Electronic device having a keyboard rotatable about an axis
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1. A computer securable to a structure, the computer comprising:
- a processor;
a memory device accessible by the processor;
a display device having a screen substantially positionable in a plane;
a keyboard having a front side, a back side, a plurality of ends and a top surface, each one of the ends distancing the front side from the back side by a length, each of the lengths having a midpoint, the top surface being substantially positionable in a plane;
a housing supporting the memory device and the display device, the housing engagable with the structure, the housing having at least one coupling member positioned above or below the screen, the coupling member being;
(a) coupled to at least one of the ends of the keyboard, enabling the keyboard to move about an axis, the axis extending between the ends of the keyboard; and
(b) positioned substantially at the midpoint of the length of said end, the coupling member movably coupling the keyboard to the housing so that the keyboard is movable about the axis between;
(i) a first position where the plane of the top surface of the keyboard is substantially parallel with the plane of the screen; and
(ii) a second position where the plane of the top surface of the keyboard intersects with the plane of the screen.
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Abstract
An electronic device having a housing which supports a processor, a memory device, a display device and a keyboard. The housing has a support member which enables the keyboard to move about an axis. The axis extends between the ends of the keyboard.
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1. A computer securable to a structure, the computer comprising:
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a processor; a memory device accessible by the processor; a display device having a screen substantially positionable in a plane; a keyboard having a front side, a back side, a plurality of ends and a top surface, each one of the ends distancing the front side from the back side by a length, each of the lengths having a midpoint, the top surface being substantially positionable in a plane; a housing supporting the memory device and the display device, the housing engagable with the structure, the housing having at least one coupling member positioned above or below the screen, the coupling member being; (a) coupled to at least one of the ends of the keyboard, enabling the keyboard to move about an axis, the axis extending between the ends of the keyboard; and (b) positioned substantially at the midpoint of the length of said end, the coupling member movably coupling the keyboard to the housing so that the keyboard is movable about the axis between; (i) a first position where the plane of the top surface of the keyboard is substantially parallel with the plane of the screen; and (ii) a second position where the plane of the top surface of the keyboard intersects with the plane of the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A computer comprising:
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a processor; a memory device accessible by the processor; a display device having a screen substantially positionable in a plane; a keyboard having a top surface, a plurality of side regions and a plurality of end regions positioned between the side regions, each one of the end regions having a midpoint, the top surface substantially positionable in a plane; a housing supporting the memory device and the display device, the housing having a keyboard region located below the screen of the display device, the housing defining a cavity within the keyboard region, the housing including at least one coupling member positioned within the keyboard region, the coupling member being; (a) coupled to the keyboard; and (b) positioned substantially at the midpoint of at least one of the end regions, the keyboard being movable about an axis, the axis extending between the end regions of the keyboard. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An electronic device comprising:
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a processor; a memory device accessible by the processor; a display device having a screen substantially positionable in a plane; a keyboard having;
(a) plurality of sides;
(b) a plurality of ends;
(c) a surface substantially positionable in a plane; and
(d) a plurality of input devices coupled to the surface; anda housing supporting the memory device and the display device, the housing having a support member which supports the keyboard, the support member enabling the keyboard to move about an axis, the axis extending from one of the ends of the keyboard to another one of the ends of the keyboard, the axis being positioned between at least two of the input devices, the keyboard being movable about the axis between; (a) one position in which the plane of the surface of the keyboard is substantially parallel to the plane of the screen; and (b) another position in which the plane of the surface of the keyboard intersects with the plane of the screen. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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