Patent ID: 6958902

Claim:
A pivot-and-positioning assembly for an electronic device that includes first and second parts, said pivot-and-positioning assembly comprising: a pivot unit including a mounting seat adapted to be secured to the second part, and a rotatable member mounted rotatably on said mounting seat and adapted to be secured to the first part so as to permit rotation of the first part about a first axis relative to the second part between first and second positions; and a positioning unit including a first engaging member that is secured to said rotatable member and that has an engaging portion which rotates about said first axis along a circumferential trajectory upon rotation of the first part relative to the second part, and a pair of second engaging members that are secured to said mounting seat and that are diametrically disposed on said circumferential trajectory, each of said second engaging members defining a retaining recess that opens at a tangential direction relative to said circumferential trajectory in such a manner that said engaging portion of said first engaging member moves along said circumferential trajectory to be fittingly and releasably snapped into said retaining recess in one of said second engaging members so as to position the first part at the first position and that said engaging portion of said first engaging member moves along said circumferential trajectory to be fittingly and releasably snapped into said retaining recess in the other of said second engaging members so as to position the first part at the second position.