Patent ID: 6778196
Filing Date: 2004-08-17
Classification: G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A computer comprising:a body, the body having a depressed keyboard region and a non-depressed stepped region; a monitor panel having a panel back and a panel front; a thin monitor mounted in the monitor panel such that a display portion of the thin monitor is viewable at the panel front; and an arm including: a first hinge connecting a first end of the arm to a concavity portion of the non-depressed stepped region, the first hinge being configured to rotate the arm 0Â° to 90Â°, with 0Â° being co-planar with a top portion of the non-depressed stepped region and parallel with the depressed keyboard region, and a second hinge connecting a second end of the arm to the panel back, the second hinge being configured to rotate the panel back 0Â° to 180Â°, with 0Â° being parallel with the arm, wherein the monitor panel is capable of being oriented co-planar with the non-depressed stepped region when the monitor panel is positioned to only cover all of the depressed keyboard region while the display portion is viewable.