Patent ID: 9612616
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: G06F,Y10T

Claim:
1. A computer docking station for supporting a portable computer having a first side that includes a display, the docking station comprising: a body having a latching member coupled with the arm portion and movable between a first, retracted position within the arm portion, in which the portable computer can be removed from the docking station, and a second, extended position from the arm portion, in which the portable computer, when fully inserted into the docking station, cannot be removed from the docking station, wherein the latching member is spaced from the second plane in the first direction such that when the portable computer is fully inserted into the docking station the latching member in the second, extended position engages a portion of a surface of the portable computer that is on the first side so that at least a portion of the extended latching member is exposed to view by a user of the portable computer; and an activation member extending from the latching member and manually operable to move the latching member to the first position upon user contact with and movement of the activation member in a same direction that the latching member moves from the second position to the first position.