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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 30, 2026
Filed:
May. 26, 2022
Microsoft Technology Licensing, Llc, Redmond, WA (US);
Nathan Michael Thome, Kirkland, WA (US);
Robyn Rebecca Reed Mclaughlin, Seattle, WA (US);
Lynda Anne Horton-Jones, Sammamish, WA (US);
Whitney Anne Reed, Seattle, WA (US);
Kaitlyn Marley Schoeck, Seattle, WA (US);
Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US);
Abstract
A storage element for a computing device () includes a device sleeve () configured to receive a computing device. The device sleeve () includes an accessory slot () configured to receive a computing accessory (). When the computing device () is inserted into the device sleeve (), the accessory () is automatically inserted into the accessory slot (). When the computing device () is removed from the device sleeve (), the computing device () grabs, by magnetic attraction force, the accessory () and pulls it out of the device sleeve ().