Patent ID: 6239969
Filing Date: 2001-05-29
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A guiding and aligning system comprising:a computer including a chassis having a base wall and opposing front and rear walls extending from the base wall, wherein the rear wall includes an opening for exposing a docking connector;a docking station having a docking connector for mating with the computer's docking connector, the mating connector being mounted in a docking wall of the docking station;a docking tray providing a surface for sliding the chassis toward the docking station and providing a support surface for the chassis when the portable computer is docked, the docking tray including an entrance end for initially receiving the chassis rear wall and a docking end for locating the docking wall of the docking station;a pair of spaced apart rails having oppositely facing flat faces, the rails being positioned longitudinally between the entrance end and the docking end of the docking tray;a pair of notches in the chassis base wall, the notches extending longitudinally from the rear wall toward the front wall of the chassis wherein the notches each include a sloping sidewall and an upright sidewall, the sloping sidewalls receiving the rails and urging the flat faces of the rails toward the upright sidewalls of the notches; andeach notch includes a flat base wall between the sloping sidewall and the upright sidewall and wherein the sloping sidewall is a gradually curving sidewall.