Patent ID: 8477464

Claim:
An electronic device comprising: a housing; a flexible display adapted to be displaceable with respect to the housing, said flexible display having a first mechanically stable position and a second mechanically stable position, wherein said first mechanically stable position and said second mechanically stable position are enabled for different angulations of the flexible display or portions of the flexible display with respect to the housing; and a mechanism arranged for enabling a transition between said first mechanically stable position and said second mechanically stable position, comprising: a first portion having a first hinge point, a second hinge point, and a rigid arched segment disposed between said first and second hinge points; and a second portion hinged to each of said first and second hinge points for facilitating said first mechanically stable position and said second mechanically stable position of the flexible display, arranged such that during said first mechanically stable position of the flexible display, a portion of said flexible display is partially stored in said arched segment of the first portion and forms a curvilinear configuration, and during said second mechanically stable position of said flexible display, said portion of the flexible display leaves said arched segment and forms a planar configuration supported by said second portions.