Computer case

- Travel Caddy, Inc.
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Description

FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an embodiment of the computer case of the invention positioned within a carrying case depicted in phantom;

FIG. 2 is an isometric view of the embodiment of FIG. 1 removed from the carrying case and including a fabric sheet linking the computer case to the carrying case;

FIG. 3 is a front lateral side elevation of the computer case of FIG. 2 with a see-through mesh side panel;

FIG. 4 is a bottom side view of the computer case of FIG. 1;

FIG. 5 is a top side view of the computer case of FIG. 2;

FIG. 6 is a back lateral side elevation of the computer case of FIG. 2;

FIG. 7 is a right hand side elevation of the computer case of FIG. 2;

FIG. 8 is a left hand side elevation of the computer case of FIG. 2; and,

FIG. 9 is an isometric view of an alternative design of the computer case of the invention wherein a fabric sheet for linking the computer case to a carrying case (in phantom) and the handle for the computer case have been reversed from the embodiment of FIG. 2.

The broken lines on the fabric sheet are intended to be stitching and are part of the claimed design.

Claims

The ornamental design for a computer case, as shown and described.

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Patent History
Patent number: D615301
Type: Grant
Filed: Aug 28, 2008
Date of Patent: May 11, 2010
Assignee: Travel Caddy, Inc. (Elk Grove Village, IL)
Inventors: Zoran Gracer (Deerfield, IL), Donald E. Godshaw (Wilmette, IL)
Primary Examiner: Holly H Baynham
Assistant Examiner: Sheryl Lane
Attorney: Fitch, Even, Tabin & Flannery
Application Number: 29/323,657
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D3/319