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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2016
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
George Matsumoto, San Jose, CA (US);
James Tanner, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Rachael Elizabeth Roberts, San Francisco, CA (US);
Google Inc., Mountain View, CA (US);
Abstract
A base for a portable computing device may comprise a keyboard, a frame, a shaft, a mount, and a shaft engagement element. The keyboard may be configured to communicate with the portable computing device. The frame may surround the keyboard. The shaft may be rotationally attached to the frame. The rotational attachment of the shaft to the frame may have a friction greater than a force of gravity on the portable computing device. The mount may be configured to hold the portable computing device. The mount may define a shaft recess through which the shaft extends and in which the shaft freely rotates. The shaft engagement element may be configured to rotationally couple the mount to the shaft in response to the portable computing device being placed on the mount.