Patent ID: 6149001
Filing Date: 2000-11-21
Classification: A45C,G06F

Abstract:
In a portable computer of the type having a keyboard on a keyboard base section including internal components and a screen on a screen section pivotally attached to the keyboard base section, and a latch for latching the keyboard base section and screen section closed, the improvement comprising:a keyboard base cover section made of a thin and flexible material and having front and back walls joined by bottom, left and right side walls, and an open top, the keyboard base cover section adapted to slide over the keyboard base section of the computer; anda screen cover section attached to the keyboard cover section and made of a thin and flexible material and having front and rear walls joined by left and right side walls and a top wall, the screen cover section adapted to slide over the screen section, with the front wall of the keyboard base cover section and the front wall of the screen cover section at least partially covering surfaces of the computer surrounding the keyboard and screen, respectively and being thin enough to allow the base keyboard section and the screen section to be pivoted closed and latched, the keyboard base cover section having a plurality of cut-outs, sized and shaped to align with the internal components within the keyboard base section, and a flap over at least some of the cut-outs, with each flap adapted to cover an internal component when closed, and to expose that internal component when the flap is opened.