Patent ID: 9253903
Filing Date: 2016-02-02
CPC Classification: G06F,H05K

Claim Text:
1. An electronic device, comprising: a first casing having an operation section on a top surface; a second casing having a display on a front surface; a hinge mechanism configured to connect the first casing to the second casing, the hinge mechanism configured to rotate the second casing, relative to the first casing, on a connection portion in which the first casing is connected to the second casing, to allow the electronic device to switch from a closed position where the front surface of the second casing overlaps the top surface of the first casing, through an opened position where the second casing is raised relative to the first casing, to an inverted position where a back surface of the second casing overlaps a back surface of the first casing; an exterior component configured to rotate in synchronization with the second casing when switching between the opened position and the inverted position is performed, and to switch, by rotating in synchronization with the second casing, between a state where the exterior component projects from the back surface of the first casing to be a leg for the electronic device in the opened position, and a state where the exterior component projects from the top surface of the first casing to be a leg for the electronic device in the inverted position; and a rotation prevention portion configured to prevent the exterior component from rotating on the rotation shaft connected to the first casing, when the exterior component is a leg for the electronic device; wherein the rotation prevention portion comprises a flat surface that extends in a direction orthogonal to the rotation shaft, formed at a distal end of the exterior component.