Patent ID: 7639484

Claim:
A portable electronic device comprising: (a) a base having one or more input surfaces, a front edge, a back edge, a left edge, and a right edge; (b) a display having a screen for viewing, an upper edge, a bottom edge, a left edge, and a right edge; (c) an arm having two or more sections joined together, wherein at least two said joined sections are relatively rotatable; wherein through relative rotations of some of said jointed arm sections, said arm can be expanded; (d) at least one of said arm sections is connected to said base and at least one of said arm sections is connected to said display wherein said arm sections, said display and said base rotate around a plurality of rotational axes and at least two of said rotational axes can be set to be non-parallel to each other; wherein in an open viewing position said display can move along a straight line direction relative to said input surface of said base while maintaining a direction that the screen is facing; wherein said arm has a motion that is capable of opening and folding said display from and against said base; wherein when said display is open for viewing, the viewing angle of said display can be tilted; and wherein said display can move substantially in at least one direction selected from the group consisting of: an up and down direction relative to said base, a forward and backward direction relative to said base in a predefined usage orientation, and a left and right direction relative to said base in a predefined usage orientation.