Patent ID: 7111773

Claim:
A device sufficiently small to use upon a desktop, comprising: a housing for operative components, said housing including cylindrical cavities sharing a common central axis, a lid structure including a cover portion with a hinge portion formed along one edge of said lid structure, the hinge portion sized to extend between and into said cylindrical hollow cavities in the housing, the lid structure pivotally connected to a rotational drive mechanism located in at least one cylindrical hollow cavity of the housing, the rotational drive mechanism including a drive spring and a damping means sharing a central axis with the lid structure, wherein the rotational drive mechanism effectuates a controlled pivotal motion of said lid structure, biasing said lid structure from a closed position covering some or all of said operative components to an open position where some or all of the operative components are exposed, and wherein the drive spring is located in a first cylindrical cavity with one end of the spring attached to the housing and the other end of the spring attached to the lid, and the rotational damping means is positioned within a second cylindrical cavity.