component extend beyond said door component in a length direction of said housing component so that a user can open said door component by extending one or more fingers between an upper edge of said door component and said upper edge housing side wall portion of said housing component; and (III) one or more straps extending from said housing component and one or more strap locking mechanisms operatively adapted to temporarily secure a length of said one or more straps in a fixed position, said one or more straps being operatively adapted and sized to extend around a person's thigh so as to attach said protective covering to the person's thigh.