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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2017
Filed:
Feb. 06, 2015
Applicant:
Anki, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Inventors:
Charles Fiebig, El Cerrito, CA (US);
Hanns Tappeiner, San Francisco, CA (US);
David McVicar, El Dorado, CA (US);
Assignee:
Anki, Inc., San Francisco, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 18/02 (2006.01); F16B 1/00 (2006.01); A63H 19/30 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A63H 18/02 (2013.01); A63H 19/30 (2013.01); F16B 1/00 (2013.01); F16B 2001/0035 (2013.01);
Abstract
A system of interconnected flexible supports are adapted for use with a mobile device operative by a mobile computing device such as a smart phone and/or tablet for controlled movement of the mobile device in a plurality of directions. The system includes a plurality of flexible supports which may be magnetically coupled together to form a flexible layout having infinite configurations. The supports are configured to be self-aligned when coupled by the magnetic attraction between adjacent supports.