Patent ID: 7724508
Filing Date: 2010-05-25
Classification: G06F,G09F,H04M

Abstract:
1. A device, comprising: a flexible display screen and a housing structurally configurable between an open position and a closed position, wherein the housing is operable to visibly expose a full operating view of the flexible display screen in response to the flexible display screen and the housing being structurally configured in the open position, and wherein the housing is operable to visibly expose a partial operating view of the flexible display screen in response to the flexible display screen and the housing being structurally configured in the closed position; a rolling mechanism operable to unroll the flexible display screen from within the housing in response to a structural reconfiguration of the flexible display screen and the housing from the closed position to the open position; and a cover operable to impede physical damage to the partial operating view of the flexible display screen in response to the flexible display screen and the housing being structurally configured in the closed position; wherein the rolling mechanism is operable concurrently roll the flexible display screen within the housing and rotate the cover toward the flexible display screen in response to a structural reconfiguration of the flexible display screen and the housing from the open position to the closed position.