MICHAEL FRANK CUTTITTA
Pilots at Lincoln Ave, Saddle Brook, NJ

8243455, Aug 14, 2012

Apr 21, 2010

12/764552

Jerome E. