US 11,836,010 B2
Adjustable device foot
Nathan Michael Thome, Kirkland, WA (US)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/769,970
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 21, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/056724
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 18, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/081134, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 29, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2024062 (NL), filed on Oct. 21, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0382326 A1, Dec. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/166 (2013.01) 15 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a base;
at least one foot, the at least one foot being movable relative to the base between a first configuration and a second configuration;
a magnetic element for moving at least one portion of the at least one foot between the first configuration and the second configuration; and
a display element movably connected to the base,
wherein movement of the display element from a laptop mode to a tablet mode causes the magnetic element to move the at least one portion of the at least one foot from the first configuration to the second configuration, the tablet mode being a position during which the display element is positioned on top of the base in a manner that allows a display screen of the display element to be on top of the base and facing outward from the base,
wherein the second configuration includes the at least one portion of the at least one foot being retracted relative to the base, and
wherein the at least one portion is made from a first material and a remainder of the at least one foot is made from a second material, the first material causing a first coefficient of friction between the at least one portion and an object on which the base is seated and the second material causes a second coefficient of friction between the remainder of the at least one foot and the object on which the base is seated.