Retractable feet for computing devices
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsAndrew Elsey, Chan Woo Park
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Abstract
Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. One example computing device includes a display member and a base member rotatably connected to the display member via a hinge. As an example, the base member includes a wedge disposed within the base member, wherein the wedge moves in a first direction when the display member is to be rotated open from a closed position to a first operating position. The base member includes a retractable foot aligned with the wedge, wherein the retractable foot extends from a bottom surface of the base member when the wedge moves in the first direction, when the display member is to be rotated open from the closed position to the first operating position.
Claims15
A computing device comprising:
- a display member comprising a display surface and a back surface opposite the display surface;
- and
- a base member rotatably connected to the display member via a hinge, wherein the base member comprises:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- a wedge disposed within the base member, wherein the wedge moves in a first direction when the display member is to be rotated open from a closed position to a first operating position;
- and
- a retractable foot aligned with the wedge, wherein the retractable foot extends from the bottom surface of the base member when the wedge moves in the first direction, when the display member is to be rotated open from the closed position to the first operating position.
A computing device comprising:
- a display member comprising a display surface and a back surface opposite the display surface;
- and
- a base member rotatably connected to the display member via a hinge, wherein the base member comprises:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- a wedge disposed within the base member, wherein the wedge comprises a pin to follow a groove, wherein as the display member is to be rotated open from a closed position to a first operating position, the pin following the groove is to cause the wedge to move in a first direction;
- and
- a retractable foot aligned with the wedge, wherein the retractable foot extends from the bottom surface of the base member when the wedge moves in the first direction, when the display member is to be rotated open from the closed position to the first operating position.
A computing device comprising:
- a display member comprising a display surface and a back surface opposite the display surface;
- and
- a base member rotatably connected to the display member via a hinge, wherein the base member comprises:
- a top surface;
- a bottom surface opposite the top surface;
- a wedge disposed within the base member, wherein the wedge:
- moves in a first direction when the display member is to be rotated open from a closed position to an open position, and
- moves in a second direction opposite the first direction when the display member is to be rotated back to the closed position;
- and
- a retractable foot to switch between extending from and retracting back into the bottom surface of the base member by following a profile of the wedge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.