Patent ID: 8437126
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: G06F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Apparatus comprising: a first computer including a first housing and having a side edge; a second computer including a second housing and having a side edge; and a hinge assembly including a first end for selectively detachably coupling to a first computer system housing having a side edge and a second end for selectively detachably coupling to second computer system housing having a side edge, said hinge assembly when coupling said first and second housings together accommodating movement therebetween on two orthogonal axes, one of said axes extending parallel to said side edges and the other extending perpendicularly to said one axis; wherein the first end includes flanges each with opposing faces, the flanges extending laterally away from the first end of the hinge assembly in opposite directions, the opposite directions both being along an axis that is orthogonal to the hinge assembly, the flanges configured to be slideably disposed in respective recesses in the first housing through respective openings in the side edge such that a first face of each flange contacts a first wall face of the recess when slideably engaged while the opposing second face of each flange contacts a second wall face of the recess when slideably engaged, the flanges being slideable in the respective recesses along an axis parallel to the axis of the hinge assembly; and movement of said first and second device housings about said one axis accommodating folding of said first device housing over said second device housing; and movement of said first and second device housings about said other axis accommodating rotation of said first device housing relative to said second device housing.