Patent ID: 6381128
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
An ergonomic portable computer, comprising:a main computer body having a top, bottom, front, rear, right side, left side, an exterior surface and an interior, said computer body front and rear defining a computer body length, said computer body right side and left side defining a computer body width, said computer body interior containing conventional computer electronics such as central processor unit, memory, hard drive, driver electronics, bus, diskette and CD-ROM drives, wherein said computer body front has a generally rectangular aperture formed therein, opening into the computer body interior; a keyboard unit electrically connected and slidably attached to said main computer body, said keyboard unit movable to various positions in front of the main computer body, said keyboard unit having a top, bottom, front, rear and two opposite sides interconnecting said front, rear, top and bottom, wherein said keyboard unit is inserted into said front aperture, wherein said keyboard unit front lies in the same general plane as the computer body front, wherein said keyboard unit rear is positioned within the computer body interior; a display unit electrically connected and slidably attached to said main computer body, said display unit movable to various positions up and away from said main computer body, said display unit being a planar, generally rectangular element comprised of a liquid-crystal display, said display unit having a front viewing surface, a rear, a top, a bottom, and two sides; a cover positioned over the computer main body top; wherein said keyboard unit is positioned to the computer main body front and said display unit is positioned to the computer main body top and rear; a generally flat, rectangular, horizontal, interface element protruding into the computer body interior, and attached to said key board unit rear and bottom, said interface element being mechanically and slidably attached to the computer body interior within a computer body interior interface channel, said computer body interface channel being comprised of two, spaced, parallel, curved elements extending from near the computer body front and bottom to the computer body rear and top, each said curved element having a bottom-front, top-rear, top surface, bottom surface, inner side and outer side, said inner sides being those curved element sides facing each other, the space between the curved element inner sides defining the interface channel.