Patent ID: 7778026

Claim:
Apparatus, comprising: a laptop computer case having a bottom section with a left, right, front and back sidewall extending up from said bottom section; said laptop computer case including a top section flexibly attached to said back side-wall and releasably securable to said left, right and front sidewalls; a laptop computer mounted in said laptop computer case by means of bands secured to an interior surface of said bottom section for securing a keyboard portion of said laptop computer and bands secured to an interior surface portion of said top section for securing a screen display portion of said laptop computer; and a hinge structure attached to said left sidewall and to said right sidewall; each of said hinge structures being comprised of a first arm and a second arm pivotally connected together near a back end of said first and second arms; said first arms being attached to said left and right sides of said laptop computer case; said pivotal connection between said first arm and said second arm being near a back of said laptop computer case; said second arm of each hinge structure being connected to a laptop computer case strap; and means on each said hinge structure for limiting the degree to which said second arm may pivot with respect to said first arm; and means for releasably securing said second arm in alignment with said first arm; whereby said laptop carrying case containing said laptop may be held by said strap around the neck in a substantially horizontal position wherein said laptop computer carrying case may be utilized as a desk top when said second arm of each said hinge structure is pivotally separated and wherein said laptop computer case may be used as a carrying case when said first and second arms are held in alignment.