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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 04, 2001
Benjamin Cory Rubenson, San Diego, CA (US);
Harold J. Welch, San Jose, CA (US);
Stephen Zadesky, Redwood City, CA (US);
David Lundgren, Mill Valley, CA (US);
Apple Computer, Inc., Cupertino, CA (US);
Abstract
The invention generally pertains to a computing device. More particularly, the invention pertains to an improved keyboard arrangement for use in the computing device. One aspect of the invention pertains to a movable keyboard that can be opened or removed to gain easy access to internal components of the computing device. Another aspect of the invention pertains to a magnetic keyboard securing system suitable for holding the movable keyboard relative to the computing device. The invention is particularly useful in computing devices such as portable computers.