Hinge mechanism having plate stops for a flexible display device

An apparatus comprising:

• (a) a flexible touch-sensitive display comprising a first flexible touch-sensitive display portion and a second flexible touch-sensitive display portion;
• wherein:
• (1) the first flexible touch-sensitive display portion is attached to a first structural support segment;
• (2) the second flexible touch-sensitive display portion is attached to a second structural support segment;
• (3) the flexible touch-sensitive display further comprises having a fully folded state;
• (4) the flexible touch-sensitive display further comprises having a partially expanded state;
• and
• (5) the flexible touch-sensitive display further comprises having a fully expanded state;
• (b) a hinge sleeve structure connecting a first structural support and a second structural support together having at least one plate extending from the hinge sleeve structure;
• and
• (c) a first plate integrated with the first structural support, and a second plate integrated with the second structural support, wherein the first plate or the second plate are stopped from moving when rotated against the at least one plate extending from the hinge sleeve structure;
• wherein
• (d) the first structural support and the second structural support make up a triangulated shape in section when the apparatus is in a fully expanded state, whereby a distal end of the first structural support away from the hinge sleeve structure is at its thinnest point such that its shape tapers contiguously on at least one face of the apparatus to a thickest point at a distal end of the second structural support away from the hinge sleeve structure;
• and
• (e) the first structural support and the second structural support make up a shape in section with a rectangular boarder when the device is in a fully folded state.