Method and appliance for providing broadband internet services in a retracting drawer mounted enclosure
Assigneebroadbandappliance.com
InventorJay Scott Hardy
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Abstract
The invention pertains to an Internet appliance, specifically one that provides in a single drawer mounted enclosure audio and computer functions. It provides for input means with a built-in keyboard or game console. The Internet appliance may be removed from the drawer slide and carried to another location and inserted into another drawer slide for portability.
Claims12
A method of providing an Internet appliance that is mounted under a countertop or a desk as a retracting drawer and comprised of the following:
- i. a pair of slide rails that mount under a desktop and have inside surfaces that mirror an outside face of a left-side support rail and a right-side support rail for an enclosure assembly chassis,
- ii. said support rails are slidably placed between said slide rails and assembled with a stress relief bar and said enclosure assembly chassis,
- iii. said stress relief bar attaches to the rear of said support rails and additionally functions as a carry bar,
- iv. said enclosure assembly chassis consists of a top, a left-side and a right-side, a bottom and are attached to the forward part of said support rails,
- v. a plurality of electronic apparatus are housed within said enclosure assembly chassis,
- v. said plurality of electronic apparatus provides multimedia and personal computer functions,
- whereas said Internet appliance mounts under the countertop or the desk sliding out for use and in when not in use,
- whereas a user can remove said Internet appliance and transport it to another location.
A retracting drawer mounted Internet appliance that mounts under a desk or countertop and has a means of user input control comprising:
- a pair of opposing pieces of rigid material of predetermined dimension with inside surface impressed with the shape of an enclosure side rails and attached to the underside of a countertop or desk surface and serve as drawer slides for said Internet appliance,
- said enclosure side rails are of predetermined dimension and material that are attached to longitudinal ends of an enclosure assembly chassis (3) of front, bottom and back of predetermined dimensions and material,
- the top of said enclosure assembly chassis is made of predetermined dimensions and material and is a work surface for the user and includes a user input control device integral within the work surface,
- contained within said enclosure assembly chassis is a CPU, a storage media, and a dc-to-dc connector or a ac-dc connector or ac-dc power supply or dc-dc power supply,
- a single bar of predetermined diameter and whole rigid material that is attached to back of said enclosure side rails for transporting appliance and for cable relief when in use.
A retracting drawer mounted Internet appliance that mounts under a desk or countertop comprising:
- a pair of opposing pieces of rigid material of predetermined dimension with inside surface impressed with the shape of enclosure side rails and attached to the underside of a countertop of desk surface and serve as drawer slides for the Internet appliance,
- the said Internet appliance is made said enclosure side rails of predetermined dimension and material that are attached to the longitudinal ends of a enclosure assembly chassis of front, bottom and back of predetermined dimensions and material,
- the top of the enclosure assembly chassis is made of predetermined dimensions and material and is the work surface for the user,
- contained within said enclosure assembly chassis is a CPU, a storage media, and a dc-to-dc connector or a ac-dc connector or ac-dc power supply or a dc-dc power supply,
- a single bar of predetermined diameter and whole rigid material that is attached to back of said enclosure assembly chassis side rails for transporting appliance and for cable relief when in use.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.