US 12,328,137 B2
Accessory and electronic device comprising the same
Jinyong Lee, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Chulin Cho, Gyeonggi-do (KR); Jinhyeok Heo, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Yeongsu Choi, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, Suwon-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Filed on Aug. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/880,781.
Application 17/880,781 is a continuation of application No. PCT/KR2022/008273, filed on Jun. 13, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0082468 (KR), filed on Jun. 24, 2021; and application No. 10-2021-0103225 (KR), filed on Aug. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0416832 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. H04B 1/3888 (2015.01); H04M 1/02 (2006.01)
CPC H04B 1/3888 (2013.01) [H04M 1/0216 (2013.01)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An accessory for an electronic device comprising a first housing, a second housing, a hinge cover connecting the first housing to the second housing, the accessory comprising:
a first cover configured to cover the first housing;
a second cover configured to cover the second housing;
a holder configured to receive a body part of a user; and
a connector having a first deformable portion and a second deformable portion, the first deformable portion connecting the holder to the first cover and the second deformable portion connecting the holder to the second cover, wherein the connector is configured to have a first shape in an unfolded state of the electronic device, and have a second shape different from the first shape in a folded state of the electronic device, and
wherein surfaces of the first deformable portion and the second deformable portion have a substantially the same shape during the folded and unfolded states of the electronic device.