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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 16, 2000
John P. Karidis, Ossining, NY (US);
Ronald Alan Smith, Wake Forest, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A portfolio computer notebook has outer hardback covers with a flexible spine. A portfolio computer is mounted to the inner surface of one of the covers, and a paper notepad is mounted to the inner surface of the other cover. Each hardback cover has a fold line that bisects it into two panels. The fold lines allow the “footprint” of the open portfolio to be reduced by approximately half of the area required by conventional portfolios without having to bend the cover back over on itself. The footprint is reducible regardless of which component the user wishes to utilize. For example, to use the computer, the user creases the hardback cover of the computer at its fold line such that half of the cover rotates and the other half of the cover stays parallel to the notepad. The computer remains mounted to the parallel half. As the computer and parallel half of the cover are moved over the top of the notepad, the two halves of the computer cover form a z-like configuration with the notepad cover. The footprint reduction is complete when the computer sits on top of the notepad and both halves of the computer cover are parallel to the notepad cover.