Patent ID: 7886903

Claim:
A device for protecting a portable computer comprising: first and second shells hingedly coupled together by a first hinge and a second hinge, opposite the first hinge, each shell defining an interior space; a first clip, extending from a sidewall of the first shell and over a portion of the interior space of the first shell; a second clip, comprising a resilient material, extending from a sidewall of the second shell and over a portion of the interior space of the second shell, wherein a portion of a first hinged section of the portable computer can be inserted underneath the first clip and a portion of the second clip is capable of being resiliently bent to allow a second hinged section of the portable computer to slip past the resiliently bent portion of the second clip and into the interior space of the second shell; and a mounting assembly, removably coupled to the second shell, comprising: a mounting plate having a hook to hook onto a slot on a bottom surface of the second shell; a bolt, passing through a hole in the mounting plate, and having threads to threadably engage with a threaded hole on the bottom surface of the second shell; a ball, coupled to the mounting plate; and a rod, wherein the ball is received in a socket at an end of the rod.