US 10,649,490 B2 · Computer case, platform, fold-out shade and lock set screw

Abstract

A spring-loaded or springy biased platform for support of the components carried with a case, such as to hold a portable computer or other device so that, when the case is closed, the computer or other device is securely held within the case. In addition, a foldable shade comprising foldable segments is placeable fully within the case lid and deployable when the case is opened with end portions of the segments extending into a bottom of a bottom shell so as to enable shading of the computer screen from light ambient to the computer when the portable computer is secured to said platform. A novel connection between the case and a light stand is provided, including an improved set screw attachment. Furthermore, the computer is secured to the top surface of the spring-loaded or springy biased platform by hook-and-loop fasteners (e.g., Velcro® fasteners), the platform has openings in it to provide ventilation. Brackets in the bottom surface of the platform enable a battery to be inserted within the brackets and to the platform. Included also within and attached to the bottom of the case are such components as a power supply and an external hard drive and associated wiring.

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Dependent claims

A case for enclosing, transporting, deploying and using a portable computer comprising:

a bottom shell having a bottom and at least one backside extending from said bottom;
a lid connected to said bottom shell bottom for closing said bottom shell,
a platform including a baseplate secured to said bottom of said bottom shell and a flat surface positioned above said baseplate and coupled thereto for at least linear movement therewith onto which said flat surface the computer is securable and, thus thereby, securing the computer to said flat surface;
springy connections connecting and supporting said baseplate to said flat surface connecting,
whereby, when the case is closed by said lid and, when the portable computer is secured to said platform, the portable computer is caused to be securely held to said platform within the case by said springy connections.

2 more elements

A case for enclosing, transporting, deploying and using a portable computer having a screen, in which the case comprises a case shell supporting the computer and having a hinge portion and an open portion opposite from said hinge portion, a lid having a hinge hinged to said shell at said hinge portion and having an inside surface, and a shade assembly secured to said lid, said shade assembly comprising a plurality of segments hinged together by hinges which enable said segments to be folded together into said lid and unfolded into a deployed shading condition so as to shade the computer screen from light ambient to the computer,

wherein said plurality of segments include a first triplicate section coupled to said inside surface of said lid, a second triplicate section secured to said first triplicate section and an end segment comprising a drop-down daylight visor extendable in front of the screen of the portable computer and having an interior opening for enabling a user to view better the computer screen from surrounding ambient light and thus to otherwise prevent an other than adequate view of the computer screen,
wherein said lid comprises a base with sides extending from said base and towards said case shell, said sides of said base of said lid having dimensions such as to house said shade assembly fully into said lid and within said sides,
wherein said second triplicate section terminates in an end generally at said open portion of said shell, and
wherein said drop-down daylight visor with said interior opening is set back from said end of said second triplicate section so that said drop-down daylight visor is within in and thereby shaded by said second triplicate section from light extraneous thereto.

1 more element

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Computer case, platform, fold-out shade and lock set screw

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Computer case, platform, fold-out shade and lock set screw

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