Portable electronic device
View Patent ↗A portable electronic device includes a main body, a first cover and a second cover. The main body includes a display formed on a surface thereof. The first cover is rotatably connected to one end of the main body and the second cover is rotatably connected to another end of the main body. When the first cover and the second cover are in a closed state, the first cover and the second cover are positioned at an opposite surface of the display. When the first cover and the second cover are unfolded like wings to be in an open state, the first cover and the second cover are positioned to extend from opposite sides of the display.
1. A portable electronic device, comprising:
a main body, the main body having first and second opposite surfaces and first and second edges; a display formed in the first surface thereof and two spaced recesses respectively defined in the second surface, each recess beginning at an edge of the main body and extends towards the other recess and towards the center of the of second surface of the main body;
a first cover rotatably connected to the first edge of the main body, wherein the first cover rotates about an axis substantially parallel with the first edge;
a second cover rotatably connected to the second edge of the main body, wherein the second cover rotates about an axis substantially parallel with the second edge;
wherein when the first cover and the second cover are in their closed state, the first cover and the second cover are received in the recesses and have planar surfaces exposed from the main body, and the first cover and the second cover are substantially coplanar with non-recessed portions of the second surface of the main body;
wherein when the first cover and the second are in their open state, the first cover and the second cover are respectively rotated along the axes substantially parallel with the first and second edges and in opposite directions from the display, and the first surface, the first cover, and the second cover are all substantially coplanar.
2. The portable electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the main body is substantially rectangular, and includes two long side edges and two short side edges, the first cover and the second cover are connected to the respective short side edges of the main body.
3. The holder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first surface is a top surface, the second surface is a bottom surface, the display is positioned on the top surface of the main body.
4. The holder as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a depth of the recesses is substantially equals to a thickness of the first cover and the second cover, when the first cover and the second cover are respectively received in the recesses in a close state, and the first cover and the second cover are substantially coplanar with the back surface of the main body.
5. The holder as claimed in claim 3 , wherein a depth of the recesses is slightly larger than a thickness of the first cover and the second cover, when the first cover and the second cover are respectively received in the recesses in a closed state, and the first cover and the second cover are lay below the back surface of the main body.
6. The holder as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first cover and the second cover is rotatably connected to the main body by a hinge assembly.
7. The holder as claimed in claim 6 , wherein each end of the main body includes a hinge barrel, two pairs of opposite connecting portions are formed on one end of the first cover and the second cover, one of the hinge assemblies is connected between one hinge barrel and the connecting portions of the first cover, the other hinge assembly is connected between the other hinge barrel and the connecting portions of the second cover.
8. The holder as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each hinge assembly includes a washer, a sleeve, an elastic member, a cam, a follower and a shaft, the cam, the follower and the elastic member are placed around the shaft, and are received in the sleeve.