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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 12, 2017
Filed:
Jun. 08, 2015
Touchfire, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Bradley S. Melmon, Seattle, WA (US);
Steven A. Isaac, Seattle, WA (US);
Touchfire, Inc., Seattle, WA (US);
Abstract
A protective case in accordance with an embodiment of the present technology includes a backing shaped to securely attach to a back side of a personal electronic device, a cover hingedly connected to the backing, and a joint operably positioned between the backing and the cover. The backing includes a first magnetic region. The cover includes a screen protector and a tab hingedly connected to the screen protector. The tab includes a second and third magnetic regions hingedly connected to one another. The joint is bendable along a bending axis to allow the cover to move between a closed configuration in which the first and second magnetic regions are detached from one another and an open configuration in which the first and second magnetic regions are releasably attached to one another. The first, second, and third magnetic regions have advantageous respective distributions of magnetic polarities.