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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 25, 1990
Filed:
Mar. 06, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Dennis J Boyle, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Craig F Sampson, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Assignee:
Dynabook Technologies Corporation, Westlake Village, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
312208 ; 248455 ; 2481886 ;
Abstract
A portable computer includes a plate mounted to the chassis for pivotal movement between a position covering the connector terminals in the chassis rear wall to a position angularly spaced therefrom wherein the plate extends below the lower surface of the chassis thereby supporting the rear of the chassis in raised relation with respect to the front thereof. Cam surfaces consisting of angularly spaced flats are engageable with cooperating spring-biased followers for retaining the plate in its various angularly spaced positions.