Patent ID: 6672557
Filing Date: 2004-01-06
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
A laptop computer support board with lamp for supporting a laptop computer and providing light thereover, the laptop computer comprises a screen portion and a keyboard portion, the keyboard portion having a bottom surface, comprising:a support board, the support board having a top surface on which the keyboard bottom surface rests, a bottom surface, a top edge, a bottom edge, a pair of side edges, and two pair of opposed stoppers near each board side edge, with one pair of stoppers near the top edge and one pair of stoppers near the bottom edge, wherein the top edge stoppers are equidistant from the bottom edge stoppers, said stoppers lodging the laptop computer in place atop the board, wherein said stoppers may be spaced according to the size of the laptop computer; a lamp assembly secured to the board top surface near one of the board side edges, said lamp assembly illuminating the computer screen portion and keyboard portion when the keyboard is positioned on the support board, the lamp assembly comprises a mounting plate fixedly secured to the board top surface, an elongated arm extending upward from the mounting plate, a light fixture positioned at an end of the arm opposite the mounting plate, wherein the elongated arm has two opposed ends, a bottom portion, a top portion, and a hinge positioned between the bottom and top portions, the hinge allowing the arm top portion to move up and down thereabout, said lamp assembly further comprising a swivel base extending between the mounting plate and the arm bottom portion end, the swivel base allowing the arm bottom portion to rotate thereabout; and a vent portion within the support board for allowing dispersion of the heat emitted from the computer, the vent portion comprising a plurality of venting holes extending through the support board, and a raised platform extending around the venting holes and upward from the board top surface; and a lamp cover selectively positionable over the lamp assembly when said lamp assembly is in a collapsed position, the cover being U-shaped and having two parallel bottom edges, each edge having a plurality of flanges extending downward therefrom.