US 12,029,291 B2
Folio for personal electronic device with magnetic wireless charger
Bryan Hynecek, Redwood City, CA (US); Darrick Del Moral, San Ramon, CA (US); and Scott Goard, Redwood City, CA (US)
Assigned to Speculative Product Design, LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed by Speculative Product Design, LLC, San Mateo, CA (US)
Filed on Oct. 5, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/960,610.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/253,464, filed on Oct. 7, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0115632 A1, Apr. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. A45C 11/00 (2006.01); A45C 13/00 (2006.01); A45C 15/00 (2006.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.01)
CPC A45C 11/00 (2013.01) [A45C 13/005 (2013.01); A45C 15/00 (2013.01); H02J 50/10 (2016.02); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45C 2011/003 (2013.01)] 6 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus adapted for use with a wireless charging appliance comprising at least one attachment magnet disposed in an appliance housing and a power cord comprising a plug, wherein the power cord is attached to the appliance housing, the apparatus comprising:
a housing comprising:
a front side;
a rear side comprising a plug recess;
an interior cable channel disposed around a perimeter of an interior support joining the front side and the rear side;
a hole disposed through the front side, the interior support, and the rear side, the hole having a first opening in the front side and a second opening in the rear side;
a first notch segment disposed in the front side, the first notch segment extending from a bottom edge of the first opening to a bottom edge of the front side, wherein the first notch segment comprises an access to the interior cable channel;
a mounting recess disposed in the hole, comprising an upper side corresponding to the front side, a cavity in the upper side adapted to accommodate a shape of the wireless charging appliance, a linear bottom edge, a retaining tab which is adapted to engage an edge of the first opening and the second opening, and a second notch segment having a first end conjoined with a first end of the first notch segment, wherein the linear bottom edge hingedly engages a bottom edge of the hole, such that a top edge of the mounting recess is adapted to extend outwardly beyond the first opening; and
a cover attached to the rear side, the cover comprising a plurality of structural plates joined by one or more hinges.