Patent ID: 7233314

Claim:
A notebook having a mechanism for combining a touch pad and a CD-ROM drive, comprising: a display; a housing including at least one pivot member coupled to the display, a manipulating section formed on a top surface of the housing, a keyboard provided on the manipulating section adjacent the pivot member, and at least one I/O port provided on one side of the housing; a touch pad assembly provided on the manipulating section between the keyboard and a forward end of the housing, the touch pad assembly being circular and including a touch pad occupying a first portion, a first button occupying a second portion smaller than the first portion, and an adjacent second button occupying a third portion smaller than the first portion, and a second connecting member provided at an edge of the touch pad for pivotably coupling the touch pad to the manipulating section; lock means including a first member provided in the touch pad assembly and a mated second member provided adjacent an edge of the touch pad assembly wherein the touch pad assembly is operative to pivot to position at an optimum angle with respect to the manipulating section by pivoting about the second connecting member; and a CD-ROM drive provided under the touch pad assembly and including an internal disc receiving cavity, the disc receiving cavity being exposed by opening the touch pad assembly at a predetermined angle, and a read/write head provided on a bottom of the CD-ROM drive wherein a CD is adapted to fit onto the disc receiving cavity prior to closing the touch pad assembly onto the disc receiving cavity.