Patent ID: 6381133
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: B60R,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A dock for retaining a computer having a jack for receiving a connector for a power cable, said dock for use in a vehicle having a console behind which is a cavity accessible through an opening in said console, a front seat adjacent said console, and said vehicle further having an electrical system, said dock comprisinga housing sized to fit within said cavity, first attachment means for attaching said housing to said vehicle and within said cavity, a moveable member moveable with respect to said housing from a retracted position wherein said moveable member is within said housing, to an extended position wherein a portion of said moveable member extends through said opening in said console, slide means in said housing and on said moveable means for providing linear sliding movement of said moveable means from said retracted position to said extended position, a table having an attachment surface for retaining a computer thereto, said attachment surface defining a plane, pivot means between said moveable member and said table, and said pivot means for moving said table between a first position in which said plane of said table is parallel to the direction of said linear sliding movement of said moveable means to a second position in which said a screen of said computer retained to said attachment surface is visible to a passenger in said front seat, and a cable for connecting power from said electrical system of said vehicle to said jack of said computer while said computer is attached to said table.