Patent ID: 6646863
Filing Date: 2003-11-11
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
A kiosk for providing convenient access to the Internet, the kiosk comprising:a housing extending in a generally vertical direction, the housing adapted to store a display device and a computer system therein, where a base of the housing is adapted to securely mount the housing to a floor, the base further defining at least one aperture adapted to pass electrical cabling therein; a keyboard coupled to the housing with a first hinge, where the first hinge is adapted to pivot the keyboard along the first hinge from a closed position to an opened position, where the keyboard includes a typing surface and a backside surface, where the keyboard pivots to the closed position in a first generally vertical position such that when the keyboard is closed, the typing surface of the keyboard faces inward and the backside surface is substantially flush with an exterior the housing, where the keyboard includes a spring adapted to maintain the keyboard in the closed position, where the keyboard further includes a stop adapted to maintain the keyboard in a generally horizontal open position, where the keyboard closes such that when in the closed position, the keyboard conceals at least a first portion of the display device from outside the kiosk, and where the keyboard opens such that when in the open position, the first portion of the display device is visible from outside the kiosk; and a wing door coupled to the housing with a second hinge, where the second hinge is adapted to pivot the wing door along the second hinge from a closed position and to an opened position, where an exterior surface of the wing door is substantially flush with the housing when the wing door is in the closed position, where at least a second portion of the display device is concealed when the wing door is in the closed position, where the second portion of the display device is revealed when the display device is in the opened position.