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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 15, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 06, 1998
Glen J Anderson, Sioux City, IA (US);
Karla A Radle, Sioux City, IA (US);
Gateway 2000, Inc., North South City, SD (US);
Abstract
A modular keyboard is provided which can be repeatedly and conveniently transferred between a portable computer or a desktop computer without damage to the modular keyboard. Both the portable computer and the keyboard base for the desktop computer have a cavity therein for receiving the modular keyboard. The keyboard base has a numerical keypad and arrow keys adjacent the cavity. The modular keyboard is small enough so that the portable computer can be closed and carried in the conventional manner without interference from the modular keyboard. A removal mechanism is provided on each the portable computer and the keyboard base to facilitate removal of the modular keyboard.