Patent ID: 9568952
Date: 2017-02-14
CPC Classifications: G06F

Claim:
1. A display device apparatus that is attachable to a computer device, the computer device having a first display device, the display device apparatus comprising: a housing, the housing having a cavity defined therein and a slot defined therein that is in communication with the cavity, the housing being attachable to a first side of the computer device, the cavity being sized and configured to releaseably retain a second display device that is connectable to the computer device, the slot being sized and configured such that the second display device that is positionable into the cavity is moveable out of the cavity such that the second display device is moveable out of the housing and is positionable external to the housing; the second display device being communicatively connectable to the computer device to provide output of data that the second display device receives from the computer device; a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly moveably connected between the second display device and the housing such that the second display device is moveable from a first position in which the second display device is positioned within the cavity to at least one second position in which the second display device is positioned external to the cavity; wherein the hinge assembly is configured such that the second display device passes through the slot when the second display device is moved from the first position to the second position; the hinge assembly being comprised of a first hinge and a second hinge, the first hinge being configured to define a first substantially horizontal axle about which the second display device is rotatable and the second hinge being configured to define a first substantially vertical axle about which the second display device is rotatable; wherein the at least one second position is comprised of a first external position and a second external position, and an elongated member that is slideable relative to the housing to the first external position adjacent a first side of the housing and the second external position adjacent a second side of the housing, a first end of the elongated member being external to the housing adjacent the first side of the housing when the elongated member is in the first external position and a second end of the elongated member being external to the housing adjacent to the second side of the housing when the elongated member is in the second external position.