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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:
Apr. 02, 2002
Filed:
May. 30, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/00 ;
Abstract
A computer comprising of at least one electrical connection port, an exterior casing overlying the port and having a casing opening in axial alignment with the port, a door member displaceable mounted on the computer, the door member having a plurality of translationally displaced operating positions comprising a first operating position with the door member positioned in the opening with an exterior surface thereof flush with a circumscribing surface of the exterior casing; a second operating position with the door member axially aligned with and inwardly displaced from the opening and a third operating position with the door member axially offset from the opening.