Patent ID: 8267251

Claim:
A one-piece case for enclosing a personal electronic device and one or more cards comprising a flexible inner layer and an exterior hard layer that is permanently affixed to the flexible inner layer, the one-piece case being sufficiently flexible to deform and thereby accept insertion of the personal electronic device and sufficiently rigid to reform around and securely retain the inserted personal electronic device, wherein: the flexible inner layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, thereby forming a first fitted cavity and a top surface of an adjacent second fitted cavity, wherein the first fitted cavity is configured to accept and retain the inserted personal electronic device such that the bottom surface of the flexible inner layer covers a bottom surface of the inserted personal electronic device and the side surfaces cover at least a portion of side surfaces of the inserted personal electronic device; and the exterior hard layer includes a bottom surface and side surfaces joined to the bottom surface and extending upward therefrom, wherein the bottom and a first portion of the side surfaces of the exterior hard layer form the second fitted cavity and a second portion of the side surfaces of the exterior hard layer substantially cover the side portions the flexible inner layer, wherein the second fitted cavity is configured to accept and retain at least one card and at least one of the first portion of the side surfaces includes an opening via which the card is inserted in the one-piece case.