Patent ID: 8599545

Claim:
A portable folding electronic device having a user interface and a screen, comprising: a base with a user interface on one surface; a screen unit having one surface and a first notch and a second notch on an opposite surface, said first notch extending from proximate one corner of said screen unit and said second notch extending from proximate an adjacent corner of said screen unit at an angle to said first notch; and a linkage connecting said base to said screen unit, said linkage providing at least one hinge joint and at least one pivot joint between said base and said screen unit such that said screen unit may be moved to a first position folded onto said base with said linkage aligned with, and lying in, said first notch, to a second position tilted with respect to said base, and to a third position folded onto said base with said screen facing directly away from said user interface and said linkage aligned with, and lying in, said second notch.