Padded decorative carrying cases for small electronic devices

Abstract

A carrying case for a portable electronic device includes padded front and back elements which are coupled together by two or more elastic side elements which permit the carrying case to be used to house electronic devices of slightly different dimensions. An outer surface of the front is substantially totally covered with bling which is pre-arranged in a pattern and is provided with an adhesive backing sheet for holding the bling to the outer surface permit the carrying case of the invention to be used to house electronic devices of slightly different dimension.

1 . A carrying case for a small portable electronics item, comprising: 
 a) a substantially continuous padded front element having a front face;    b) a padded opposing back element;    c) at least two opposed elastic side elements coupled to said front element and to said back element;    d) a bottom element coupled to said front element and said back element;    e) a plurality of bling elements substantially completely covering and affixed to said front face of said padded front element.    
   
   
       2 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said bottom element is an elastic element.    
   
   
       3 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a belt clip coupled to said back element.    
   
   
       4 . A carrying case according to  claim 3 , wherein: 
 said belt clip is rotatably movable relative to said back element.    
   
   
       5 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 an adhesive means for affixing said bling elements to said front face of said padded front element.    
   
   
       6 . A carrying case according to  claim 5 , wherein: 
 said plurality of bling elements are pre-arranged in a geometric pattern of at least two colors on said adhesive means.    
   
   
       7 . A carrying case according to  claim 6 , wherein: 
 said plurality of bling elements comprises at least two hundred elements.    
   
   
       8 . A carrying case according to  claim 7 , wherein: 
 each said bling element comprises a plastic element and a foil backing.    
   
   
       9 . A carrying case according to  claim 8 , wherein: 
 each said bling element is round.    
   
   
       10 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said front element has a first height, and    each of said at least two opposed elastic side elements has a respective second height at least half of said first height.    
   
   
       11 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said padded front element comprises a multilayered element including a shock-absorbent layer.    
   
   
       12 . A carrying case according to  claim 11 , wherein: 
 said multilayered element includes an inner layer and an outer layer surrounding said shock-absorbent layer.    
   
   
       13 . A carrying case according to  claim 12 , wherein: 
 said inner layer is comprised of a fabric, and said outer layer is comprised of one of plastic and leather.    
   
   
       14 . A carrying case according to  claim 11 , wherein: 
 said shock-absorbent layer comprises one of foam and cardboard.    
   
   
       15 . A carrying case according to  claim 11 , wherein: 
 said padded front element has a front layer over said shock-absorbent layer, said front layer curving over an edge of said shock-absorbent layer such that an edge portion of said front layer curves out of a plane of a remainder of said front layer, and    at least some of said plurality of bling elements are attached to said front layer at said edge portion such that said plurality of bling elements do not all reside in a single plane.    
   
   
       16 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said plurality of bling elements includes at least 200 bling elements of a first larger diameter and at least a plurality of bling elements of a second smaller diameter.    
   
   
       17 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said padded front element and said padded opposing back element have straight sides at respective top portions thereof and are rounded at respective bottom portions thereof.    
   
   
       18 . A carrying case according to  claim 1 , wherein: 
 said padded front element and said padded opposing back element are substantially rectangular, and    said carrying case further comprises a top strap coupled to said front element and removably attachable to said back element.    
   
   
       19 . A carrying case for a cell phone, comprising: 
 a) a substantially continuous padded front element having a front face and a first height, said padded front element comprising an inner layer, a middle shock-absorbent layer, and an outer layer;    b) a padded opposing back element;    c) at least two opposed elastic side elements coupled to said front element and to said back element and having respective second heights at least half said first height;    d) a bottom element coupled to said front element and said back element;    e) at least two hundred bling elements of at least two different colors substantially completely covering and affixed to said outer layer of said padded front element;    f) adhesive means for affixing said bling elements to said outer layer of said padded front element.    
   
   
       20 . A carrying case for a portable digital music player, comprising: 
 a) a substantially continuous padded front element having a front face and a first height, said padded front element comprising an inner layer, a middle shock-absorbent layer, and an outer layer;    b) a padded opposing back element;    c) at least two opposed elastic side elements coupled to said front element and to said back element and having respective second heights at least half said first height;    d) a bottom element coupled to said front element and said back element;    e) a top element coupled to said front element and removably attachable to said back element;    f) at least two hundred bling elements of at least two different colors substantially completely covering and affixed to said outer layer of said padded front element;    g) adhesive means for affixing said bling elements to said outer layer of said padded front element.