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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 06, 2020
Filed:
Oct. 19, 2018
Rakuten Kobo Inc., Toronto, CA;
Archer Wun, Maple, CA;
Kuan-Chang Lin, New Taipei, TW;
Anna Buechin, Toronto, CA;
Chris Leung, Toronto, CA;
RAKUTEN KOBO INC., Toronto, CA;
Abstract
An electronic reading device, including: a housing, wherein exterior surfaces of the housing include a first and second main surface, a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge, and each of the edges is located in between the first and second main surface, and the third edge is parallel to the fourth edge, and the first edge is located at an opposite side of the housing than the second edge. The first main surface includes a display, and the second main surface is an opposing surface to the first main surface. The housing is asymmetrical as it includes an extended housing portion that is spaced away from one edge of the display, a thickness of the housing between the first and second main surface increases from the second edge to the first edge, and the housing has an upward bend at the extended housing portion.