Patent ID: 6098952
Filing Date: 2000-08-08
Classification: A47B,F16M,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
A method of mounting a laptop computer on a desk at an edge of a top of the desk, the method comprising:providing a laptop computer having a bottom surface, a front end for facing a user when operating the laptop computer and a rear end for facing away from the user;providing a leg mounted relative to the laptop computer to define a first end adjacent the rear end of the laptop computer and a free second end, the leg being pivotal at the first end between a folded position generally parallel to the bottom surface and an extended position in which the leg extends away from the bottom surface for engagement of the free end with the top of the desk to support the rear end away from the top of the desk,and providing at least one foot member fixed relative to the laptop computer at a location thereon spaced forwards from the first end of the leg and adjacent to but spaced rearwardly from the front end of the laptop computer by an overhang distance and locating the foot member on the top of the desk;mounting a side abutment surface of the at least one foot member on the top of the desk at the edge in contact with the edge such that the front end of the laptop computer and an overhanging portion of the bottom surface of the laptop computer forwardly of the at least one foot member overhang the front edge of the desk and such that the laptop computer is supported on the desk by the support device by contact solely by the leg and the at least one foot member on the desk.