Patent ID: 7671836
Filing Date: 2010-03-02
Classification: H04M

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a main casing that comprises a display; a layer comprising a keypad; a moving mechanism configured to enable a user to move the layer to a rest position in which the layer is in a retracted state from an extracted position and back from the rest position to the extracted position, wherein the keypad is covered by the main casing in the retracted state; the layer has two extracted positions comprising: a portrait position in which the layer is extracted out of the rest position in a first direction; and a landscape position in which the layer is extracted out of the rest position in a second direction that is perpendicular to the first direction; wherein at least a portion of the keypad is configured to be used from the first direction when the layer is in the portrait position and from the second direction when the layer is in the landscape position; the moving mechanism further comprising: a first guide pin at the layer and a corresponding first guide conduct at the main casing; and a second guide pin at the main casing and a corresponding second guide conduct at the layer.