Patent ID: 9001024
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. An electronic document reading device having a physical thickness defined between a front display surface and an opposing, exterior rear surface of the device which is parallel to the front display surface, the device comprising: a back panel having an interior surface and an exterior surface; an external interface mounted on an edge of said device, the external interface having a first exterior surface and a second exterior surface, wherein the external interface first exterior surface and the back panel exterior surface are positioned in a same plane and wherein the external interface second exterior surface is transverse to the external interface first exterior surface; and a surround portion located around and extending from the outermost perimeter of the back panel, said surround portion having a first surround exterior surface and a second surround exterior surface, the second surround exterior surface being the remainder exterior surface of the surround portion, wherein said first surround exterior surface is opposed to and parallel to said front display surface of the device and wherein said first surround exterior surface has an area greater than an area of the second surround exterior surface, said exterior rear surface of the device comprising said back panel exterior surface and said first surround exterior surface, wherein said back panel exterior surface and said first surround exterior surface are positioned in a same plane, wherein said back panel is substantially transparent and said interior surface of said back panel is substantially opaque, and wherein the surround portion has a cut-out for said external interface such that the external interface replaces a missing portion of said first surround exterior surface and replaces a missing portion of said second surround exterior surface, the external interface extending from the back panel of the device to the front display surface of the device such that an exterior rear surface of said external interface is substantially flush with said exterior rear surface of the device, wherein said back panel has a thickness substantially equal to a thickness of said external interface and wherein the external interface first exterior surface, positioned in the same plane as the back panel exterior surface, has an area greater than an area of said external interface second exterior surface; and wherein said opaque interior surface of said transparent back panel gives the impression that said device is thinner than said physical thickness of said device.