ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 25 -- United States Patent no. 12,481,379, issued on Nov. 25, was assigned to INVENTUS Engineering GmbH (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
"Sleeve arrangement for a mobile device comprising an input apparatus mounted to a sleeve part" was invented by Stefan Battlogg (St. Anton i.M., Austria).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve or case for a mobile device, such as a smartphone or tablet or other types of hand-held device or mobile smart device, has a sleeve part for at least partially enclosing the mobile device and an input device arranged in the sleeve part for controlling the mobile device which can be received in the sleeve part. The input device includes a movable control...