Patent ID: 8099144

Claim:
A mobile communication device comprising: a base; a lid; and a connector between the base and the lid comprising two bars, each bar including a first end pivotably connected to the lid and a second end pivotably connected to the base, wherein the lid is moveable between a first position and a second position, when the lid is in the first position the lid covers at least a portion of the base and when the lid is in the second position, the portion of the base is exposed, as the lid moves from the first position to the second position, the lid moves in a plane parallel to a main surface of the base, wherein one bar of the two bars includes a bend and the lid covers only a portion of the bar including the bend when the lid is in the second position, and wherein the bend of the bar including the bend is substantially contained in a plane parallel to, and in between, the base and lid.