Patent ID: 8253518

Claim:
A cover for a tablet computer having a display configured to present visual content, comprising: a coupling mechanism for coupling the cover to the tablet computer; a foldable flap coupled to the tablet computer by the coupling mechanism, wherein the foldable flap moves about a first pivot line relative to the display between a fully open position to reveal the entire display and a fully closed position to cover the entire display, the flap comprising: a plurality of segments comprising: a first segment at a first end of the flap, the first segment including a magnetically attractable element, and a second segment at a second end of the flap, the second end opposite the first end, the second segment further comprising at least one magnet, and a folding region between each of the segments that allow the plurality of segments to independently fold with respect to each other and the first pivot line, wherein in a viewing configuration the flap forms a triangular structure that supports the tablet computer at a viewing angle, the triangular structure comprising a horizontal base, the horizontal base comprising the first and second segments folded one atop the other and magnetically attached to each other by the magnetic attraction between the magnet in the second segment and the magnetically attractable element in the first segment, the horizontal base being about equal in length to a second side of the triangular structure configured to support the tablet computer at the viewing angle, the horizontal base and the second side each being narrower than a third side.