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US 2022/0087389 A1Published application
Magnetically attachable wallet
AssigneeApple Inc.
InventorsTimothy C. Wulff, Yang Zhou, James C. Wu, Tao Pan, Leon Zilun Zhang
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Abstract
Accessories that can add new functionality to an electronic device. These accessories can provide additional functionality that allow for the replacement of a physical object that would otherwise be carried in addition to and separate from the electronic device. These accessories can further provide improvements, such as a reduction in size or improvement in functionality over the physical object to be replaced.
Claims20
An attachable wallet comprising:
- a back panel;
- a front panel, wherein the back panel and the front panel are attached along two sides and a bottom of the attachable wallet thereby forming a throat at a top of the attachable wallet, the throat providing access to an interior compartment;
- and
- a subassembly in the back panel, the subassembly comprising:
- a metallic shunt;
- and
- a magnet between an outside surface of the back panel and the metallic shunt.
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An attachable wallet comprising:
- a back panel;
- a front panel, wherein the back panel and the front panel are attached along two sides and a bottom of the attachable wallet thereby forming a throat at a top of the attachable wallet, the throat providing access to an interior compartment;
- and
- a subassembly in the back panel, the subassembly comprising:
- a metallic shunt comprising a spring tab extending from the metallic shunt towards the interior compartment;
- a magnet array between an outside surface of the back panel and the metallic shunt, the magnet array to attach the attachable wallet to a surface of an electronic device;
- and
- an alignment magnet between outside surface of the back panel and the metallic shunt, the alignment magnet to align the attachable wallet to the surface of the electronic device.
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An attachable wallet comprising:
- a back panel;
- and
- a front panel, wherein the back panel and the front panel are stitched together along two sides and a bottom of the attachable wallet thereby forming a throat at a top of the attachable wallet, the throat providing access to an interior compartment, the front panel comprising:
- a metallic shunt supporting a spring tab, the spring tab extending from the metallic shunt towards the interior compartment;
- and
- an attachment feature arranged to attach the attachable wallet to a surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.