Patent ID: 7843688
Filing Date: 2010-11-30
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. A latching mechanism for a portable electronic device, the latching mechanism comprising one or more of a male/female element configured to provide for latching under physical engagement with one or more of a complementary female/male element, one or more of the male/female elements configured to be moved from an unlatched configuration to a latched configuration by inter-engagement, the latched configuration configured to provide for physical inter-engagement of the male and female elements which is configured to provide a bias to the one or more of the male/female elements that resists physical disengagement of the male and female elements wherein the female element is further configured to provide for a decrease in spacing between the male and female elements in a direction orthogonal to the direction of inter-engagement, and wherein the bias is provided in a direction substantially orthogonal to the direction of inter-engagement, the directions of the bias, the decrease in spacing, and the inter-engagement being substantially co-planar.