ALEXANDRIA, Va., Sept. 15 -- United States Patent no. 12,737,012, issued on Sept. 15, was assigned to Apple Inc. (Cupertino, Calif.).

"Computing device cover" was invented by Santhana K Balaji (Campbell, Calif.) and Taylor H Gilbert (Los Gatos, Calif.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A computing device cover that can include a base layer and a split layer, the split layer including a fixed portion attached to the base layer, a rotatable portion, and a rotation member pivotably connecting the rotatable portion to the fixed portion, and a cover layer attached to the split layer and positioned between the base layer and the split layer. The cover layer can include pre-drawn fabric positionable adj...