Folding Or Integral Cover Patents (Class D14/345)
  • Display device
    Patent number: 7106578
    Abstract: A display device. A display device comprises a body and a movable portion. The body comprises a display panel. The movable portion is rotatably disposed on the body, movable between a first position and a second position. When the movable portion is at the first position, the movable portion is closed on the body, covering and protecting the display panel. When the movable portion rotates a predetermined angle from the first position to the second position, the movable portion becomes a supporting member, to support the body in an upright position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2004
    Date of Patent: September 12, 2006
    Assignee: Hannspree Inc.
    Inventor: Ching-Wen Chen
  • Encasement for handheld computer
    Patent number: 6781824
    Abstract: A handheld computer comprises a generally rectangular housing and a cover movably connected thereto by a hinge assembly. The hinge assembly includes a tubular member or arm that has one end fixedly (non-rotatably) secured to an edge of the cover and an opposite end pivotally coupled to an edge of the cover. The hinge assembly enables the cover to be moved to at least three different positions. The cover provides a different function in each position. A method of reconfiguring an encasement of a handheld computer to provide at least two different functions includes rotating the cover about at least two different axes to move the cover between at least two different positions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Palm, Inc.
    Inventors: John William Krieger, Randall Clark Lewis
  • Computer
    Patent number: D502700
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Takuma
  • Computer
    Patent number: D502701
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 8, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Takuma
  • Computer
    Patent number: D502946
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 30, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 15, 2005
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Takuma
  • Electronic information displaying device
    Patent number: D507567
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 16, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2005
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Yonekawa, Kazuya Ohashi, Satoshi Yonai, Toshiro Iizuka, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Kayoko Kawakami
  • Wireless mobile telephone
    Patent number: D509493
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2005
    Assignee: Sierra Wireless, Inc.
    Inventors: Jon Winebrenner, Mark Hoeveler, David Sayler, Ichiang Sun, Jamian Russell Cobbett, Stephen Matthew McCallion
  • Electronic book having multiple viewing panes
    Patent number: D511162
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Inventor: Mizanur R. Majumder
  • Personal entertainment device
    Patent number: D516555
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 29, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 7, 2006
    Assignee: Handheld Entertainment, Inc.
    Inventor: Carl Page
  • Electronic book
    Patent number: D517545
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 21, 2006
    Inventors: Gregory W. Buckel, Robert Buckel
  • Personal digital assistant camera mobile phone
    Patent number: D520976
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Inventor: Paul LaDelfa
  • Digital image album
    Patent number: D520993
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2004
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2006
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventors: Lea Sarasjoki, Sami Lehtovaara
  • Electronic display device
    Patent number: D523853
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 23, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 27, 2006
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Takeshi Ishikawa, Kinko Okamura, Yoshiyuki Kodama, Junji Ajioka
  • PDA phone
    Patent number: D526983
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 21, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 22, 2006
    Assignee: Lite-On Technology Corporation
    Inventors: Huei-Yun Gong, Hung-Chih Wang
  • Portable computer bible
    Patent number: D527381
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 29, 2006
    Inventor: Jason A. Martin
  • Foldable computer
    Patent number: D530716
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 24, 2006
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventors: Kenichi Kimura, Masamichi Udagawa, Sigi Moeslinger
  • Video picture frame
    Patent number: D531417
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 14, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 7, 2006
    Inventors: Hipolito Saenz, Virginia Saenz
  • Communicator
    Patent number: D534514
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2005
    Date of Patent: January 2, 2007
    Assignee: Nokia Corporation
    Inventor: Jean-Marc Hering
  • Personal digital assistant
    Patent number: D540790
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: April 17, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Sae Kim, Chi-Young Ahn, Beom-Ku Han, Chang-Hwan Hwang
  • Mobile communications device
    Patent number: D549197
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 21, 2007
    Assignee: Cingular Wireless II LLC
    Inventors: Ivy Cunningham, Stacia Lynn Pache, David Brudnicki, Charles Monte, Peter Fornell, Brad Melmon
  • Personal digital assistant
    Patent number: D554635
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jin-Man Chung, Beom-Gu Han, Chang-Hwan Hwang
  • Digital photography album
    Patent number: D556193
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2007
    Assignee: Brookstone Purchasing, Inc.
