Patent ID: 8035963

Claim:
A multiple-fold portable electronic device comprising: a first planar housing including a first surface; a second planar housing connected to said first planar housing via a first joint such that said first planar housing and said second planar housing are foldable in relation to each other between a shut position and an open position, said second planar housing including a third surface; a third planar housing connected to said second planar housing via a second joint, said second planar housing and said third planar housing are foldable in relation to each other between the shut position and the open position, said third planar housing including a fifth surface, said first joint comprising a first rounded side and a first flat surface, said second joint comprising a second rounded side and a second flat side, said first rounded side comprising a first and second buttons, wherein said first surface, third surface, fifth surface, first rounded side, and second flat side all face the same general direction when said portable electronic device is in said open position.