Folding communication device
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorDavid Roger Headon
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Abstract
A mobile phone having a body and a pop-up cover which carries a loud speaker. The cover is hinged to the body of the phone and is movable between a closed position, wherein a surface of the cover overlies a surface of the phone body and an open position, where the cover does not overlie the surface of the phone body. The phone also includes a first engagement latch adjacent to the surface of the phone body, which is arranged to engage a second engagement surface to secure the phone in the closed position. The latch may be disengaged to allow the cover to move to the open position.
Claims17
A mobile phone having a body and a pop-up cover which carries a loud speaker,
- the cover being hinged to the body of the phone and being movable between a closed position wherein a surface of the cover overlies a surface of the phone body and an open position wherein the surface of the cover does not overlie the surface of the phone body,
- the mobile phone comprising a first engagement means adjacent the surface of the phone body which is arranged to engage a second engagement means adjacent the surface of the cover the secure the phone in the closed position,
- the phone body further carrying disengagement means to disengage the first and second engagement means to allow the cover to move to the open position;
- wherein said disengagement means is located in and moveable in a plane that is substantially perpendicular to a plane in which the first and second engagement means is located and in which the first engagement means moves, said disengagement means operating in a direction parallel to a hinge axis of first engagement means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.