Patent ID: 8126519

Claim:
A housing for a mobile computing device, the housing comprising: a base segment comprising a pair of engagement members, the pair of engagement members being substantially positioned at a midpoint along a length of the base segment; and a frontal segment that is (i) linearly coupled to the base segment to move between an extended position and a contracted position without pivoting, the contracted position corresponding to a minimum overall length of the housing and the extended position corresponding to a maximum overall length of the housing, and (ii) pivotally coupled to the base segment, via the pair of engagement members of the base segment, to pivot, while remaining connected at a given position, from a first relative position to a second relative position and from the second relative position to the first relative position, such that a top surface of the frontal segment can move in an arc that is about 180 degrees in moving from the first position to the second position.