Patent ID: 6956734

Claim:
A portable computer supportable on a support surface, comprising: a portable computer body having upper and lower main surfaces joined by corresponding front and rear edges; a battery detachably connectable at an upper surface thereof to the lower main surface of the portable computer body adjacent the rear edge thereof and maintaining the rear edge elevated with respect to the front edge, relatively to a support surface on which the portable computer body, with the battery detachably connected thereto, is supported; and releasable latching elements engaged by relatively moving the portable computer body and the battery in a sequence of a first connecting direction, transverse to the lower main surface of the computer body and the upper surface of the battery, to position same in a juxtaposed and aligned relationship, and a second connecting direction, parallel to the juxtaposed lower main surface of the portable computer body and upper surface of the battery and transverse to the front and rear edges, to connect same.