Patent ID: 6549789
Filing Date: 2003-04-15
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
A handheld radiotelephone comprising:a housing having a first housing portion and a second housing portion, said first housing portion having a first and second face, and said second housing portion having a third and fourth face; a first user interface mounted within said first housing portion and accessible on said first face; a second user interface mounted within said first housing portion and accessible on said second face; a third user interface mounted within said second housing portion accessible on said third face; and a swivel hinge for coupling said first housing portion to said second housing portion such that said first housing portion and said second housing portion rotate about a first axis of said swivel hinge between a first closed position, where said first housing portion and said second housing portion are folded together until they are planarly adjacent enclosing said first and said third user interface therebetween, and a first open position where said first and said second housing portions are angularly displaced about said first axis from said first closed position to an angle between 90 and 180 degrees, and wherein said swivel hinge further couples said first housing portion and said second housing portion such that said first and said second housing portions rotate about a second axis of said swivel hinge perpendicular to said first axis between a first housing portion first rotation position and a first housing portion second rotation position, as defined relative to said second housing portion, and between a second housing portion first rotation position and a second housing portion second rotation position as defined relative to said first housing portion, and wherein said first housing portion in said first housing portion second rotation position, and said second housing portion in said second housing portion first rotation position rotate about said first axis of said swivel hinge between a second closed position where said first housing portion and said second housing portion are folded together until they are planarly adjacent enclosing said second and said third user interface therebetween, and a second open position wherein said first and said second housing portions are angularly displaced from said second closed position about said first axis to an angle between 90 and 180 degrees.