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US 6,307,744 B1Granted
Semi-mobile desktop personal computer
AssigneeCompaq Computer Corporation
InventorsRobert T. Faranda, Bradford G. Chapin
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Abstract
A semi-mobile desktop personal computer incorporating the features of a desktop personal computer with the mobility of a mobile personal computer. The computer includes a system enclosure attached to a storage enclosure, the storage enclosure extends outside the system enclosure and provides stability for the system enclosure by engaging the surface on which the system enclosure has been placed for use.
Claims28
A computer, comprising:
- an elongated thin system enclosure enclosing a microprocessor and having a front wall spaced from a back wall and a pair of side walls connecting the front wall and the back wall, the side walls being of smaller horizontal extent than the front wall and the back wall;
- and
- a drive enclosure extending from the back wall outside the elongated thin system enclosure to provide stability to the elongated thin system enclosure by engaging the surface on which the elongated thin system enclosure is placed for use, wherein the elongated thin system enclosure includes an opening in the front wall for inserting a removable media drive into the drive enclosure.
A computer system, comprising:
- a primary unit comprising a processor and an elongated case, the elongated case comprising a front wall, a back wall, at least two side walls, a top wall, and a bottom wall;
- the elongated case having a dimension (t) defined by a distance between the front wall and the back wall, a dimension (c) defined by a distance between the at least two side walls, and a dimension (h) defined by a distance between the top wall and the bottom wall;
- (t) being less than (c) and less than (h);
- the elongated case being free standing on the bottom wall;
- and
- a secondary unit extending from the back wall of the primary unit to provide stability for the primary unit by engaging the surface on which the primary unit is placed for use.
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A computer enclosure, comprising:
- a back wall;
- a front wall;
- at least two side walls extending between the front wall and the back wall to establish an enclosure thickness (t);
- a top wall;
- a bottom wall, the top wall and the bottom wall extending between the at least two side walls to establish an enclosure length (c);
- the back wall and the front wall extending between the bottom wall and the top wall to establish an enclosure height (h);
- the enclosure thickness (t) being less than (c) and less than (h);
- the computer enclosure free standing on the bottom wall;
- and
- a support extending rearwardly of the back wall, wherein the support facilitates maintenance of the computer enclosure in an upright position.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.