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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 21, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2002
John A. Jeffries, Georgetown, TX (US);
Reynold L. Liao, Austin, TX (US);
Kurt J. Lippert, Austin, TX (US);
Jay M. Zill, Round Rock, TX (US);
Dell USA, L.P., Round Rock, TX (US);
Abstract
A method of preventing LCD damage in an information handling system is disclosed. The method includes mounting an LCD in a screen portion of an information handling system. The LCD has a top layer with a particular hardness. Another step in the method is rotatably mounting a base portion of the information handling system to the screen portion such that the portions can assume a proximate position and a separated position. A material is affixed to the base portion such that at least a portion of the material is between the base portion and the LCD in the proximate position. The material has a hardness no greater than the hardness of the top layer of the LCD.