Computer docking system

A computer docking system, comprising a first device and a second device to be electrically interconnected thereto, a guide housing between the respective devices for slidably moving one of the said devices into a telescopic relationship therebetween, said guide housing being substantially rectangular in cross-section and is provided with top and bottom walls joined by respective side walls, wherein the top wall has a first pair of spaced-apart inwardly-projecting longitudinally-extending guide ribs formed thereon substantially parallel to the respective side walls of the guide housing, wherein the bottom wall has a second pair of spaced-apart inwardly-projecting longitudinally-extending guide ribs formed thereon substantially parallel to the respective side walls of the guide housing and aligned with the first pair of guide ribs on the top wall, wherein one of the devices has respective sides engaging the first and second pairs of guide ribs as the said one device is slidably inserted into the guide housing, and such that the respective side walls of the guide housing and the respective sides of the said one device define respective first and second chambers therebetween, wherein one of said devices is provided with at least one flexible electrical connector in the form of a flexible film having electrical circuitry thereon, and the other said device has at least one circuit element engaging said flexible electrical connector, means for assuring that the flexible electrical connector engages the circuit element with an insertion force which is substantially zero, and one of the devices having a pair of manually-releasable spring-loaded latches pivotably mounted thereon, such that the latches automatically engage the other of the devices upon completion of the slidable movement therebetween to retain the devices in their telescopic relationship, and such that the latches may be manually pivoted and released to enable the devices to be separated.