Patent ID: 8312991

Claim:
A method of making a case for an electronic tablet comprising: providing a front cover portion having interior and exterior sides, and a first edge, second edge, and third edge; forming a plurality of grooves on the interior side of the front cover, wherein the grooves extend in a first direction parallel to the first edge of the front cover; providing a back cover portion having a fourth edge extending in the first direction, wherein the back cover portion comprises two parts, a first back part and a second back part; providing an inside holder portion, wherein the inside holder portion is adapted to retain the electronic tablet in the case while a screen of the electronic tablet device remains visible; providing a spine edge portion that joins the front and back cover portions; coupling a first folding hinge, extending in the first direction, between the first and second back parts of the back cover portion; coupling a second folding hinge, extending in the first direction, between the front cover and spine edge portions; coupling a third folding hinge, extending in the first direction, between the back cover and spine edge portions, wherein a first length of the first edge is longer than a second length of the second edge from the first edge to the second folding hinge and is longer than a third length of the third edge from the first edge to the second folding hinge, and the second and third lengths extend in a second direction, perpendicular to the first direction; allowing folding of the case into a first stand position by rotating the first folding hinge in a first rotation direction so a bottom of the inside holder portion can be inserted into a first groove of the plurality of grooves, wherein the first back part of the back cover portion is between the fourth edge and the first folding hinge, and the second back part of the back cover portion is between the first folding hinge and the third folding hinge, the first back part of the back cover portion is fixedly attached to the inside holder portion, when in the first stand position, the first back part remains fixedly attached to the inside holder portion, alongside a back of the electronic tablet, while the second back part is rotated away from the back of the electronic tablet, and the electronic tablet can be inserted or removed from the inside holder portion while the first back part of the back cover portion remains fixedly attached to the inside holder portion; and allowing folding of the case into a second stand position by rotating the first folding hinge in the first rotation direction, further than for the first stand position, so the bottom of the inside holder portion can be inserted into a second groove of the plurality of grooves, wherein the second groove is positioned on the interior side of the front cover closer to the first edge than the first groove.