Laptop Case Pad Ridges Grooves Retention
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing laptop case designs lack effective integration and retention mechanisms for laptop displays and keyboards, leading to inadequate protection and stability during use.
Innovation Solution
A laptop case assembly featuring display and keyboard case portions with contiguously adjacent pad portions, ridges, and grooves, made from silicone or polyurethane materials, which are co-molded or adhesively affixed to the base portions, providing enhanced retention and protection through tab stops and shelf structures.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If traditional laptop case designs are used without integrated retention mechanisms, then the case structure remains simple and easy to manufacture, but the retention and protection of laptop displays and keyboards is inadequate
Solution Approach 1:
The patent integrates retention mechanisms (pad portions with ridges and grooves) directly into the case portions, merging the protective case structure with the retention function. This eliminates the need for separate retention components while providing secure holding of laptop displays and keyboards through the co-molded or adhesively affixed pad portions.
Solution Approach 2:
The case portions serve multiple functions: they provide structural protection for the laptop components while simultaneously providing retention through the integrated pad portions. The ridges and grooves in the pad portions create mechanical interlocking that secures the laptop display and keyboard in place, making the case both protective and retentive.
2Reliability
If pad portions are co-molded or adhesively affixed to base portions, then retention effectiveness is improved, but manufacturing process complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The pad portions are co-molded with the base portions during the same manufacturing process, merging two components into one integrated part. This eliminates separate assembly steps for attaching retention pads while providing effective mechanical retention through the integrated ridge and groove structures.
Solution Approach 2:
The retention pad portions are pre-formed with ridge and groove structures before being co-molded or adhesively affixed to the base portions. This preliminary preparation of the retention features ensures proper alignment and effective retention while simplifying the overall manufacturing process by preparing components in advance.
3Stability of the object's composition
If multiple pad portions are positioned at corners and sides of case portions, then stability and retention are improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
Pad portions are strategically positioned at specific locations (corners and sides) of the case portions where retention is most needed. Each pad portion has localized ridge and groove structures that provide targeted retention at critical points, ensuring stability of the laptop display and keyboard without requiring uniform coverage throughout the entire case.
Data Source
AI summary
Systems and methods are involved with but are not limited to an apparatus including a laptop case assembly for a laptop, the laptop case assembly includes a display case portion including a base portion, and at least one pad portion, the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to at least one surface portion of the base portion, the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves, a keyboard case portion including a base portion, and at least one pad portion, the at least one pad portion being contiguously adjacent to the at least one surface portion of the base portion, and the at least one pad portion including a plurality of ridges and a plurality of grooves. In addition, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.