Mobile communication devices
AssigneeArto Peuhu, Ta Mpere
InventorsARTO PEUHU, MIKA ISOTALO
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Abstract
A mobile communication device has a housing 1 containing battery and electronic component compartments 7. Located along a central axis of the housing 1 is a spring mounted roller 4 to which is attached a flexible liquid crystal display 9. The housing 1 contains a compartment between the roller 4 and the outer wall of the housing 1 for storing the display 9 in a retracted position. An elongate slot 12 extends axially along the housing 1 such that the display 9 can be pulled through the slot 12 by a user to a withdrawn position in which the display 9 is visible to the user.
Claims14
A mobile communication device comprising a flexible electronic display and a housing for the display, wherein the display is movable between a retracted position within the housing and an in-use position where the display is visible to a user.
A mobile telephone comprising a flexible electronic display and a housing for containing the display, the display being movable between a retracted position within the housing to an in-use position where the display is visible to a user, the telephone further comprising switch means actuatable by movement of the display from the retracted position to the in-use position upon receipt of a telephone call to take the telephone off-hook.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.