Portable terminal with foldable keyboard
AssigneeMobicom Corporation
InventorsWinston Hong Lieu, Howard X. Wu, Youngmihn Kim
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Abstract
A portable terminal having personal computing capability and wireless telecommunications capability. The portable terminal includes a display that is integral with, or otherwise attached to, a display. A housing is rotatably-coupled to the base and/or display. The portable terminal can be closed, wherein the housing overlies the base, or open, wherein base and housing flank the display. The display is fully visible to a user whether the portable terminal is open or closed. When open, a keyboard having keys that are apportioned between the housing and the base is accessible.
Claims18
A portable terminal comprising:
- a base;
- a display coupled to the base, wherein said display has a display screen;
- and
- a housing that is rotatably coupled to at least one of either said display or said base, wherein:
- said housing is rotatable out-of-plane between a first position and a second position,
- in said first position, said housing overlies said base such that said portable terminal is closed;
- in said second position, said housing and said base flank said display such that said portable terminal is open;
- and
- said display screen is fully visible to a user when said portable terminal is open and when said portable terminal is closed.
A portable terminal comprising:
- a base, wherein said base has a first group of keys that define a first portion of a keyboard;
- a display coupled to the base, wherein said display has a display screen;
- and
- a housing, wherein:
- said housing has a second group of keys that define a second portion of a keyboard;
- said housing is rotatably coupled to at least one of said display or said base;
- said housing is rotatable out-of-plane between a first position and a second position, wherein:
- in said first position, said housing overlies said base such that said portable terminal is closed;
- in said second position, said housing and said base flank said display such that said portable terminal is open;
- and
- said first portion of said keyboard and said second portion of said keyboard flank said display when said portable terminal is open.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.