Patent ID: 7428431

Claim:
A wireless communication device, comprising: a wireless communication device housing including an exposed outer surface; a retractable combination speaker box and antenna mechanism operably coupled with the wireless communication device housing, the retractable combination speaker box and antenna mechanism including a speaker box with an enclosed acoustic volume, and an antenna; wherein the retractable combination speaker box and antenna mechanism movable between a retracted position and a deployed position; wherein, in the retracted position, at least a portion of the sneaker box fits within the housing such that the retractable combination speaker box and antenna mechanism is adjacent with the wireless communication device housing and does not cover any portion of the exposed outer surface of the wireless communication device housing, and the speaker box includes a retracted enclosed acoustic volume; and wherein, in the deployed position, the at least a portion of the speaker box of the retractable combination speaker box and antenna mechanism is moved away from the top of the wireless communication device housing in the longitudinal direction of the wireless communication device housing such that the antenna is in a deployed position farther away from the housing than when in the retracted condition, and such that the speaker box includes a deployed enclosed acoustic volume that is greater than the retracted enclosed acoustic volume.