Portable computer with a telephone docking station
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FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a portable computer with a telephone docking station in accordance with the present invention shown in an operable position for receiving and docking a telphone, which is shown in dashed lines, within a telephone docking station thereof;
FIG. 2 is a top plan view thereof;
FIG. 3 is a front elevational view thereof;
FIG. 4 is a bottom plan view thereof;
FIG. 5 is a rear elevational view thereof;
FIG. 6 is a left side elevational view thereof;
FIG. 7 is a right side elevational view thereof; and,
FIG. 8 is an alternate perspective view thereof, shown in a partially opened condition for use as a portable computer.
The dashed line showing of: (1) a docked telephone in FIG. 1, (2) two electrical terminal connections in FIGS. 1, 7 and 8, (3) a third electrical terminal connection in FIGS. 2 and 6, and are for illustrative purposes only, and form no part of the claimed design.
Type: Grant
Filed: Sep 5, 1996
Date of Patent: Jan 13, 1998
Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Company (Palo Alto, CA)
Inventor: Hee Kiah Tan (Singapore)
Primary Examiner: Freda Nunn
Attorney: Flory L. Martin
Application Number: 0/59,225