Case for a tablet shaped device and a method for making a case for a tablet shaped device

Abstract

A case for a tablet shaped device, the case including a body having a first face and a second face having a tablet shaped device receiving area; and a flap having a distal portion magnetically attracted to the body, and configurable between a first configuration in which the flap covers the tablet shaped device receiving area and the distal portion is wrapped around an edge of the body and contacts the first face such that the flap is secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body, and a second configuration in which the flap is folded to form a stand secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body.

What is claimed: 
     
         1 . A case for a tablet shaped device, the case comprising:
 a body comprising a first face and a second face having a tablet shaped device receiving area; and   a flap comprising a distal portion magnetically attracted to the body, and configurable between a first configuration in which the flap covers the tablet shaped device receiving area and the distal portion is wrapped around an edge of the body and contacts the first face such that the flap is secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body, and a second configuration in which the flap is folded to form a stand secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body.   
     
     
         2 . The case of  claim 1 , wherein the distal portion comprises a distal portion magnet having a magnetic orientation in the first configuration that is reversed in the second configuration, and the distal portion magnet is attracted to a first body magnet in the first configuration and, in the second configuration, to a second body magnet having a magnetic orientation that is reversed with respect to the first body magnet. 
     
     
         3 . The case of  claim 1 , wherein in the second configuration the flap is folded and located at the first face. 
     
     
         4 . The case of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of legs at the first face. 
     
     
         5 . The case of  claim 1 , wherein the flap comprises a first rigid sheet that in the first configuration is a base of the stand. 
     
     
         6 . The case of  claim 5 , wherein the flap comprises a second rigid sheet that in the second configuration is a brace of the stand. 
     
     
         7 . The case of  claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of legs at the front face and wherein the distal portion is configured to be located between the plurality of legs when the flap is in the first configuration. 
     
     
         8 . A method for making a case for a tablet shaped device, the method comprising the steps of:
 forming a body comprising at least a first material;   forming a flap comprising at least a second material; and   fastening the flap to the body.   
     
     
         9 . A method for configuring a case for a tablet shaped device, the method comprising the step of reconfiguring a flap of the case between a first configuration and a second configuration, wherein the flap comprises a distal portion magnetically attracted to a body of the case, and wherein in the first configuration the flap covers a tablet shaped device receiving area of a second face of the body and the distal portion is wrapped around an edge of the body and contacts a first face of the body such that the flap is secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body, and in the second configuration the flap is folded to form a stand secured by the magnetic attraction of the distal portion to the body. 
     
     
         10 . The method of  claim 9 , wherein the distal portion comprises a distal portion magnet having a magnetic orientation in the first configuration that is reversed in the second configuration, and the distal portion magnet is attracted to a first body magnet in the first configuration and, in the second configuration, to a second body magnet having a magnetic orientation that is reversed with respect to the first body magnet. 
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein in the second configuration the flap is folded and located at the first face and between a plurality of legs at the first face.