    Inventors: David Laituri, James D. TerMeer
  • Display
    Patent number: D571560
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2007
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Universal Scientific Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ching-Chi Liu, Wen-Chang Tsai
  • Mobile communication device
    Patent number: D571800
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 1, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2008
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Hidetoshi Tamaki, Matias Duarte
  • Mobile communication device
    Patent number: D577018
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: September 16, 2008
    Assignee: High Tech Computer Corp.
    Inventor: Yen Hung Lin
  • Mobile communications device
    Patent number: D579907
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2008
    Assignee: Questox Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Harmon
  • Portable electronic notebook
    Patent number: D580432
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joon-Ki Yun, Jun-Sang Park
  • Notebook computer
    Patent number: D580433
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Compal Electronics, Inc.
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Chiang, Yun-Tung Pai, Ya-Hwei Tseng, Chien-Chu Chen, Chen-Bang Chuang
  • Handheld communication device
    Patent number: D580928
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2008
    Assignee: Polymer Vision Limited
    Inventors: David Johannes Elisabeth Bemelmans, Mathew Lee Bembridge
  • Mobile personal computer
    Patent number: D581921
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2008
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Young-Se Kim, Ji-Eun Lee, Young-Ju Yeo, Chang-Soo Lee
  • Combined media recorder/player and computer
    Patent number: D493455
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Ogasawara
  • Display
    Patent number: D493463
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 27, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoshi Takahashi
  • Print media receiving apparatus
    Patent number: D493787
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Leapfrog Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventor: Jason Avery
  • Combined computer and disc recorder/player
    Patent number: D493788
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 4, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Shinichi Ogasawara
  • Computer
    Patent number: D493789
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 14, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Tomoaki Takuma
  • Computer
    Patent number: D494165
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Hiroaki Yokota
  • Portable information terminal
    Patent number: D494166
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumagai, Ryuta Kanno, Masato Kawasaki
  • Portable information terminal
    Patent number: D494167
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 10, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Maki Hirakawa, Yoshiaki Kumagai, Ryuta Kanno
  • Wireless communication device
    Patent number: D583341
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2008
    Assignee: Quanta Computer Inc.
    Inventor: Feng-Chun Wang
  • Portable electronic device
    Patent number: D583810
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2008
    Assignee: Chi Mei Communication Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Ping-Chou Chen
  • Electronic information displaying device
    Patent number: D494968
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 24, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Yonekawa, Kazuya Ohashi, Satoshi Yonai, Toshiro Iizuka, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Kayoko Kawakami
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D584304
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2009
    Assignee: HTC Corporation
    Inventor: Sheng-Yueh Lin
  • Electronic information displaying device
    Patent number: D495693
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 7, 2004
    Assignee: Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Osamu Yonekawa, Kazuya Ohashi, Satoshi Yonai, Toshiro Iizuka, Yoshihiro Hayakawa, Kayoko Kawakami
  • Communication device
    Patent number: D585444
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2009
    Assignee: Polymer Vision Limited
    Inventor: Volker Verschoor
  • Portable information terminal
    Patent number: D496036
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: September 14, 2004
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Yoshiaki Kumagai, Ryuta Kanno
  • Dual display hand-held electronic device
    Patent number: D586802
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2009
    Assignee: Research In Motion Limited
    Inventors: Archer Chi Kwong Wun, Kwok Ching Leung, Todd Andrew Wood
  • Electronic book and charging cradle
    Patent number: D587704
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 21, 2008
    Date of Patent: March 3, 2009
    Inventor: Shelton McCoy
  • Handheld electronic device
    Patent number: D588084
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2009
    Assignee: Research in Motion Limited
    Inventors: Jason T. Griffin, Cortez Corley, Norman M. Ladouceur
  • Electronic book
    Patent number: D499095
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 30, 2004
    Inventor: Martin Balarezo
  • Interactive print media apparatus
    Patent number: D500316
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 15, 2003
    Date of Patent: December 28, 2004
    Assignee: LeapFrog Enterprises, Inc.
    Inventors: Larry Lynch, Eric Thomas Shuler, George Heropoulos