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Information processing apparatus support system with support arms which are capable of closing toward a keyboard unit or away from a keyboard unit

  • US 5,644,469 A
  • Filed: 07/07/1994
  • Issued: 07/01/1997
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/06/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. An information processing apparatus support system, comprising:

  • display unit supporting means for an information display unit for displaying information, and a touch panel for entering information, said display unit supporting means having a frame permanently fixed to said display unit supporting means;

    a keyboard unit for entering information; and

    a connecting arm for connecting said display unit supporting means and said keyboard unit, said connecting arm being pivotally connected at one end thereof to the lower end of said display unit supporting means and pivotally connected at the other end to a fixed location on said keyboard unit;

    the length of said connecting arm and the location of its pivot connection to said keyboard unit being such that said arm may swing about said pivot connection from a first position, where said frame is superimposed on said keyboard unit with said touch panel facing toward said keyboard unit, to a second position, where said frame is superimposed on said keyboard unit, with said touch panel facing away from said keyboard unit, and such that when said connecting arm is in the first position, the frame may pivot about said one end of said connecting arm to expose said touch panel and said keyboard unit.

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