Patent ID: 8204561

Claim:
A one-piece case for enclosing a personal electronic device comprising: a flexible inner layer co-molded with an exterior hard layer and permanently affixed together to form a co-molded one-piece assembly; wherein the co-molded one-piece assembly is sufficiently flexible to accept insertion of the personal electronic device and sufficiently rigid to securely retain the inserted personal electronic device, wherein: the flexible inner layer includes a bottom surface, side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, and a fitted cavity configured to accept and retain the inserted personal electronic device such that the bottom surface covers at least a portion of a bottom surface of the inserted personal electronic device and the side surfaces cover at least a portion of a side surface of the inserted personal electronic device; the exterior hard layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces sized and shaped to substantially cover an exterior of the bottom and side surfaces of the flexible inner layer and a cut away portion that is permanently filled with a portion of the co-molded flexible inner layer.