Patent ID: 8797734

Claim:
A laptop computer comprising: a trapezoidally shaped first housing having a first side portion, a second side portion, slanted side portions, a bottom surface portion, and a top surface portion, the second side portion having a width smaller than a width of the first side portion and being parallel to the first side portion, the slanted side portions connecting end points of the first side portion with respective end points of the second side portion, the first side portion including recesses at each end; a second housing; and a connecting portion connecting the first side portion of the first housing with the second housing such that the second housing is capable of being opened and closed with respect to the top surface portion of the first housing, the connecting portion residing in the recesses of the first side portion; the second housing including a third side portion, a fourth side portion, and protruding portions, the third side portion being adjacent to and parallel to the first side portion of the first housing in a closed state, the fourth side portion being adjacent to and parallel to the second side portion of the first housing in the closed state, the protruding portions being adjacent the connecting portion and extending from the third side portion to a point that is less than one-third of a distance between the third side portion and the fourth side portion, the second housing including a first portion adjacent the connecting portion and having a width that is wider than a width of a fourth portion of the first housing and substantially the same as a width of a third portion of the first housing and facing the third portion of the first housing in the closed state and a second portion having an entire width that is equal to the width of the fourth side portion, wherein the entire width of the second portion is less than an entire width between the slanted side portions at the fourth portion of the first housing and facing the fourth portion of the first housing in the closed state; wherein a keyboard is disposed on the top surface portion of the first housing; and wherein the second housing is a display unit of the laptop computer.