Patent ID: 8514042

Claim:
An electronic device, comprising: a housing comprising a front facing opening, a bottom surface, and curved side walls integrally formed with the bottom surface; a display configured to present visual content, the display disposed within the front facing opening and having an outer protective layer having a front facing first surface and a bottom facing second surface; a processor disposed within the housing and coupled to the display; and a magnetic attachment mechanism disposed within the housing at a first side wall, the magnetic attachment mechanism comprising: a retaining mechanism for generating a retaining force secured to the housing at an interior surface of the first side wall, the interior surface characterized as having a first curvature, and a movable magnetic element attached to the retaining mechanism comprising a first surface characterized as having a second curvature that matches the first curvature, wherein a matching magnetic element at an exterior surface of the first side wall attracts the movable magnetic element with a magnetic attraction force that overcomes the retaining force causing the movable magnetic element to move parallel to the outer protective layer in a direction from a first position to a second position towards the first side wall.