Computing device and accessory storage systems and methods

1 . A storage element for storing a computing device and an accessory, comprising:

a device sleeve configured to receive said computing device in a pocket of the device sleeve, wherein the pocket has a device insertion direction and wherein the pocket is at least partially defined by an upper member;

an accessory slot configured to receive said accessory, wherein:

the upper member at least partially defines the accessory slot;

the accessory slot is separated from the pocket by the upper member; and

the accessory slot has an accessory insertion direction; and

wherein:

said computing device includes a device magnet configured to magnetically connect to an accessory magnet of said accessory to connect said computing device to said accessory;

when said computing device is positioned in the pocket and said accessory is positioned in the accessory slot, the upper member is positioned between the device magnet and the accessory magnet; and

during insertion of said computing device into the pocket, said accessory automatically inserts into the accessory slot and is separated from said computing device by the upper member.

2 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the device insertion direction of the pocket and the accessory insertion direction of the accessory slot are parallel.

3 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the accessory slot includes a slot magnet configured to retain said accessory in the accessory slot.

4 . The storage element of claim 3 , wherein the slot magnet connects to said accessory with a lower magnetic force than the device magnet.

5 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the accessory slot includes a charging element for said accessory.

6 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the accessory slot includes a tapered opening edge.

7 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the accessory slot includes a flared opening.

8 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the accessory slot includes an opening that returns to an original shape after deformation.

9 . The storage element of claim 1 , wherein the pocket of the device sleeve comprises an opening, wherein the computing device can be inserted into and/or removed from the pocket through the opening.

10 . A method for removing a computing device from a storage element, comprising:

removing the computing device from a pocket of a device sleeve of the storage element in a device removal direction of the pocket, wherein the pocket is at least partially defined by an upper member of the device sleeve; and

while removing the computing device from the device sleeve, removing an accessory from an accessory slot in an accessory removal direction that is parallel to the device removal direction, wherein the accessory slot is positioned on an outer surface of the upper member of the device sleeve such that the upper member is positioned between a device magnet of the computing device and an accessory magnet of the accessory, and wherein removing the accessory is based at least in part on a magnetic connection between the device magnet and the accessory magnet.

11 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising magnetically securing the accessory to the computing device with the upper member positioned therebetween when the accessory is located in the accessory slot and the computing device is located in the device sleeve.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein removing the computing device from the device sleeve automatically removes the accessory based on the magnetic connection between the accessory and the computing device.

13 . The method of claim 11 , wherein removing the accessory includes removing the accessory out of the accessory slot while the accessory is separated from the computing device by the upper member based on the magnetic connection between the accessory and the computing device.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein the accessory removal direction is parallel to a longitudinal orientation of the accessory.

15 . The method of claim 10 , further comprising magnetically retaining the accessory to the computing device after the computing device is removed from the device sleeve and after the accessory is removed from the accessory slot.

16 . A method for storing a computing device, comprising:

inserting a computing device into a pocket of a device sleeve of a storage element in a device insertion direction, wherein the pocket is at least partially defined by an upper member of the device sleeve, the computing device having an accessory magnetically connected to the computing device via a magnetic connection of an accessory magnet of the accessory to a device magnet of the computing device; and

while inserting the computing device into the device sleeve, inserting the accessory into an accessory slot in an accessory insertion direction that is parallel to the device insertion direction, wherein the accessory slot is positioned on an outer surface of the upper member of the device sleeve such that the upper member is positioned between the device magnet and the accessory magnet.

17 . The method of claim 16 , wherein inserting the accessory into the accessory slot separates the accessory from the computing device based on the upper member being positioned between the accessory and the computing device.

18 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising, after inserting the accessory into the accessory slot, connecting the accessory to the accessory slot.

19 . The method of claim 18 , wherein connecting the accessory to the accessory slot includes magnetically connecting the accessory to the accessory slot.

20 . The method of claim 16 , further comprising charging a battery of the accessory in the accessory slot.

21 . The method of claim 16 , wherein the device sleeve includes a tapered opening edge at the accessory slot, and wherein inserting the accessory into the accessory slot includes separating the accessory from the computing device with the upper member using the tapered opening edge.