Docking assembly for a computer and method
AssigneeGoogle Inc.
InventorsHoss Ward, Nicholas Merz
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Abstract
A docking assembly for a computer. The docking assembly includes a base station, and a computer-support assembly coupled to the base station. A method for positioning a computer -support assembly for receiving a portable computer comprising moving away from a base station at least one engager member bound to a computer-support assembly. The base station and the computer-support assembly are rotatably coupled to an arm assembly. The method additionally includes moving the computer-support assembly away from the base station while rotating about the arm assembly, and positioning the computer-support assembly in a posture for receiving a portable computer.
Claims18
A docking assembly for a computer, comprising:
- a base station, and
- a computer-support assembly moveably coupled to said base station and moveable from a first position in which the computer-support assembly is disposed adjacent to a side of the base station, to a second position in which the computer-support assembly is disposed above the base station;
- wherein the height of the docking assembly when the computer-support assembly is in the first position is not more than about the height of the base station.
A method for positioning a computer-support assembly for receiving a portable computer comprising:
- moving a computer-support assembly from a first position in which the computer-support assembly is disposed adjacent to a base station to a second position in which the computer-support assembly is disposed over the base station, said base station and said computer-support assembly being rotatably coupled to an arm assembly;
- and
- positioning said computer-support assembly in a posture for receiving a portable computer;
- wherein the height of the computer-support assembly and the base station when the computer-support assembly is in the first position is not more than about the height of the base station.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.