Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Fabric cases for electronic devices
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Application No.: US16056309Application Date: 2018-08-06
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Publication No.: US10439667B1Publication Date: 2019-10-08
- Inventor: Jessica J. Lu , Daniel A. Podhajny , Daniel D. Sunshine
- Applicant: Apple Inc.
- Applicant Address: US CA Cupertino
- Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee: Apple Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US CA Cupertino
- Agency: Treyz Law Group, P.C.
- Agent Kendall W. Abbasi
- Main IPC: H04M1/00
- IPC: H04M1/00 ; H04B1/3888 ; H05K5/03 ; H05K5/02 ; D03D1/00 ; A45C11/00

Abstract:
A fabric case for an electronic device may include a back panel having a periphery and a sidewall that extends around the periphery. The back panel and the sidewall may be joined monolithically or may be joined using seams. A monolithic fabric case may be formed by knitting rows of loops to create a sidewall, knitting rows of loops to create a back panel, and joining the loops of the sidewall with the loops of the back panel as the back panel is being knitted. A fabric case with seams may be formed by attaching a fabric sidewall to a fabric back panel using a seam such as a chain stitch. The sidewall may be a seamless tube of fabric that extends continuously around the back panel. The seamless tube may be folded to create interior and exterior walls. A stiffener may be interposed between the interior and exterior walls.
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