Modular portable work station having a movable support tray

A portable work station including a carrying case and at least a computer and printer transported within the carrying case, said carrying case having a body in which said computer and printer are located and a cover movable to opened and closed positions relative to the body, said work station comprising:

• a printer tray attached to the body at one end of the carrying case and supporting the printer thereon;
• a computer tray spaced above and in vertical alignment with said printer tray and supporting the computer thereon;
• a battery located at the opposite end and at one side of the carrying case;
• a cellular telephone arranged in vertical alignment with said battery;
• a modem located at the side of the carrying case opposite said battery;
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• a main control panel having a plurality of manually operable switches and a circuit board at which said switches are electrically connected between said battery and each of said computer, printer, cellular telephone and modem, said circuit board arranged in vertical alignment with said modem, and said switches being selectively operated to respectively connect one or more of the computer, printer, cellular telephone and modem to said battery.

A portable work station including a carrying case and at least a computer, a printer and one peripheral device transported within the carrying case, said carrying case having a body in which said computer, said printer and said peripheral device are located and a cover movable to opened and closed positions relative to the body, said work station comprising:

• a computer tray and supporting the computer;
• a printer tray and supporting the printer;
• positioning means which position said printer tray and said computer tray one above the other such that one of said printer or computer trays is movable relative to the other one of said trays when the cover of the carrying case is in the opened position;
• a shroud having a top wall extending across at least some of the body of said carrying case such that a hollow compartment is formed below said top wall and between said top wall and said body;
• a control panel located on the top wall of said shroud and having a plurality of manually operable switches, said switches being selectively operated to control said computer, said printer and said peripheral device;
• a circuit board located below the top wall of said shroud and within said compartment, the switches of said control panel electrically connected to said computer, said printer and said peripheral device by way of said circuit board;
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• said peripheral device located below the top wall of said shroud and within said compartment.