Patent ID: 7682029

Claim:
An information handling system comprising: plural processing components operable to generate visual information for presentation at a projector; a projector interfaced with the processing components and operable to present the visual information, the projector having a housing, a lamp disposed in the housing, and a cover panel disposed in housing proximate the lamp, the cover panel operable to selectively move to an open position that exposes the lamp and a closed position that covers the lamp; a thermal safety operable to secure the cover panel in the closed position if the lamp has a predetermined temperature; and a latch associated with the cover panel, the latch operable to move to a locked position that secures the cover in the closed position and an unlocked position that allows the cover to move to the open position, the thermal safety securing the cover panel in the closed position if the lamp has a predetermined temperature by securing the latch in the locked position.