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US 2009/0215495 A1Published application
Mobile communication and/or gaming terminal
AssigneeNokia Corporation
InventorsAnton Fahlgren, Chee Wong, Kimmo Isbjornssund, Pekka Pihlaja
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Abstract
The invention relates to mobile communication and gaming terminals with a housing that is provided with a pair of pivoting wings that allow the terminals to be used in different configurations of the wings relative to the housing.
Claims23
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a housing provided with a display that forms part of a user interface;
- two wings pivotably suspended from said housing;
- said wings being configured to swing in opposite directions in a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of said display between a retracted position in which a substantial part of said wings is overlapped by said housing and an extended position in which a substantial part of said wings is not overlapped by said housing;
- and
- the sides of said wings in the extended position meeting one another.
2 more elements
A mobile communication terminal comprising:
- a housing provided with a display that forms part of a user interface;
- a keypad adjacent said display;
- two wings pivotably suspended from said housing in opposite directions in a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of said display between a retracted position and an extended position;
- one part of said keypad being disposed on one of said wings, and another part of said keypad being disposed on the other wing;
- said two parts of said keypad being accessible in the retracted position
- said two parts of said keypad forming one substantially continuous keypad in the retracted position;
- and
- said wings in the extended position transforming the mobile terminal from a one hand held communication terminal into a two hands held game controller.
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A mobile communication and/or gaming terminal comprising:
- a display in a display housing;
- two wings pivotably suspended from said display housing in opposite directions in a plane that is substantially parallel to the plane of said display between a retracted position and an extended position;
- a majority of the electronic components of the terminal being disposed inside the two pivotable wings;
- and
- said wings in the extended position forming handles that allow the terminal to be used as a game controller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.