Protective case with keyboard for portable electronic device

摘要

A protective case for a tablet device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls. The case comprises a shell having front and back sides wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons, said shell including a back wall that is configured to cover at least a portion of the back face of the tablet. The protective case further includes a front cover that includes a tray, a wireless keyboard and keyboard housing. The tray includes opposing side rails and the keyboard housing includes opposing grooves on opposing side walls that are concealed and configured to engage the rails to allow the keyboard housing to slide in and out from the tray in a defined manner. The tray, keyboard and shell may each include magnets to facilitate the positioning of the case in the various open and closed positions.

主权项

1. A protective case configured to removably receive and retain a tablet device, said tablet device having a back face and a front face, a touchscreen on its front face, and one or more control buttons and ports on its perimeter walls, the case comprising:
a shell having front and back sides, wherein the front side is configured to receive and retain the tablet device while providing user access to the touchscreen and user access to one or more of the control buttons; a front cover having a front region and a back region, the front region being configured to cover the front face of the tablet device when the case is in a fully closed position and the back region being configured to cover the back side of the shell when the case is in a fully open position; the front region of the cover further including a tray, a wireless keyboard and a keyboard housing, wherein the tray includes opposing side rails and the keyboard housing includes an upper housing have an upper outer surface and opposing grooves located on opposing side walls of the keyboard housing underneath said upper surface, said grooves being configured to engage with the rails and allow the keyboard housing to slide in and out from the tray in a defined manner; wherein the tray, keyboard housing and shell each include magnets that magnetically attract to one another to assist in maintaining the positioning of the shell in an open position relative to the tray and keyboard housing and wherein the opposing grooves are not visible when viewed perpendicular to the upper surface of the keyboard housing.