Adjustable height docking station and computing device for use therewith
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Company
InventorsJacques H Helot, Daniel I Croft, David A Williams
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Abstract
A height adjustable docking station and a mobile computing device for use therewith. The docking station includes a structure for receiving the screen of a mobile computing device. This structure is coupled to a docking station body in such a manner that the height and viewing angle of the screen of a mobile computing device mounted in the structure can be adjusted. A mobile computing device with a flip around screen and a port configured for docking when the screen is flipped around is also disclosed.
Claims15
A docking station, comprising:
- a docking station body having a replicated port formed in at least a first wall thereof;
- a receiving port electrically coupled to said replicated port, wherein said receiving port is capable of interfacing to a docking port on a mobile computing device having a housing and a keyboard on a first surface of the housing, wherein said docking port on said mobile computing device is formed on same said first surface of said housing as said keyboard;
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- means coupled between said docking station body and said receiving port the permits movement of said receiving port relative to said replicated port.
A docking station, comprising:
- a docking station body having a replicated port formed in at least a first wall thereof;
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- a receiving port electrically coupled to said replicated port, wherein said receiving port is capable of interfacing to a docking port on a mobile computing device having a housing and a keyboard on a first surface of the housing, wherein said docking port on said mobile computing device is formed on same said first surface of said housing as said keyboard;
- and wherein said receiving port is capable of movement between a non-extended position in which said port is disposed proximate said body and an extended position in which said port is extended above said body.
A docking station, comprising:
- a docking station body having a replicated port formed in at least a first all thereof;
- a receiving port electrically coupled to said replicated port, wherein said receiving port is capable of interfacing to a docking port on a mobile computing device having a housing and a keyboard on a first surface of the housing, wherein said docking port on said mobile computing device is formed on same said first surface of said housing as said keyboard;
- a mechanism that is capable of receiving a screen of said mobile computing device when docked at said docking station;
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- means coupled between said docking station body and said screen receiving mechanism that permits adjustment of the height of said screen receiving mechanism relative to said docking station body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.