Patent ID: 6903927

Claim:
A convertible portable electronic device comprising: a base unit having a bottom and an oppositely disposed platform operational surface; a lid having a viewing side and an oppositely disposed cover side and being mechanically coupled to said base unit; a closed position wherein said lid is substantially flat and parallel with said base unit operational surface and said viewing side is in a downwardly facing face-to-face orientation with said base unit operational surface; an open position wherein said lid is angled with respect to said base unit operational surface; and a tablet position wherein said lid is substantially flat and parallel with said base unit operational surface and said viewing side is in an upwardly facing orientation with respect to said base unit operational surface and said cover side is in a downwardly facing face-to-face orientation with said base unit operational surface; said lid having means at one end thereof for providing pivotal movement and support between said base unit and said lid for movement between said closed position, said open position and said tablet position, said lid pivotal support means further being arranged for slideable engagement with respective corresponding guide means located on said base unit, and web hinge assembly means having one end pivotally coupled to one end region of said base unit and an opposite end coupled to said lid along a folding pivot axis extending transversely between oppositely disposed side edges of said lid and intermediate the upper end and lower end portions of said lid, said web hinge assembly providing a further support point between said base unit and said lid.