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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 22, 2008
Filed:
Nov. 22, 2005
Applicant:
John Love, Sioux City, IA (US);
Inventor:
John Love, Sioux City, IA (US);
Assignee:
Gateway Inc., Irvine, CA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 7/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A system that includes an electronic device (such as a portable computer), a writing instrument, and a receptacle located on the device for removably receiving the writing instrument. The receptacle includes an opening on the device and a channel in communication with the opening and extending inwardly with respect to the device. The system further includes an adapter structure configured to change an effective width of the channel between at least two widths to thereby hold writing instruments of different widths in the receptacle.