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Hand held docking station with deployable light source, rechargeable battery pack and recessed grip, for connecting to a palm top computer

  • US 5,822,546 A
  • Filed: 03/08/1996
  • Issued: 10/13/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/08/1996
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A hand-holdable docking station adapted for mechanical and electrical connection with a palmtop computer, the docking station comprising:

  • a housing having a top, a bottom, a left side, a right side, and front and back faces, the housing for enclosing and defining an interior volume;

    means for securely affixing a palmtop computer to the docking station;

    a deployable light source, housed/stored in a receptacle, provided in the housing, when the light source is in an undeployed position, the light source being deployable to a position such that the illumination footprint illuminates the screen of an attached palmtop computer, wherein the light source is positioned such that it does not obscure the screen;

    a rechargeable battery pack disposed within the housing, the battery pack for providing power to the deployable light source and the attached palmtop computer;

    coupling means connected between the docking station and the palmtop computer for effecting electrical communication therebetween; and

    at least one grip formed in the back face of the housing, the at least one grip including a recess in the back face of the housing into which the fingers of a human hand may be inserted, the recess spaced away from the sides of the housing a sufficient distance to form a griping surface having the shape of a cupped human hand when viewed in cross-section.

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