Patent ID: 8547254
Filing Date: 2013-10-01
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 actuators; 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, the first and second members being movable with respect to each other between a first configuration of the body and a second configuration of the body; in the first configuration, the actuators being offset in relation to respective switches, the respective switches being operationally connected to the processor, the offset to prevent the actuators from actuating the respective switches when the actuators are subjected to an actuation force; and in the second configuration, the actuators being aligned with the respective switches, the alignment of the actuators with the respective switches to allow the actuators to actuate the respective switches when the actuators are subjected to the actuation force.