Patent ID: 8611973

Claim:
A portable electronic device, comprising: a first portion having a display and a first outer surface; and a second portion having a keypad and a second outer surface and being slidably coupled to the first portion, the second portion having a narrow portion and a wide portion; wherein the first portion and second portion are sized and shaped so that the second portion can move between: a closed position, wherein a first region of the display is exposed and a second region of the display is covered by the second portion, and an open position wherein the first and second regions of the display are exposed, and a second open position wherein the first and second regions of the display are exposed and in which the first and second outer surfaces are offset by an offset angle; wherein the first portion has a profile that is complimentary to the narrow and wide portions of the second portion so that as the second portion moves into the open position, the second portion moves in a direction normal to the first outer surface to align the first and second outer surfaces, wherein the profile of the first portion has a first narrow portion, a second narrow portion more narrow than the first narrow portion, and a wide portion, and wherein: when the device is in the closed position, the wide portion of the first portion and the narrow portion of the second portion are in contact and the first narrow portion of the first portion is in contact with the wide portion of the second portion; and when the device is in the open position, the narrow portion of the second portion is in contact with the first narrow portion of the first portion and the wide portion of the second portion is in contact with the second narrow portion of the first portion, when the device is in the second open position, the narrow portion and the wide portion of the second portion are in contact with the first narrow portion of the first portion.