Patent ID: 7184263

Claim:
A portable computer comprising: an expansion base module with a keyboard provided thereon, said expansion base module having front and rear ends; a system module having a display side, a rear side that is opposite to said display side, a free end, and a connecting end that is opposite to said free end, that is pivoted to said expansion base module, and that is slidable on said expansion base module between said front and rear ends of said expansion base module; and a stand having a first end that is pivoted to said rear end of said expansion base module, and a second end that is opposite to said first end and that is pivoted to said rear side of said system module at a position between said connecting end and said free end of said system module such that said system module, said stand, and said expansion base module are stacked one above the other when said connecting end of said system module is disposed at said front end of said expansion base module, and that said stand and said system module stand from said expansion base module when said connecting end of said system module is disposed at a position between said front and rear ends of said expansion base module.