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US 6,208,504 B1Granted
Portable computer having a rectractable handle
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsKeon-Young Cho, Joong-Seup Kim
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Abstract
A portable computer includes a main body inside of which a main board and various peripherals are mounted, a handle mounted to the main body, a display portion rotatably mounted to the main body for outputting information on a screen for a user to view, and an indented portion concavely formed on a position of the main body corresponding to a location of the handle, the indented portion being formed such that the handle does not protrude outward when the same is not in use.
Claims19
A portable computer, comprising:
- a main body;
- a handle mounted on said main body and having a first catch portion at one end of said handle and a second catch portion at another end of said handle;
- an indented portion concavely formed on a position of the main body corresponding to a location of the handle, the indented portion being formed such that the handle does not protrude outwardly when the handle is not in use;
- a first handle receptor provided on one side of said indented portion for receiving said first catch portion;
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- a second handle receptor provided on another side of said indented portion for receiving said second catch portion;
- wherein said first and second catch portions slide within said first and second handle receptors, respectively between first positions furthest from said indented portion and second positions closest to said indented portion.
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A portable computer, comprising:
- a main body having first and second handle stoppers, each of said first and second handle stoppers having a hole formed therein, said first and second handle stoppers forming respective cavities in said main body;
- a handle mounted on said main body and having catch portions formed on opposite ends of said handle, each of said catch portions being positioned in the cavity formed by a respective one of said first and second handle stoppers;
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- an indented portion concavely formed between said first and second handle stoppers at a location on said main body corresponding to a location of the handle, said indented portion being formed such that the handle does not protrude outwardly when the handle is not in use.
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A portable computer, comprising:
- a handle having two ends and two catch portions, each of said two catch portions being formed on a respective one of said two ends of said handle;
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- a main body having two handle stoppers provided at predetermined locations on said main body, each of said two handle stoppers forming a hole through which a respective one of said two catch portions of said handle is inserted;
- said main body also having two handle receptors, each of said two handle receptors comprising a cavity formed in said main body and on an outer side of a respective one of said two handle stoppers, each of said two catch portions being received in a respective one of said two handle receptors when said each of said two catch portions is inserted through said hole formed by said respective one of said two handle stoppers.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.