Patent ID: 8564950

Claim:
An apparatus for covering at least part of a mobile computing device having a touch screen display, the mobile computing device further having at least one switch that is actuated by a motion that is at least in part lateral to a surface of a housing that houses the mobile computing device, the apparatus comprising: an encasement that enables operation of the touch screen display and covers at least part of the mobile computing device that includes the at least one switch, the encasement having an outer surface and an inner surface; and a switch mechanism provided with the encasement, the switch mechanism including a switch actuator protruding from the outer surface of the encasement and covered by a flexible seal attached to the encasement, the switch mechanism further including a switch interface being provided proximate the inner surface of the encasement to contact the at least one switch of the mobile computing device and being coupled with the switch actuator such that a movement of the switch actuator controls a movement of the switch interface to actuate the at least one switch of the mobile computing device, the switch mechanism further including an axle coupled with the encasement to convert substantially linear movement of the switch actuator to substantially opposite linear movement of the switch interface.