US 12,449,840 B2
Case for a tablet shaped device
Ethan Nyholm, Bondi Beach NSW (AU); and Jacob Goodridge, Kelvin Grove QLD (AU)
Assigned to STM Management Pty Ltd, Alexandria (AU)
Filed by STM Management Pty Ltd, Alexandria NSW (AU)
Filed on Apr. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/721,261.
Application 17/721,261 is a continuation of application No. 16/779,292, filed on Jan. 31, 2020, abandoned.
Claims priority of application No. 2019100127 (AU), filed on Feb. 6, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0236764 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1628 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1626 (2013.01)] 11 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tablet case for enclosing a tablet having a folding cover thereon, the folding cover on the tablet comprising a keyboard and a plurality of folding cover panels including a folding cover larger panel attached to a back side of the tablet and a folding cover smaller panel hingedly connecting to a lower margin of the folding cover larger panel, the folding cover larger panel hingedly connecting to an upper margin of the keyboard, the folding cover being unfoldable to a use position, wherein the keyboard is substantially horizontal and the tablet is upright with a screen viewable over the keyboard and the screen and keyboard defining an obtuse angle, and wherein the folding cover smaller panel, a lower portion of the tablet, and a forward portion of the keyboard defining a triangular shape;
the tablet case comprising a tablet case larger panel with a case perimeter wall that receives an upper portion of the tablet with the folding cover larger panel, the tablet case further comprising a tablet case smaller panel with a portion of the case perimeter wall, the tablet case smaller panel hingedly connected to the tablet case larger panel at a hinge, wherein when the folding cover and tablet are in a typing position the tablet case smaller panel accommodates the triangular shape defined by the folding cover smaller panel, the lower portion of the tablet, and a forward portion of the keyboard by bending at the hinge between the tablet case smaller panel and the tablet case larger panel and the tablet case does not need to be removed, wherein the smaller panel has a perimeter wall parallel to the hinge, the perimeter wall defining an opening for receiving therein a folding cover hinge hingedly connecting the folding cover larger panel and the folding cover smaller panel.