Patent ID: 8199032
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: G06F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A handheld electronic device comprising: a processor apparatus; an input apparatus structured to provide input to the processor apparatus and comprising a keypad that comprises a plurality of input members; an output apparatus structured to receive output signals from the processor apparatus; at least a portion of each of the processor apparatus, the input apparatus, and the output apparatus together forming a body that comprises a first member and a second member movably connected together, at least one of the first and second members being movable with respect to the other of the first and second members between a first configuration of the body and a second configuration of the body; in the first configuration at least some of the input members each being incapable of an actuation that is detectable by the processor apparatus; in the second configuration the at least some of the input members being capable of an actuation that is detectable by the processor apparatus; and the plurality of input members comprising a plurality of actuators and a plurality of switches, in the second configuration at least some of the actuators each being engageable with an associated switch to complete a circuit, in the first configuration at least some of the actuators each being unengageable with the associated switch, in the second configuration at least some of the actuators are each aligned in an actuation direction with the associated switch, in the first configuration at least some of the actuators each being offset from the associated switch.