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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 25, 1990
Filed:
Sep. 14, 1989
Hideo Nomura, Yokohama, JP;
Motoji Takemoto, Fujisawa, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A pair of leg members, each of which has a front end forming a curved surface and a recess formed to continue the front end, are provided on both sides of a keyboard respectively, a bottom is formed so that it projects forward at the lower portion of the case, and a pair of recesses are provided on both sides of the bottom respectively. Each of recesses has a receiving surface, on which the curved surface of the front end of the leg members can slide, and an end, which can fit into the recess of the leg member. When the keyboard is pivoted from the upright position to a surface on which an electronic apparatus is positioned, on a predetermined point of the leg member as a fulcrum by sliding the curved surface of the front end of the leg members on the receiving surface formed on the recess in the bottom, the recess in the leg member is fitted into the end of the recess in the bottom to provide a predetermined angle for the keyboard.