US 11,853,122 B2
Accessories for portable electronic devices
Aidan N. Zimmerman, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Bradley J. Hamel, Portola Valley, CA (US); Christopher J. Stringer, Woodside, CA (US); Markus Diebel, San Francisco, CA (US); Sung-Ho Tan, San Francisco, CA (US); Mikael M. Silvanto, San Francisco, CA (US); Kevin M. Robinson, Sunnyvale, CA (US); Daniel L. McBroom, Leander, TX (US); and Michael D. McBroom, Leander, TX (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Apr. 12, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/658,971.
Application 17/658,971 is a continuation of application No. 16/879,341, filed on May 20, 2020, granted, now 11,307,615.
Application 16/879,341 is a continuation of application No. 16/053,774, filed on Aug. 2, 2018, granted, now 10,664,012, issued on May 26, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/541,537, filed on Aug. 4, 2017.
Prior Publication US 2022/0236765 A1, Jul. 28, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); F16M 11/38 (2006.01); A45C 11/00 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [A45C 11/00 (2013.01); F16M 11/38 (2013.01); G06F 1/1643 (2013.01); G06F 1/1698 (2013.01); A45C 2011/002 (2013.01); A45C 2011/003 (2013.01); A45C 2200/15 (2013.01); G06F 1/1626 (2013.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A folio, comprising:
a first segment pivotally coupled to a second segment by way of a first rotational element;
a third segment pivotally coupled to the second segment by way of a second rotational element, wherein the first rotational element and the second rotational element are capable of supporting the third segment;
a first triggering element; and
a second triggering element,
wherein:
a position of the second triggering element relative to a position of the first triggering element indicates a configuration of the folio,
the first triggering element is positioned at the first segment, and
the second triggering element is positioned at the second segment.