Patent ID: 8725223

Claim:
An apparatus for a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a first housing; and a second housing with complementary sliding connectors, wherein the complementary sliding connectors are configured to be engaged along a sliding connection axis such that the first and second housings can be slid with respect to one another between a first configuration and a second configuration along a plane parallel to the sliding connection axis, wherein the complementary sliding connectors are configured to be disengaged in the second configuration and be rotated about a rotation axis to allow for relative rotation of the first and second housings away from the sliding plane to provide a third configuration, and wherein the complementary sliding connectors provide a complementary dovetail joint in which a female complementary sliding connector is configured to match a shape of a male complementary sliding connector on only one side of surfaces engaged along the sliding connection axis to define one or more gaps between the female complementary sliding connector and the male complementary sliding connector, and wherein the sliding connection axis is perpendicular to the rotation axis.