Reversible folio for tablet computer with reversible connection for keyboard and reading configuration

摘要

A reversible folio for a tablet computer has a tablet shell with a cavity removably receiving the tablet computer. A proximal edge of the tablet shell has a symmetrical profile different from a non-symmetrical profile of the table computer. A keyboard pivotally and removably coupled to the tablet shell. A channel is pivotally coupled to an edge of the keyboard. An interior of the channel removably receiving the proximal edge of the tablet shell, and has a symmetrical profile mating with the symmetrical profile of the tablet shell. The channel and proximal edge have first and second symmetrical magnet arrays, respectively. The proximal edge of the tablet shell physically mates with the channel of the keyboard, and the second magnet array of the tablet shell magnetically mates with the first magnet array of the channel, in both a first orientation and an opposite second orientation.

主权项

1. A reversible folio device configured for a tablet computer having an edge with a non-symmetrical profile and a non-symmetrical patterned magnet array, the device comprising:
a) a first leaf sized and shaped to cover the tablet computer; b) a channel pivotally coupled to an edge of the first leaf and having an interior with a symmetrical profile; c) a first symmetrical magnet array disposed in and carried by the channel and having magnets arrayed symmetrically about a longitudinal axis bisecting the first leaf; d) at least a proximal edge of a second leaf having a cavity sized and shaped to receive the tablet computer, and removable coupled to the channel; e) an exterior symmetrical profile of the proximal edge removably received in the channel and mating with the symmetrical profile of the channel; f) an interior profile of the proximal edge sized and shaped to receive and cover the non-symmetrical profile and the non-symmetrical patterned magnet array of the edge of the tablet computer; g) a second symmetrical magnet array carried by the proximal edge and having magnets arrayed symmetrically about a longitudinal axis bisecting the proximal edge in a transverse direction and reversed with respect to the first symmetrical magnet array of the channel; and h) the proximal edge physically mating with the channel, and the first magnet array of the channel magnetically mating with the second magnet array of the proximal edge, in two opposite orientations.