Protective cover

Abstract

A protective cover structure includes a bottom plate, a coupling plate and a top lid. Two opposite edges of the coupling plate are respectively connected to the bottom plate and a top lid. The bottom plate, coupling plate and top lid are foldable with respect to one another. The bottom plate includes a first bottom board and second bottom board being foldable to each other. A buckling tongue for holding an electronic device is disposed on the first bottom board, and a covering element covering and positioning the electronic device is disposed on the second bottom board. An electronic device can be covered and positioned through the arrangement of the buckling tongue and covering element. When intending to operate the electronic device, a user lifts the top lid and folds and positions it under the bottom plate, or disengage the buckling tongue to release the electronic device, thereby supporting the electronic device in a standing-up use.

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0001]The present invention relates to a protective cover, and more particularly to a protective cover with a flippable top lid and a buckling tongue capable of fixing and releasing an electronic device for the electronic device to be supported and stood up by the top lid.DESCRIPTION OF THE RELATED ART[0002]To keep abreast with the continuous progress of information technology, current computer products, such as smart phones, tablet PCs and the like, all follow the trend to be compact, lightweight and multi-functional. The computer products bring mankind unprecedented convenience ever since to all walks of life. Some popular computer applications, such as e-mail, web surfing, photography and e-commerce transactions, can be handled by a single light, thin and portable tablet PC or smart phone.[0003]The whole structure of a tablet PC or smart phone is simplified effectively while the screen size is enlarged simply because the traditional keyboard is replaced by a...

AI Technical Summary

Benefits of technology

The present invention aims to improve the discomfort, higher cost, and complicated structure of existing protective covers for electronic devices. The invention provides a simple and flexible solution through the arrangement of a buckling tongue and covering element. Users can easily uncover and fold the covering element to position the electronic device. It also allows for easy stand-up operation of the electronic device.

Problems solved by technology

However, the outer surface and screen of a tablet or smart phone is prone to wear-out, defacement or stain while the computer products are being carried.

Nevertheless, such kinds of covers cannot be fixed very well due to the multi-folding bottom plate.

Consequently, when users want to open the top lid to handhold the tablet PC or the smart phone, the bottom plate becomes uncontrollably foldable and even swingable, getting the way of users' hands and causing inconvenience in use.

For example, if a protective cover is used for a smart phone, the top lid keeps patting a user's cheek and causes discomfort throughout a phone call when the smart phone is attached to a user's ear to make the phone call.

Although the folding and swinging problem of the bottom plate of a conventional protective cover can be solved by the additional fasteners, such kind of design causes the protective cover to be more complicated in structure and more costly in manufacturing, and the protective cover formed this way lacks texture in appearance.

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