Digital Equipment Corporation

Compaq Computer Corporation, Inc.

Compaq Information Technologies Group, L.p.

Mobility Electronics, Inc.

Robert T Faranda

Bradford G Chapin

Christian C Landry

Michele Bovio

Bernard J Maurer

Allan Scott Baucom

Mark J Foster

Hirotomi Teranishi

Margaret L Hetfield

Karen L Korellis

Steven D Kim

Thomas G Wu

A platform having a raised support member including a plurality of spaced openings configured to securing receive device connectors. In one preferred embodiment, the raised member comprises an upwardly extending barrier shaped as a comb, formed by a plurality of slots adapted to selectively receive the connector. The connector has a predetermined power rating, and is keyed such that portable electronic devices configured to draw power at or below the power rating of the connector can be securingly and electrically coupled thereto. The platform may be angled upwardly to both support and present the portable electronic device to the user.

Docking system to attach and retain multiple electronic devices simultaneously on a surface

A semi-mobile desktop personal computer incorporating the features of a desktop personal computer with the mobility of a mobile personal computer. The computer comprises an elongated enclosure having a microprocessor therein.

Computer system having elongated profile

A semi-mobile desktop personal computer incorporating the features of a desktop personal computer with the mobility of a mobile personal computer. The computer includes a system enclosure attached to a storage enclosure, the storage enclosure extends outside the system enclosure and provides stability for the system enclosure by engaging the surface on which the system enclosure has been placed for use.

Semi-mobile desktop personal computer

A desktop computer system is provided with a semi-mobile CPU unit having a portable computer form factor to thereby substantially reduce the desktop area required for the CPU unit. The CPU unit utilizes portable computer internal components, but is constructed without an internal battery pack or power conversion system, and without an integral display, keyboard or pointing device. A recessed support bar is exteriorly carried by an end wall of the CPU unit housing and may be pivoted outwardly therefrom to form a bracing base structure facilitating the repositioning of the CPU unit from a horizontal desktop orientation to a vertical tower orientation.

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Acton, MA, United States of America

Robert T Faranda