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Torso-worn computer without a monitor

  • US 5,719,744 A
  • Filed: 08/29/1996
  • Issued: 02/17/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/15/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A mobile, torso-worn computer comprising a computer housing, activating means, means for attaching said computer housing to the torso of a user, said computer housing having a back section for attachment of cables thereto and on an opposite end of said housing is a from section, said computer housing comprising substantially all of the components of a conventional computer except for a monitor, said housing comprising:

  • (A) an offset peripheral connector recessed from a rear terminal portion or back section of said computer housing, said offset peripheral connectors are adjacent to and recessed back from said back section in such a manner that a rigid connector connected thereto does not extend substantially beyond said back section, said peripheral connector means having a curved configuration that substantially conforms to the curvature of a user'"'"'s body;

    and optionally;

    (B) a PC card housing having means to contain substantially an entire PC card when contained therein;

    (C) a compartment for housing a removable hard drive; and

    (D) an opening in said front section of said computer housing for internal connection to an IrDA transceiver.

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