Personal notebook computer with an integrated trackball

Description

FIG. 1 is a top front and left side perspective view of a personal notebook computer with an integrated trackball showing my new design with the screen closed;

FIG. 2 is a top front and left side perspective view thereof with the screen open;

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof with the screen closed;

FIG. 4 is a rear elevational view thereof;

FIG. 5 is a right side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 7 is a bottom plan view thereof;

FIG. 8 is a right side elevational view thereof with the screen open;

FIG. 9 is a left side elevational view thereof;

FIG. 10 is a top front and left side perspective view of a second embodiment thereof with the screen closed; and,

FIG. 11 is a top front and left side perspective view thereof with the screen open.

The undisclosed views of the second embodiment are identical in appearance to those of the first embodiment.

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Patent History
Patent number: D345552
Type: Grant
Filed: Jun 5, 1992
Date of Patent: Mar 29, 1994
Assignee: Compaq Computer Corporation (Houston, TX)
Inventor: Kevin W. Mundt (Spring, TX)
Primary Examiner: Wallace R. Burke
Assistant Examiner: Freda S. Nunn
Attorneys: James R. Burdett, L. Jon Lindsay
Application Number: 7/893,695
Classifications
Current U.S. Class: D14/106