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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 15, 2017
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Andrew D. Lauder, Oxford, GB;
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Daniel J. Coster, San Francisco, CA (US);
Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US);
Florence W. Ow, Burlingame, CA (US);
Jiang Ai, Cupertino, CA (US);
Jonathan P. Ive, San Francisco, CA (US);
Elvis M. Kibiti, Meru, KE;
John P. Ternus, Los Altos Hills, CA (US);
Sean D. Lubner, Berkeley, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
A magnetic attachment mechanism and method is described. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach at least two objects together in a preferred configuration without fasteners and without external intervention. The magnetic attachment mechanism can be used to releasably attach an accessory device to an electronic device. The accessory device can be used to augment the functionality of usefulness of the electronic device.