Patent ID: 7522407

Claim:
A system, comprising: a dock formed with a dock surface and at least two male guides protruding upwardly from the dock surface, a dock connector also being exposed on the dock surface; and a portable computer formed with a rest surface configured to rest on the dock surface of the dock, a computer connector being exposed on the rest surface and being configured complementarily to the dock connector, at least two elongated female channels being formed on the rest surface with each channel being configured for engaging a respective male guide, wherein a user can slide the portable computer side-to-side across the male guides until the male guides are tactiley detected by the user to be in the channels, the user then being able to slide the portable computer toward the dock until the computer connector drops into engagement with the dock connector, the male guides being formed with round tops and no dimension of elongation in a dimension of elongation defined by the female channels, wherein each channel extends from an edge of the rest surface and terminates in a respective hole configured to receive a respective male guide therein when the dock connector is engaged with the computer connector, a respective hole being deeper than its respective channel.