Computer device having multi-function handle

• US 20070076362A1
• Filed: 09/30/2005
• Published: 04/05/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/30/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Lagnado, Isaac
• Application Number:
  US11/240,144
• Publication Number:
  US 20070076362A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.590
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1656 Details related to functional adaptations of the enclosure, e.g. to provide protection against EMI, shock, water, or to host detachable peripherals like a mouse or removable expansions units like PCMCIA cards, or to provide access to internal components for maintenance or to removable storage supports like CDs or DVDs, or to mechanically mount accessories mounting of accessories to a computer display G06F1/1607; display hoods G06F1/1603; cooling arrangements for portable computers G06F1/203

Abstract

A computer device comprising a handle usable to transport the computer device, the handle configured having a storage cavity disposed therein.

Claims

1. A computer device comprising:

a handle usable to transport the computer device, the handle configured having a storage cavity disposed therein.

2. The computer device of claim 1, wherein the handle is disposed on a display member of a notebook computer device.

3. The computer device of claim 1, wherein at least one operational component of the computer device is disposed within the storage cavity.

4. The computer device of claim 1, wherein the handle is integrally formed on the computer device.

5. The computer device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the handle is disposed on a display member of a notebook computer device.

6. The computer device of claim 5, wherein at least another portion of the handle is disposed on a base member of the notebook computer device.

7. The computer device of claim 1, wherein an antenna of the computer device is disposed with the storage cavity.

8. The computer device of claim 1, wherein the handle comprises a plurality of handle portions adapted to cooperate with each other to form the storage cavity.

9. The computer device of claim 1, wherein the handle is configured as an antenna of the computer device.

10. The computer device of claim 1, wherein the handle is pivotally coupled to the computer device.

11. The computer device of claim 1, wherein the handle is retractable.

12. A method of manufacturing a computer device, comprising:

providing a handle usable to transport the computer device, the handle having a storage cavity disposed therein.

13. The method of claim 12, further comprising integrally forming the handle with a display member of a notebook computer device.

14. The method of claim 12 further comprising disposing at least one operational component of the computer device within the storage cavity.

15. The method of claim 12 further comprising integrally forming the handle with the computer device.

16. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing at least a portion of the handle on a display member of a notebook computer device.

17. The method of claim 16, further comprising providing at least another portion of the handle on a base member of the notebook computer device.

18. The method of claim 12, further comprising providing a plurality of handle portions adapted to cooperate with each other to form the storage cavity.

19. The method of claim 12, further comprising configuring the handle as an antenna of the computer device.

20. The method of claim 12, further comprising pivotally coupling the handle to the computer device.

21. The method of claim 12, further comprising retractably coupling the handle to the computer device.

22. A computer device, comprising:

a handle usable to transport the computer device, the handle configured as an antenna for the computer device.

23. The computer device of claim 22, wherein the handle is disposed on a display member of a notebook computer device.

24. The computer device of claim 22, wherein the handle comprises a plurality of antennas.

25. The computer device of claim 22, wherein the handle is retractably coupled to the computer device.

26. The computer device of claim 22, wherein the handle is pivotally coupled to the computer device.