Covering, protecting, and positioning a portable electronic device

A method for making a protective cover device that includes a display protector configured to substantially cover a display of a portable electronic device when articulated to a protective position, the display protector being further configured to provide a contact surface to support the portable electronic device when articulated to a viewing position;

• an articulating member connected to the display protector, the articulating member configured to prop up the portable electronic device when the display protector is articulated to the viewing position, the articulating member including a magnetic fastener configured to magnetically detachably fasten to a compatible magnetic component locatable on a backside of the portable electronic device;
• and a back cover component configured to substantially cover the backside of the portable electronic device, the back cover component including the compatible magnetic component to which the magnetic fastener of the articulating member is configured to magnetically detachably fasten.

A protective cover device comprising:

• a flap that is magnetically detachably fastenable to a surface located on a backside of a portable electronic device;
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• a display protector attached to the flap and being positionable in a protective position to substantially cover a display of the portable electronic device, the display protector being articulatable to a position underneath a first side of the portable electronic device in which the flap and the display protector cooperatively prop up the portable electronic device in a landscape viewing position.

A protective cover device comprising:

• a back cover for a portable electronic device, the back cover including a recessed cavity and a cross-shaped magnetic fastening component, the recessed cavity configured to accept and retain the back-side of the portable electronic device, the magnetic fastening component being included in that backside surface of the back cover and configured to magnetically detachably couple with one or more accessories for the portable electronic device.

A protective cover device comprising:

• a display protector configured to substantially cover a display of a portable electronic device when articulated to a protective position, the display protector being further configured to provide a contact surface to support the portable electronic device when articulated to a viewing position;
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• an articulating member connected to the display protector, the articulating member configured to prop up the portable electronic device when the display protector is articulated to the viewing position, the articulating member including a fastener configured to detachably fasten to a compatible fastening component locatable on a backside of the portable electronic device.