Patent ID: 7515408

Claim:
A desktop stand for a docking station and a portable computer having a keyboard member and a display panel projecting from a rear end portion of the keyboard member, comprising: a support structure for supporting at least a portion of the keyboard member, a bearing structure under said support structure such that at least a portion of said keyboard member located adjacent to the display panel is held at a higher level above a face on which the desktop stand rests than a level at which an end of the keyboard member remote from the display panel is held, at least one fastener structure mounted to the support structure for fastening the docking station to the support structure, and at least one abutment for engaging the end of the keyboard member remote from the display panel at a distance of and facing the fastener structure when in operative position for fastening the docking station to the support structure, wherein, when in a fixed condition, at least the fastener structure or the abutment is releasably fixed and, when in a released condition, at least the fastener structure or the abutment allows adjustment along the support structure of the distance from the abutment to the fastener structure and fixing of the fastener structure at any of a plurality of distances from the abutment.