| US 7,515,408 B2 | ||
| Desktop stand for a docking station and a portable computer | ||
| Willem Hendrik Bakker, Almere (Netherlands); Hendrik Gerrit Blom, Den Haag (Netherlands); and Jan Willem Elkhuizen, Leeuwarden (Netherlands) | ||
| Assigned to Bakker Elkhuizen Innovations B.V., CB Almere (Netherlands) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 18, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/84,353. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 04075886 (EP), filed on Mar. 18, 2004. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2005/0207112 A1, Sep. 22, 2005 | ||
| Int. Cl. H05K 7/12 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 361—686 [361/681] | 12 Claims |
| 1. A desktop stand for a docking station and a portable computer having a keyboard member and a display panel projecting from
a rear end portion of the keyboard member, comprising:
a support structure for supporting at least a portion of the keyboard member,
a bearing structure under said support structure such that at least a portion of said keyboard member located adjacent to
the display panel is held at a higher level above a face on which the desktop stand rests than a level at which an end of
the keyboard member remote from the display panel is held,
at least one fastener structure mounted to the support structure for fastening the docking station to the support structure,
and
at least one abutment for engaging the end of the keyboard member remote from the display panel at a distance of and facing
the fastener structure when in operative position for fastening the docking station to the support structure,
wherein, when in a fixed condition, at least the fastener structure or the abutment is releasably fixed and, when in a released
condition, at least the fastener structure or the abutment allows adjustment along the support structure of the distance from
the abutment to the fastener structure and fixing of the fastener structure at any of a plurality of distances from the abutment.
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