Keyboard latching arrangement for portable computers

Details Keyboard latching arrangement for portable computers Keyboard latching arrangement for portable computers

1988-10-31

1990-02-20

Harkcom, Gary V.

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ABSTRACT:
A portable computer with a base, a pivotal visual display and a keyboard releasably attached to the base so it can be used as a stand alone component. The base has a tapered forwardly projecting wide tongue that guides the keyboard horizontally and vertically as the keyboard moves toward the base and when the keyboard reaches its fully seated position a pair of latch assemblies automatically engage. The rear of the keyboard has a transverse recess into which a precoiled section of keyboard cable is stored in the keyboard attached position.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4667299 (1987-05-01), Dunn
patent: 4704604 (1987-11-01), Fuhs
patent: 4736332 (1988-04-01), Crease
patent: 4769764 (1988-09-01), Levanon
IBM Tech. Disclosure Bulletin, vol. 28, No. 6, Nov. 1985, pp. 2361-2363, "Keyboard Support Lifting Assembly with Locking Feature".

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