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Notebook computer system with a separable trackball

  • US 5,546,334 A
  • Filed: 03/29/1993
  • Issued: 08/13/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/29/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A notebook computer system comprising:

  • a body formed with a socket;

    a keyboard rotatably engaged with the body, the keyboard being rotatable between a first position that is fully engaged with the body and a second position wherein at least a portion of the keyboard is separated from the body; and

    a trackball module having a locking element that engages the keyboard so that the trackball module is captured by the keyboard when the trackball is installed in the socket and the keyboard is in the first position;

    wherein the trackball is removable from the socket and separable from the body and the keyboard when the keyboard is in the second position.

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