Elevationally adjustable portable computer docking station
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMinh H. Nguyen, John E. Youens
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AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsMinh H. Nguyen, John E. Youens
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A portable computer docking station housing is provided on its bottom side with a support foot structure which is pivotable relative to the housing to prop it up on a horizontal work station surface in a selectively variable one of a series of different front-to-rear tilt angles thereon. This permits the opened display screen of a docked portable computer disposed on the top side of the docking station housing to be selectively adjusted upwardly and downwardly in a vertical plane to accommodate the height and viewing preferences of a user of the docked computer. A specially designed spring-loaded, manually operable clutch mechanism is useable to releasably lock the support foot in its selected pivotal orientation relative to the housing. Various peripheral device connection ports are conveniently incorporated in the support foot.
A system for connecting a portable computer to another device, comprising:
A system for connecting a portable computer to another device, comprising:
A computer docking system, comprising:
A computer docking system, comprising:
A method for holding a portable computer at a plurality of angular positions, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.