Patent ID: 7612997

Claim:
A case for an electronic device comprising: a lower case portion comprising: a base surface upon which a back of a housing of the electronic device will be placed against, wherein the base surface comprises a top edge; a battery, enclosed in the lower case portion; electronic circuitry, coupled to the battery; a lower sidewall, connected to the base surface at an end opposite of the top edge, that will be positioned against a bottom side edge of the electronic device; an inner connector, on the lower sidewall, positioned to connect to a connector of the electronic device, and coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery; and an outer connector, positioned on an outside bottom side of the lower case portion, coupled through the electronic circuitry to the battery and inner connector; and an upper case portion comprising: an upper sidewall that will be positioned against a top side edge of the electronic device when the upper case portion is seated against the lower case portion; and an open side end, opposite of the upper sidewall, wherein the upper case portion slides onto the lower case portion through the open side end in a direction along the base surface from the top edge to the lower sidewall, wherein when the upper case portion is seated against the lower case portion, the upper and lower case portions meet at and form a seam which extends across a back of the case, and when the upper case portion is seated against the lower case portion, a first open-polygon-shaped opening for the lower case portion merges with a second open-polygon-shaped opening for the upper case portion to form a front opening of the case through which a screen of the electronic device will be visible, the front opening having a closed shape.