Patent ID: 8800762

Claim:
A protective case configured to be in contact with all sides of a mobile device, the mobile device having a flat front surface, a flat back surface, and side surfaces extending between the front and back surfaces, including a top side, a bottom side, a right side, and a left side, the mobile device having a screen on the front surface, the protective case comprising: a flexible inner sleeve configured to engage and substantially surround the mobile device, including the back surface and the side surfaces of the mobile device, the flexible inner sleeve defining a screen opening configured to provide access to the screen on the front surface of the mobile device, the flexible inner sleeve having a front surface, a flat back surface, and side surfaces extending between the front and back surfaces, including a top side, a bottom side, a right side, and a left side, the top side forming a first and second corner junction with the right side and left side, the bottom side forming a third and fourth corner junction with the right side and left side, wherein the back, and side surfaces of the flexible inner sleeve correspond with the back surface and side surfaces of the mobile device; and a one-piece rigid outer shell removably engagable with the flexible inner sleeve to thereby form the protective case; wherein the flexible inner sleeve further comprises an indention extending continuously from a portion of the back surface to the right and the left sides, and the top and bottom sides of the flexible inner sleeve, the height of said indention on one of the right, left, top and bottom sides of the flexible inner sleeve, as measured between the front and back surfaces, is less than the height of the indention extending on one or more of the other sides of the flexible inner sleeve, the indention on one of the sides of the flexible inner sleeve further includes a protrusion, the outer shell configured to be removably received into the indention, and the outer shell including an aperture dimensioned to receive the protrusion; wherein the outer shell includes multiple side walls that are configured to be received within the corresponding portions of the indention that are located on the side surfaces of the inner sleeve, and wherein at least one side wall of the shell is configured to reside entirely below the front surface of the mobile device when the mobile device is fully inserted within the protective case such that the back surface of the mobile device is in contact with the flat back surface of the flexible inner sleeve.