Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p.

Susanne Meissner

Yoshimichi Matsuoka

David Christophe Northway

Troy Hulick

Michael Joseph Francisco

Heather Lynn Klaubert

Jose Efrain Alcorta

Troy Carter

A mobile computing device is provided that includes a front housing segment and a back housing segment. The front housing segment includes a first front slot and a first front securement feature or cleat. The back housing segment includes a first back slot and a first securement feature or cleat. The front housing segment and the back housing segment are positioned so that the first back securement feature is received and slideably engaged with the first front slot, and the first front securement feature is received and slideably engaged with the first back cleat. A combination of (i) the first back securement feature being received and slideably engaged with the first front slot, and (ii) the first front securement feature being received and slideably engaged with the first back securement feature, enable the front housing segment and the back housing segment to slide along a path that includes an extended position and a contracted position. As described with one or more embodiments, the path may be arced or otherwise include a radius of curvature.

Slider assembly for a housing of a mobile computing device

Growing community of inventors

Menlo Park, CA, United States of America

Susanne Meissner