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US 2013/0219834 A1Published application
Edge Closure Cover
AssigneeBlackBerry Limited
InventorsLeonardo Aldana, Felipe Oliveira Simoes
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Abstract
A mobile electronic device cover has a first cover portion with a first edge surface along a perimeter thereof. A second cover portion has a second edge surface along a perimeter thereof. A magnetic clasp has a first part in the first portion of the cover adjacent the first edge surface and a second part in the second portion of the cover adjacent the second edge surface. The magnetic clasp is adapted to magnetically hold the first edge surface meeting the second edge surface.
Claims20
A cover for a mobile electronic device, comprising:
- a body portion defining an interior cavity for receiving the mobile electronic device, the body portion around an opening to the cavity having an inward facing interior surface, an outward facing exterior surface and an edge surface spanning between the interior surface and the exterior surface;
- a flap portion coupled to the body portion and closeable to at least partially cover the opening to the cavity, the flap portion having an interior surface that is inward facing when the flap portion is closed, an exterior surface that is outward facing when the flap is closed, and an edge surface spanning between the interior surface and the exterior surface, and the edge surface of the flap portion meeting the edge surface of the body portion when the flap portion is closed;
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- a magnetic clasp having a first part in the body portion that magnetically clasps to a second part in the flap portion when the edge surface of the flap portion is meeting the edge surface of the body portion.
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A method, comprising:
- receiving a mobile electronic device in a mobile electronic device cover;
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- magnetically clasping an edge surface of a flap portion of the cover to an edge surface of another part of the cover with the edge surfaces meeting.
A mobile electronic device cover, comprising:
- a first cover portion having a first edge surface along a perimeter thereof;
- a second cover portion having a second edge surface along a perimeter thereof;
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- a magnetic clasp having a first part in the first portion of the cover adjacent the first edge surface and a second part in the second portion of the cover adjacent the second edge surface and adapted to magnetically hold the first edge surface meeting the second edge surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.