Patent ID: 7417852

Claim:
A unitary computer frame configured for supporting internal components of a computer, comprising: top, bottom, left, and right sides; an elongated, generally parallelepiped-shaped battery enclosure enclosed on at least two sides for holding one or more batteries, the battery enclosure being disposed along the top side and parallel thereto; a solid bay plate formed along the right side just below the battery enclosure, the bay plate encompassing approximately an upper right quadrant of the frame; a disk drive plate contiguous to and below the bay plate; a touch pad opening formed next to the disk drive plate; a solid rectilinear support plate next to the touch pad opening in a bottom left quadrant of the frame, wherein an upper left quadrant of the frame is mostly open, and includes a relatively narrow fan support that is partially curvilinear and between the fan support and support plate a planar card opening bounded by an elongated narrow top rail, elongated left and right rails, and a bottom rail that is contiguous to the top edge of the support plate, one or more card supports depending down from the rails of the planar card opening.