Patent ID: 8879251
Filing Date: 2014-11-04
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A portable electronic device, comprising: a housing having a housing body, a cover body and a pair of hinges, said pair of hinges interconnecting said housing body and said cover body so that said cover body is pivotable relative to said housing body between a closed position and an open position, said housing body having a bottom wall and a pair of grooves formed in said bottom wall, each of said pair of grooves being spaced apart from a respective one of said hinges by a definite distance; a pair of foot modules disposed on said bottom wall and respectively corresponding to positions of said pair of grooves, each of said foot modules including a hollow limiting member and a foot pad, an inner portion of said limiting member being in spatial communication with a respective one of said grooves, said foot pad being movably disposed in said limiting member and said respective groove, and being movable between a retracted position, where said foot pad is disposed in said limiting member and said respective groove, and a protruding position, where said foot pad partially protrudes out of said respective groove; and a pair of cam mechanisms, each of said cam mechanisms being connected to one of said hinges and body is pivoted from said closed position to said open position, each of said hinges actuates a respective one of said cam mechanisms which in turn actuates said foot pad of a respective one of said foot modules so as to move said foot pad from said retracted position to said protruding position.