Patent ID: 7507044

Claim:
A portable electronic device, comprising: a first body element having a first major surface; a second body element having a first major outwardly facing surface; a third body element having a first major outwardly facing surface; said second body element and said third body element being in an overlying relationship with said first body element; said third body element mechanically coupled to said first body element; said second body element mechanically coupled to said first body element and further mechanically coupled to said third body element, wherein each of said second and third body elements is arranged for relative movement with respect to said first body element and one another to configure said first body element, said second body element and said third body element in a number of predetermined fixed orientations, whereby each of said predetermined fixed orientations defines a corresponding respective different operative position; said second body element being configured in a portrait orientation with respect to said third body element and defining a first operative position; and said first body element and said second body element further being arranged for slideable movement with respect to one another between said first operative position and a second operative position wherein said second body element is slideably moved alone a linear path in a first direction into a substantially non-overlying relationship with said first body element and out of said portrait orientation with respect to said third body element and defining said second operative position in which said first body element, second body element and third body element are configured in a substantially landscape orientation.