Cover and Packaging for Tablet Computer

A cover for a tablet computer, the cover comprising:

• a front board having an interior surface and an exterior surface;
• a back board having an interior surface and an exterior surface, wherein the back board includes a proximal section and a distal section, the two sections each having an interior and an exterior surface corresponding to the interior surface and exterior surface of the back board respectively, the two sections being hingedly attached to each other along a back board hinge axis;
• a spine board that is hingedly attached to the front board along a front-spine hinge axis and hingedly attached to the proximal section of the back board along a back-spine hinge axis, the front-spine hinge axis and the back-spine hinge axis being parallel to the back board hinge axis, so that in a closed configuration of the cover, the interior surface of the back board faces the interior surface of the front board, and in an open configuration the exterior surface of the back board faces the exterior surface of the front board;
• a cradle assembly having a front and a back, wherein the front of the cradle assembly is configured to releasably grip the tablet computer and a distal portion of the back of the cradle assembly is affixed to the interior surface of the distal section of the back board;
• a riser board having first and second edges, the first edge of the riser board being hingedly attached to a proximal portion of the back of the cradle assembly along a riser-hinge axis that is parallel to the back board hinge axis;
• and
• attachment means for removably attaching the second edge of the riser board to the proximal section of the back board, so that
• (i) when the second edge is thus attached, the cradle assembly is maintained at a positive acute angle relative to the proximal section of the back board, and
• (ii) when the second edge is not thus attached, the riser board may be rotated about the riser hinge axis to a position adjacent the back of the cradle assembly, thereby permitting the cover to assume the closed configuration.