Patent ID: 6205021
Filing Date: 2001-03-20
Classification: G05G,G06F

Abstract:
A method for operating a laptop computer having a base housing with a keyboard in an upper surface thereof and a display housing with a display, the display housing being coupled to the base housing to move relative to the base housing between a closed position and an open position, the computer also having an aperture in one of the base housing and the display housing, the method comprising:positioning a detachable input device in the aperture to place the input device in an attached position in which the input device is at least substantially housed in the aperture within the one of the base housing or the display housing;moving the display housing to the closed position by positioning the display adjacent to the keyboard while the input device is in the attached position so that the input device is protected by the base and display housing is in the closed position; andsecuring the display housing to the input device while the input device is in the attached position.