Patent ID: 7129931
Filing Date: 2006-10-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A computer system comprising: a) a keyboard unit including a computer keyboard and a keyboard base that includes a front wall and a back wall; b) a display screen for displaying computer-generated images, said display screen defining first and second side walls, a bottom edge that extends from the first side wall to the second side wall and two spaced slots formed in said bottom edge; c) a mounting assembly proximate said back wall of said keyboard base, said mounting assembly including two spaced mounting brackets extending upwardly from a rotatable element and configured and dimensioned to be received within said two spaced slots, said mounting assembly joining said display screen to said keyboard unit and permitting both rotational motion of said display screen relative to a first axis and pivotal motion of said display screen relative to a second axis that is perpendicular to said first axis; and d) a port positioned proximate said front wall of said keyboard base, said port adapted to receive a signal from an ancillary computer system; wherein a signal from said ancillary computer system delivered to said port is effective to generate a computer-generated image on said display screen; and wherein said bottom edge of said display screen defines an intermediate region between said pair of slots and wherein a communication conduit extends from said keyboard base directly into said intermediate region of said display screen.