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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 07, 2012
Filed:
Sep. 17, 2004
Larry E. Trigg, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sam Lucente, San Francisco, CA (US);
Allison Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mohammad M Samii, La Jolla, CA (US);
Paul E Bradley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Kara Whitney Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthias Wieser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Adams, Mountain View, CA (US);
James J Genis, Escondido, CA (US);
L William Smith, Placentia, CA (US);
Larry E. Trigg, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Sam Lucente, San Francisco, CA (US);
Allison Johnson, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Mohammad M Samii, La Jolla, CA (US);
Paul E Bradley, Redwood City, CA (US);
Arvind Kumar Gupta, Van Nuys, CA (US);
Kara Whitney Johnson, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthias Wieser, San Francisco, CA (US);
Matthew Robert Adams, Mountain View, CA (US);
James J Genis, Escondido, CA (US);
L William Smith, Placentia, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A protective device for attaching to and protecting at least one article includes a cover having an attachment surface and a display surface opposing the attachment surface. An adhesive coating is applied to the attachment surface of the cover to facilitate adhesion of the cover to an article. A removable backing is releasably attached to the adhesive coating and at least one relief notch is formed in the cover through the attachment surface of the cover and terminates beneath the display surface of the cover.