HOUSING FOR MOBILE COMPUTING DEVICE HAVING CONSTRUCTION TO SLIDE AND PIVOT INTO MULTIPLE POSITIONS
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1. A housing for a mobile computing device, the housing:
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a base segment;
a frontal segment that is (i) linearly coupled to the base segment to move between an extended position and a contracted position without pivoting, the contracted position corresponding to a minimum overall length of the housing, and the extended position corresponding to a maximum overall length, and (ii) pivotally coupled to the base segment to pivot, while remaining connected at a given position, from a first relative position to a second relative position and from the second relative position to the first relative position.
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Abstract
A housing for a computing device is provided that includes a base segment and a frontal segment. The base segment and the frontal segment may be coupled to enable the frontal segment to slide between an extended and contracted position. Additionally, the base segment and the frontal segment may be pivotally engaged to enable the frontal segment to pivot 180 degrees (or thereabouts) when in the extended position, and then to slide from the pivoted position into the contracted position.
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25 Claims
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1. A housing for a mobile computing device, the housing:
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a base segment; a frontal segment that is (i) linearly coupled to the base segment to move between an extended position and a contracted position without pivoting, the contracted position corresponding to a minimum overall length of the housing, and the extended position corresponding to a maximum overall length, and (ii) pivotally coupled to the base segment to pivot, while remaining connected at a given position, from a first relative position to a second relative position and from the second relative position to the first relative position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A housing for a mobile computing device, the housing comprising:
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a base segment having a base face; a frontal segment having a first face and a second face, the first face being directed in an opposite direction from the second face; wherein the base segment and the frontal segment are linearly coupled to enable the base segment and the frontal segment to be moved between an extended position and a contracted position; wherein when the frontal segment and the base segment are linearly separated to a given position, the frontal segment is enabled to pivot between (i) an upright position in which the first face and the base face are oriented outward in a first direction, and (ii) a downward position in which the first face is oriented towards the base face and the second face is oriented in the first direction; and wherein when the frontal segment has, at the given position, either the upright position or the downward position, the frontal segment and the base segment are coupled to enable the frontal segment to move linearly into the contracted position. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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15. A housing for a mobile computing device, the housing comprising:
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a base segment having a base face; a frontal segment having a first face and a second face, the first face being directed in an opposite direction from the second face; wherein the frontal segment and the base segment are coupled to enable (i) a first contracted position in which the first face and the base face are both oriented in a first direction, the second face is oriented towards the base face, and a length of the housing is minimized;
(ii) a first extended position in which the first face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, the second face is oriented towards the base face, and the length of the housing is maximized;
(iii) a second extended position in which the second face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, and the first face is oriented towards the base face; and
(iv) a second contracted position in the second face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, the first face is oriented towards the base face, and the length of the housing is minimized. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19, 23, 24)
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20. A mobile computing device comprising:
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a housing comprising a base segment having a base face; a frontal segment having a first face and a second face, the first face being directed in an opposite direction from the second face; wherein the frontal segment and the base segment are coupled to enable (i) a first contracted position in which the first face and the base face are both oriented in a first direction, the second face is oriented towards the base face, and a length of the housing is minimized;
(ii) a first extended position in which the first face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, the second face is oriented towards the base face, and the length of the housing is maximized;
(iii) a second extended position in which the second face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, and the first face is oriented towards the base face; and
(iv) a second contracted position in the second face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, the first face is oriented towards the base face, and the length of the housing is minimized;one or more internal components, including a processor, provided in at least one of the base segment or the frontal segment; a display surface provided on the first face of the frontal segment, so as to be exposed when the frontal segment is in the first contracted position and in the first extended position, and inaccessible when the frontal segment is in the second contracted position. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22)
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25. A method for handling a mobile computing device, the method comprising:
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manipulating a housing comprising a base segment and a frontal segment, by sliding the base segment and frontal segment apart, so that the frontal segment extends from a first contracted position to a first extended position, wherein in the first contracted position, a first face of the frontal segment and a base face of the base segment are both oriented in a first direction, and a second face of the frontal segment is oriented towards the base face, and wherein in the first extended position, the first face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, and the second face is oriented towards the base face; pivoting the frontal segment from the first extended position into a second extended position in which the second face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, and the first face is oriented towards the base face; and sliding from the second extended position into a second contracted position in the second face and the base face are both oriented in the first direction, and the first face is oriented towards the base face.
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