Patent ID: 6388659
Filing Date: 2002-05-14
Classification: G06F,H04M,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer housing and handle assembly for supporting a display screen housing, the housing and handle assembly comprising:a) a computer housing including an upper surface adapted to support the display screen housing; b) a handle assembly coupled to the computer housing, the handle assembly including a handle attachment extension pivotally connected to the computer housing and extending away from the upper surface of the computer housing; c) the handle assembly further including a handle extending transversely from the handle attachment extension near a first end of the handle attachment extension for use by a user in supporting the display screen housing and the housing and handle assembly; and d) a cam latching mechanism on abutting surfaces of a second end of the handle attachment extension and the computer housing such that the handle attachment extension may be oriented in a selected one of a plurality of angular orientations with respect to the upper surface of the computer housing, the cam latching mechanism including a detent extending from one of the second end of the handle attachment extension and an abutting surface of the computer housing and a mating camming surface formed in the other of the second end of the handle attachment extension and the abutting surface of the computer housing the camming surface releasably receiving the detent in a plurality of positions thereby providing for the plurality of angular orientations of the handle attachment extension.