Patent ID: 8150482
Filing Date: 2012-04-03
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A mobile computing device comprising: a front housing segment that includes a display surface on a front exterior face; a back housing segment that includes a keypad; and a slider assembly comprising a front plate coupled to the front housing segment and a back plate coupled to the back housing segment, the front plate including at least two front slots and at least two front securement features, and the back plate including at least two back slots and at least two back securement features, wherein the at least two front securement features are received and slideably engaged with the at least two back slots and the at least two back securement features are received and slideably engaged with the at least two front slots; wherein the slider assembly enables the front housing segment and the back housing segment to move between an extended position and a contracted position so that a path of motion followed by one of the front housing segment or back housing segment when moving between the extended position and the contracted position is continuously arced.