Patent ID: 7532463

Claim:
A moveable platform for a laptop computer, said laptop computer having a keyboard base structure and a display monitor, comprising a footer section, an angled support base and a header section; said angled support base supporting said keyboard base structure of said laptop computer at an angle relative to a computer user and said angled support base supporting and elevating said display monitor of said laptop computer relative to said computer user; said angled support base forming an airgap between said moveable platform and a desktop; said angled support base transferring heat from said keyboard base structure of said laptop computer through said angled support base to said airgap to dissipate said heat; said angled support base having a cooling fan system to transfer said heat from said keyboard base structure of said laptop computer through said angled support base to said airgap to dissipate said heat; said footer section and said header section having a plurality of spherical roller assemblies contacting said desktop to move said moveable platform and said laptop computer supported on said moveable platform on a surface of said desktop; each of said spherical roller assemblies having a single spherical ball surrounded by a plurality of spherical ball bearings within a semi-spherical cavity; said spherical ball being in physical contact with said spherical ball bearings but not in physical contact with said semi-spherical cavity; an annular retaining ring restraining said single spherical ball and said plurality of spherical ball bearings within said semi-spherical cavity; a portion of said spherical ball extending through a hole in said annular retaining ring to contact and revolve against said surface of said desktop to move said moveable platform and said laptop computer supported on said moveable platform on said surface of said desktop; and a braking mechanism in said footer section for elevating at least one of said spherical roller assemblies to remove at least one of said single spherical balls from contact with said surface of said desktop locking said moveable platform in a stationary position on said desktop and for lowering said at least one of said spherical roller assemblies to contact with said surface of said desktop to move said moveable platform and said laptop computer supported on said moveable platform on said surface of said desktop.