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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 22, 1994
Filed:
Oct. 08, 1992
Hideo Nomura, Yokohama, JP;
Yoshiharu Uchiyama, Isehara, JP;
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
In a computer comprising a computer body for supporting a keyboard and enclosing electronic circuits, several elements are provided including recesses provided on the bottom side of the computer body, leg members for tilting the computer body, the leg members being positioned in the recesses and being rotatable around a supporting shaft of the leg members and slidable along the direction of the axis of the supporting shaft, a spring for forcing the leg members to rotate so as to open from the recesses and to slide in one direction along the supporting shaft, and engagement apparatus for engaging the leg members with the recesses in spite of the force caused by the spring to rotate the leg members, handling portions for facilitating the slide manipulation of the leg members along the supporting shaft are provided on the exposed surface of the leg members while in the recesses, so that it becomes unnecessary to provide additional members for manipulation.