Case for a tablet-type electronic device, in particular a tablet computer
AssigneeTucano S.r.l.
InventorFabio Cencioni
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Abstract
A case for a tablet-type electronic device, in particular a tablet computer, comprises a casing shaped so as to at least partially cover a rear surface of the device and equipped with fastener members for fastening it to the device; the casing is equipped with a magnetic coupler element, acting from a rear surface of the casing and able to cooperate with a corresponding fastener element carried by a protective cover for the screen of the device, so as to magnetically fasten the cover to the casing on the rear of the device.
Claims8
A case (1) for a tablet-type electronic device (2), in particular a tablet computer, comprising a casing (20) shaped so as to at least partially cover a rear surface (7) of a body (2) of the device (2), on the opposite side of and substantially parallel to a screen (5) that constitutes a front surface (6) of the device (2), and equipped with fastener members (21) for detachably fastening the casing (20) to the device (2), the casing (20) being equipped with a magnetic coupler element (25), acting from a rear surface (26) of the casing (20) and able to cooperate with a corresponding fastener element (27) carried by a protective cover (10) for the screen (5) of the device (2), so as to magnetically fasten the cover (10) to the casing (20) on the rear of the device (2);
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- wherein the cover (10) is moveable between a front position, in which the cover (10) covers the screen (5) of the device (2), and a rear position, in which the cover (10) is folded onto the rear of the device (2), and covers the rear surface (26) of the casing while leaving the screen (5) exposed for use;
- and the magnetic coupler element (25) and the corresponding fastener element (27) are so positioned on the casing (20) and the cover (10) respectively so as to magnetically cooperate when the cover (10) is in the rear position, when the screen (5) is exposed for use by the user.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.