Patent ID: 8434890

Claim:
An electronic apparatus having a body and provided on an outside part of the body with a badge comprising a multi-layer panel and a light source mounted within the part of the body to illuminate the badge from behind, wherein the apparatus body is articulated such that the orientation of the part of the body provided with the badge can be changed relative to the orientation of another part of the apparatus body, wherein the badge is constructed and mounted so as to present a predetermined graphic pattern in a first orientation relative to the body part provided with the badge when the light source is not activated and to present substantially the same graphic pattern in a second orientation relative to the body part provided with the badge when the light source is activated, wherein a masking layer having a tint is provided in the panel between a first graphic layer which defines the graphic pattern in the first orientation and a second graphic layer which defines the graphic pattern in the second orientation so that the graphic pattern is visible under ambient light in the first orientation while the graphic pattern is hidden until the light source is activated in the second orientation the apparatus further comprising means for sensing the orientation of the part of the body provided with the badge relative to the another part of the apparatus body and means for controlling the light source so as to activate it when the part of the body provided with the badge is in a predetermined range of orientations.