Patent ID: 8155717

Claim:
A combined cellular phone and water-proof casing for maintaining said cellular phone at an operable mode after being submerged in water, said combined cellular phone and water-proof casing comprising: a cellular telephone including a display screen and a key pad communicatively coupled thereto; and a protective water-proof casing connected to said cellular telephone in such a manner that said display screen remains operably responsive to said keypad after said cellular telephone is submerged in water, said water-proof casing including: a first sheath having an outer edge; a second sheath having an outer edge, said second sheath being mated to said first sheath such that said outer edge of said second sheath entirely and coextensively adjoins said outer edge of said first sheath, a gasket intermediately intercalated between said first and second sheaths and thereby preventing water from penetrating through said outer edges of said first and second sheaths respectively, a plurality of ports formed in said water-proof casing, and a plurality of port covers removably interfitted within said ports; a moisture sensory connected to an outer surface of said first sheath; a power source seated within said second sheath and electrically coupled to said moisture sensor; and a transducer communicatively coupled to said moisture sensor and located at said outer surface of said first sheath; wherein, upon detecting water, said moisture sensor generates and transmits a control signal to said transducer; wherein, upon receiving said control signal, said transducer generates and emits an alert signal for a predetermined time interval; wherein said first sheath comprises a first segment and a second segment, wherein a top edge of said first segment of said first sheath is pivotally coupled to a bottom edge of said second segment such that said first sheath is pivotal along a pivot axis traversing overlapping regions of said first and second segments respectively, wherein said second sheath comprising a first segment and a second segment, wherein said first segment of said second sheath is pivotally mated to said second segment of said second sheath and thereby pivot along said pivot axis, wherein said gasket comprising: a first continuous member intercalated along corresponding outer perimeters of said first segments of each of said first and second sheaths respectively; and a second continuous member intercalated along corresponding outer perimeters of said second segments of each of said first and second sheaths respectively; wherein said first and second continuous members are directly connected along said pivot axis.