Protective cover for a device
View Patent ↗Examples disclosed herein provide a protective cover for a portable computing device. The protective cover can include a first portion and a second portion pivotally attached to the first portion at a first end of the second portion. A second end of the second portion can be coupled to a back surface of the device. The first portion can include a keyboard and a connector to electrically couple the keyboard with the device when the connector is connected with a port of the device.
1. A system, comprising:
a portable computing device including a display surface and a back surface opposite the display surface; and
a protective cover for the device, comprising:
a first portion;
a keyboard attached to the first portion;
a connector attached to the first portion to electrically couple the keyboard with the device when the connector is connected with a port of the device; and
a second portion pivotally attached to the first portion at a first end of the second portion and coupled to the back surface of the device at a second end of the second portion, wherein the second portion is magnetically coupled to the back surface of the portable computing device by it hinge mechanism attached to the second end of the second portion to rotate the second portion through a range relative to the back surface when the hinge mechanism is magnetically coupled to the back surface.
2. The system of claim 1 , wherein the back surface of the portable computing device is formed of non-magnetic material and the portable computing device includes magnetic members disposed within the device.
3. The system of claim 2 , wherein the hinge mechanism of the protective cover comprises magnetic members to magnetically couple with the magnetic members disposed within the portable computing device when the hinge mechanism is placed within proximity of the back surface of the device.
4. The system of claim 3 , wherein the magnetic members of the protective cover is to magnetically couple with the magnetic members disposed within the portable computing device according to a specific orientation.
5. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the protective cover is to rotate via the hinge mechanism to protect a portion of the back surface of the portable computing device and the first portion of the protective cover is to protect the display surface of the device.
6. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the protective cover is to rotate via the hinge mechanism for the first portion of the protective cover to protect the back surface of the portable computing device.
7. The system of claim 1 , wherein the second portion of the protective cover is to support the portable computing device at a viewing angle for a user when the connector is connected with the port of the device.
8. A protective cover for a device, comprising:
a first portion;
a keyboard attached to the first portion;
a connector attached to the first portion to electrically couple the keyboard with the device when the connector is connected with a port of the device;
a second portion pivotally attached to the first portion at a first end of the second portion; and
a hinge mechanism attached to a second end of the second portion to magnetically couple to a back surface of the device and rotate the second portion through a range relative to the back surface when the hinge mechanism is magnetically coupled to the back surface.
9. The protective cover of claim 8 , wherein the hinge mechanism comprises magnetic members to magnetically couple with magnetic members disposed within the device when the hinge mechanism is placed within proximity of the back surface of the device.
10. The protective cover of claim 9 , wherein the magnetic members of the hinge mechanism is to magnetically couple with the magnetic members disposed within the device according to a specific orientation.
11. The protective cover of claim 8 , wherein the second portion is to support the device at a viewing angle for a user when the connector is connected with the port of the device.
12. A protective cover for a device, comprising:
a first portion;
a keyboard attached to the first portion;
a connector attached to the first portion to electrically couple the keyboard with the device when the connector is connected with a port of the device; and
a second portion flexibly attached to the first portion at a first end of the second portion and coupled to a back surface of the device at a second end of the second portion, wherein the second portion is magnetically coupled to a back surface of the device by a hinge mechanism attached to the second end of the second portion to rotate the second portion through a range relative to the back surface when the hinge mechanism is magnetically coupled to the back surface.
13. The protective cover of claim 12 , wherein the hinge mechanism comprises magnetic members to magnetically couple with magnetic members disposed within the device when the hinge mechanism is placed within proximity of the back surface of the device.