US 12,216,496 B2
Book style foldable tablet with stand
Xinkui Ye, Suzhou (CN)
Assigned to Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
Appl. No. 17/778,675
Filed by Microsoft Technology Licensing, LLC, Redmond, WA (US)
PCT Filed Nov. 19, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/061369
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date May 20, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/102192, PCT Pub. Date May 27, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2024268 (NL), filed on Nov. 20, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0413552 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1641 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1632 (2013.01); G06F 1/1681 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An electronic device comprising:
a first portion;
a second portion movably connected to the first portion by a hinge, the hinge having a hinge axis and forming a spine that runs a length of the electronic device; and
a support in the spine and having a deployed position and a stowed position, the stowed position abutting the spine and the deployed position spaced apart from the spine to support the electronic device on a surface,
wherein the support includes a first section having a first higher end and a first lower end and a second section having a second higher end and a second lower end, the first lower end of the first section being rotatably connected to the second higher end of the second section by a connection point and configured to protrude away from the spine when in the deployed position, wherein the second lower end of the second section is slidably connected to the spine and the first higher end of the first section is translationally fixed relative to the spine; and
wherein the first portion includes a first display and the second portion includes a second display.