Appeal No. 95-0794
Application No. 08/220,406
movement of the pivoted cover, base and display portion, the
computer can be placed, for example, in the position shown in
Figure 4 wherein the keyboard is protected by the cover and only
the screen portion is viewable. This position might be chosen
for input employing a pen whereas the previous position might be
used for input employing a keyboard.
Representative independent claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A convertible computer, comprising:
a base portion having a keyboard side and a rear side;
a display portion, pivotally attached to said base
portion, having a display and input assembly side and a rear
side; and
a cover pivotally attached to said base portion,
wherein said cover is positionable at a first position
over the keyboard side of said base portion when the rear side of
said display portion is positioned substantially adjacent the
rear side of said base portion, and at a second position
substantially adjacent the rear side of said base portion when
both the keyboard side of the base portion and the display and
input assembly side of said display portion can simultaneously be
viewed by a user.
The examiner relies on the following references:
Lloyd 5,002,184 Mar. 26, 1991
Toshiba (EP) 0,454,120 Oct. 30, 1991
Claims 1, 7, 8, 10, 17 and 20 through 24 stand rejected
under 35 U.S.C. ' 103 as unpatentable over Toshiba in view of
Lloyd.
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