Patent ID: 6404621
Filing Date: 2002-06-11
Classification: G06F,H01H

Abstract:
A laptop computer, comprising:a substantially horizontal base having a front end, a rear end, and two lateral side edges; a lid having a display monitor and pivotally mounted adjacent to the rear end of the base, the lid having an open position wherein it is pivoted away from the base, and a closed position wherein it is located adjacent to and faces the base; a keyboard mounted to the base and having a front end, a rear end, and left and right portions that are spaced apart from each other, each of the keyboard portions having a plurality of keys; a triangular array of function keys mounted to the base and located between the rear end of the keyboard and the rear end of the base; and wherein the keyboard portions are skewed relative to each other when the lid is in both the open and closed positions.