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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:
Nov. 04, 1997
Filed:
Apr. 03, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven B Chase, Cupertino, CA (US);
James K Levins, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Elizabeth B Diaz, Woodside, CA (US);
Assignee:
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A47G / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
248371 ; 248920 ; 248923 ;
Abstract
An appliance such as an all-in-one personal computer unit is mounted on a support assembly which provides for horizontal swiveling and vertical tilting of the computer unit. The support assembly includes three pieces, namely, base, swivel and tilt members mounted one upon the other and interconnected by snap-in connections. The center of gravity of the computer unit lies substantially on vertical and horizontal axes of rotation of the support structure.