Portable apparatus with a mechanism for holding a display above a printer while the printer is printing data

Claim 2

A portable apparatus comprising: a main body having a keyboard toward a front of said main body and a printer toward a rear of said main body; a display housing for containing a display, adapted to mate with said front of said main body to form a cover for said keyboard; first mounting means for mounting said display housing to rotate about a first axis; and second mounting means for mounting said first mounting means to rotate about a second axis, said first mounting means being rotatable between a first position adjacent to said keyboard and a second position which exposes said printer, said display housing being rotatable to mate with said main body and cover said keyboard in one position and to face said display to be visible to an operator in another position when said first mounting means is in said first position.

Claim 3

A portable apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising means for latching said first mounting means in said second position.

Claim 4

A portable apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising latching means for latching said first mounting means in either of said first position or said second position.

Claim 5

A portable apparatus according to claim 1 further comprising rotating means for automatically rotating said display housing about said first axis as said first mounting means is rotated about said second mounting means.

Claim 6

A portable apparatus according to claim 4 wherein said rotating means includes means for automatically rotating said display for only a portion of rotation of said first mounting means between said first position and said second position.

Claim 7

An apparatus as in claim 1 wherein rotation about said first axis defines a first plane, and rotation about said second axis defines a second plane, said first plane being parallel to said second plane and perpendicular to a plane defined by said display.

Claim 8

An apparatus as in claim 1 wherein said display housing is formed with display locking claws on one surface thereof, and said main body is formed with a plurality of display locking holes on a top surface thereof, said display locking claws mating with said display locking holes to cover and lock said keyboard.

Claim 9

An apparatus as in claim 7 wherein said display housing is formed of a size to completely cover all of said keyboard.

Claim 10

An apparatus as in claim 8 wherein said display housing has two substantially flat surfaces, parallel to one another, one of said flat surfaces including said display and said display locking claws, and another of said flat surfaces forming a cover for said keyboard.

Claim 11

A portable apparatus comprising: a main body having a keyboard toward a front of said main body and a printer toward a rear of said main body: a housing for containing a display, adapted to mate with said front of said main body to form a cover for said keyboard; and at least one arm, one end of said at least one arm being pivotably attached to said body and another end of said at least one arm being pivotably attached to said display; first means for mounting said arm to pivot relative to said body between a first position in which said display housing is adjacent said keyboard and a second position in which said display housing exposes said printer; and second means for mounting said display housing to be pivotable between one position in which said display housing mates with said main body, covering said keyboard, and another position in which an operator can see said display when said at least one arm is in said first position.

Claim 12

A portable apparatus comprising: a main body having a keyboard toward a front of said main body and a printer toward a rear of said main body: a housing for containing a display, adapted to mate with said front of said main body to form a cover for said keyboard; and at least one arm, one end of said at least one arm being pivotably attached to said body and another end of said at least one arm being pivotably attached to said display; first means for mounting said arm to pivot relative to said body between a first position in which said display housing is adjacent said keyboard and a second position in which said display housing exposes said printer; and second means for mounting said display housing to be pivotable between one position in which said display housing mates with said main body, covering said keyboard, and another position in which an operator can see said display when said at least one arm is in said first position.

Claim 13

A portable apparatus according to claim 10 further comprising means for latching said arm in second position.

Claim 14

A portable apparatus according to claim 10 further comprising latching means for latching said arm in either of said first position or said second position.

Claim 15

A portable apparatus according to claim 10 further comprising: a first rotatable pulley rotatably fixed to said main body and concentric with an axis of rotation of said arm relative to said body; a second pulley fixed to said display and concentric with an axis of rotation of said display relative to said arm; and a belt interconnecting said first pulley and said second pulley.

Claim 16

A portable apparatus according to claim 13 wherein said first pulley is rotatable relative to said body and said apparatus includes means for preventing rotation of said first pulley relative to said body for a portion of rotation of said arm between said first position and said second position.

Claim 17

An apparatus as in claim 10 wherein rotation about said first means defines a first plane, and rotation about said second means defines a second plane, said first plane being parallel to said second plane and perpendicular to a plane defined by said display.

Claim 18

An apparatus as in claim 10 wherein said display housing is formed with display locking claws on one surface thereof, and said main body is formed with a plurality of display locking holes on a top surface thereof, said display locking claws mating with said display locking holes to cover and lock said keyboard.

Claim 19

An apparatus as in claim 16 wherein said display housing is formed of a size to completely cover all of said keyboard.

Claim 20

An apparatus as in claim 17 wherein said display housing has two substantially flat surfaces, parallel to one another, one of said flat surfaces including said display and said display locking claws, and another of said flat surfaces forming a cover for said keyboard.