Extending hinged flip apparatus for a communication device
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorsMichael L. Charlier, Thomas E. Gitzinger JR., Paul R. Steuer
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Abstract
A communication device with an extending hinged flip apparatus includes three interconnected movable housings. A base housing includes a user interface and most of the electronics of the device. A flip housing is coupled by a hinge assembly to the base housing. An extendable housing is configured to slideably engage the base housing. A latch mechanism mechanically coupling the flip housing to the extendable housing in a latched position. When the latched is released, the flip housing rotates out and the extendable housing extends to provide a device with a length that is effectively more than double the device length in the latched position.
Claims20
A communication device with an extending hinged flip apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a base housing, the base housing having a front surface;
- a flip housing, the flip housing mechanically coupled by a hinge assembly to the base housing, the flip housing having a closed position being in proximity to the front surface of the base housing and an open position extending away from the base housing;
- an extendable housing, the extendable housing configured to slideably engage the base housing and having an extended position and a collapsed position;
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- a latch mechanism, the latch mechanism mechanically coupling one or more of the flip housing and extendable housing in a closed position.
A communication device with an extending hinged flip apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a base housing, the base housing having a user interface of the communication device disposed on a front surface thereof;
- a flip housing, the flip housing mechanically coupled by a spring loaded hinge assembly to the base housing, the flip housing having a closed position being in proximity to the front surface of the base housing and an open position extending away from the base housing;
- a spring loaded extendable housing, the extendable housing including an earpiece and is configured to slideably engage the base housing between an extended position and a collapsed position;
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- a latch mechanism, the latch mechanism mechanically locking the closed flip housing to the collapsed extendable housing in a latched position, and wherein when the latch mechanism is released the flip housing rotates on the hinge assembly from the closed position to the open position to a predetermined angle with the base housing, and the extendable housing extends from the collapsed position to the extended position at a predetermined distance from with the base housing.
A communication device with an extending hinged flip apparatus, the apparatus comprising:
- a base housing, the base housing having a user interface of the communication device disposed on a front surface thereof;
- a flip housing, the flip housing mechanically coupled by a spring loaded hinge assembly to the base housing, the flip housing having a closed position being in proximity to the front surface of the base housing and an open position extending away from the base housing;
- a spring loaded extendable housing, the extendable housing is configured to slideably engage the base housing between an extended position and a collapsed position;
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- a latch mechanism, the latch mechanism mechanically locking the closed flip housing to the collapsed extendable housing in a latched position, and wherein when the latch mechanism is released the flip housing rotates on the hinge assembly from the closed position to the open position to a predetermined angle with the base housing, and the extendable housing extends from the collapsed position to the extended position at a predetermined distance from with the base housing.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.