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US 2012/0236496 A1Published application
Technology cart
AssigneeRubbermaid Incorporated
InventorRobert Grant McRorie
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Abstract
A lower housing portion and an upper housing portion define an internal technology box that holds a lap top computer such that the base of the laptop is securely held in the technology box while the screen extends above the work surface. The technology box is located remotely from the work surface/keyboard stack. The upper housing may be moved from a closed use position to a partially open, forward position allowing a user to access the power button of laptop and to a fully open position where the laptop may be removed.
Claims20
A mobile technology cart comprising:
- a first housing portion and a second housing portion mounted to the first housing portion such that a base of a laptop computer may be trapped between the first housing portion and the second housing portion with a monitor of the laptop computer extending outside of the first housing portion and the second housing portion;
- the first housing portion being movable relative to the second housing portion from a first position to a second position such that the base may be accessed without the laptop computer being removable from between the first housing portion and the second housing portion;
- the first housing portion being movable from the second position to a third position where the laptop computer is removable from between the first housing portion and the second housing portion;
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- at least one wheel supporting the first housing portion and the second housing portion.
2 more elements
A mobile technology cart comprising:
- a housing supporting a first platform adapted to support a keyboard and a second platform adapted to support a base of a laptop computer, the second platform being disposed above the first platform;
- the housing comprising a first housing portion and a second housing portion, the second housing portion covering the second platform such that a monitor of the laptop computer extends above the second housing portion, the second housing portion defining a work surface where the work surface is disposed above the second platform;
- the housing being supported on at least one wheel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.