Retractable feet for computing devices
View Patent ↗Examples disclosed herein provide a computing device. One example computing device includes a display member and a base member rotatably connected to each other via a hinge. The computing device includes a retractable foot to extend from a bottom surface of the base member when the display member is to be rotated open from a closed position to a first operating position.
1. A computing device comprising:
a display member;
a base member rotatably connected to the display member via a hinge, wherein the base member comprises a retractable foot to extend from a bottom surface of the base member; and
a cam sharing an axis with the hinge, wherein when the display member is to be rotated, a corresponding rotation of the cam is to control extension and retraction of the retractable foot.
2. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the retractable foot is a flexible metal that maintains contact with the cam and extends from or retracts into the bottom surface of the base member, based on the rotation of the cam when the display member is to be rotated with respect to the base member.
3. The computing device of claim 1 , comprising a mechanism for the retractable foot to maintain contact with the cam, wherein examples of the mechanism comprise a spring and a magnetic member.
4. The computing device of claim 1 , wherein the retractable foot pivots in and out from the bottom surface of the base member from an end of the retractable foot.
5. A computing device comprising:
a display member;
a base member rotatably connected to the display member via a hinge, wherein the base member comprises a retractable foot to extend from a bottom surface of the base member;
a cam sharing an axis with the hinge, wherein when the display member is to be rotated, a corresponding rotation of the cam is to control extension and retraction of the retractable foot; and
a mechanism for the retractable foot to maintain contact with the cam.
6. The computing device of claim 5 , wherein examples of the mechanism comprise a spring and a magnetic member.
7. The computing device of claim 5 , wherein the retractable foot pivots in and out from the bottom surface of the base member from an end of the retractable foot.
8. The computing device of claim 5 , wherein the retractable foot is a flexible metal that maintains contact with the cam and extends from or retracts into the bottom surface of the base member, based on the rotation of the cam when the display member is to be rotated with respect to the base member.
9. A base member for a computing device comprising:
a hinge to rotatably couple the base member with a display member;
a retractable foot; and
a cam to rotate with the hinge to extend the retractable foot from the base member upon the display member being rotated from a closed position to a first operation position, wherein the retractable foot is to retract back into a bottom surface of the base member when the display member is to be rotated further open from the first operating position to a second operating position.
10. The base member of claim 9 , wherein the second operating position comprises a back surface of the display member making contact with the bottom surface of the base member.
11. The base member of claim 9 , wherein the retractable foot is a flexible metal that maintains contact with the cam and extends from or retracts into a bottom surface of the base member, based on the rotation of the cam when the display member is to be rotated with respect to the base member.
12. The base member of claim 9 , comprising a mechanism for the retractable foot to maintain contact with the cam, wherein examples of the mechanism comprise a spring and a magnetic member.
13. The base member of claim 9 , wherein the retractable foot pivots in and out from the bottom surface of the base member from an end of the retractable foot.