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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 28, 2020
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2016
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Santhana Balaji, Cupertino, CA (US);
Kevin Kenney, San Jose, CA (US);
Andrew Lauder, Oxford, GB;
Robert Michael Merritt, Shenzhen, CN;
Michael Nashner, San Jose, CA (US);
Samuel Gilkison Smith, Cupertino, CA (US);
Matthew Dean Rohrbach, San Francisco, CA (US);
Jared A. Sartee, Pemberton, CA (US);
Crenshaw Whitley, San Francisco, CA (US);
Kathryn P. Crews, San Francisco, CA (US);
Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
An accessory unit includes a front flap and a rear cover. The rear cover includes a recessed portion that defines a chamber and a frame that extends about an opening of the chamber. The chamber is configured to receive a consumer electronic device, and the frame is configured to hold the consumer electronic device therein. For example, the frame may define a multi-sided cross-section with an inner edge thereof configured to engage a chamfered edge of the consumer electronic device. The front flap may include segments formed from panels with folding regions therebetween, which allow the front flap to fold. Further, an end region of the front flap hingedly couples the front flap to the rear cover, such that the front flap may be moved between open and closed configurations.