Patent ID: 8878746

Claim:
A multi-screen electronic device, comprising: a first electronic device having a first electronic device screen and a first electronic device body, the first electronic device screen being mounted on a frontside of the first electronic device body, the first screen electronic device further comprising an additional first electronic device screen mounted on a backside of the first electronic device body; a second electronic device having a second electronic device screen and a second electronic device body, the second electronic device screen being mounted on a frontside of the second electronic device body, the first and second electronic screens being stacked and on different planes when the multi-screen electronic device is in a compact form, the first and second electronic screens being unstacked and on the same plane when the multi-screen electronic device is in an expanded form; and a translation mechanism coupled to the first and second electronic devices, the translation mechanism being configured to guide a motion of at least one of the first and second electronic devices along a nonlinear path such that a travel along the nonlinear path in a forward direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the compact form to the expanded form and a travel along the nonlinear path in a reverse direction transforms the multi-screen electronic device from the expanded form to the compact form, wherein the translation mechanism is a sliding mechanism comprising a guide channel formed in the first electronic body and a guide tab formed on the second electronic device body, the guide tab being adapted to slide along the guide channel, wherein the guide channel defines the nonlinear path and has three guide channel portions providing three different motion directions.