Patent ID: 7609512

Claim:
A protective enclosure for an electronic device having an interactive control panel comprising: a protective shell that surrounds and encloses said electronic device when said electronic device is disposed in said shell, and that is crush resistant and impact resistant, said electronic device being a separate unit from said protective enclosure, said electronic device being insertable in and removable from said shell by hand; an aperture in said shell that is aligned with said interactive control panel when said electronic device is disposed in said protective enclosure; and a protective membrane that is integrally fixed to said shell so that said protective membrane is disposed over and adjacent to said interactive control panel of said electronic device when said electronic device is disposed in said enclosure, said protective membrane being recessed from an outer surface of said shell, said protective membrane and said protective shell forming a protective enclosure for said interactive control panel that surrounds and encloses said electronic device, said protective membrane being sufficiently thin to allow inputs on a front side of said protective membrane to be communicated to said interactive control panel.