Patent ID: 7382607

Claim:
A portable computing device comprising: a first housing segment and a second housing segment pivotably connected to the first housing segment to move between a closed position and an extended position, wherein the first housing segment includes a first exterior edge having a first inward edge formation, wherein the first housing segment has a first inner face on which a video display is provided; and wherein the second housing segment has a second exterior edge having a second inward edge formation, wherein the second housing segment has a second inner face on which a keyboard is provided, wherein, in a closed position, the first and second housing segments provide a groove formation formed, in part, by the first inward edge formation and the second inward edge formation, wherein said formation is dimensioned to receive a user's finger, and wherein the first inward edge formation comprises an at least partially concave shape dimensioned to engage a portion of a user's finger proximate the fingertip; and wherein the at least partially concave shape comprises a curvature of a circle; wherein the first housing segment and the second housing segment are pivotably connected proximate a first edge segment; wherein the first housing segment includes an exterior surface having a plurality of raised undulations parallel to the first edge segmnent; and wherein each inward formation includes a horizontal component and a vertical component that form an angle with the vertical, and a stop connected to one of the first or second inner faces such that, in the closed position, the stop engages the other inner face, thereby forming a gap between the first inner face and the second inner face in the closed position.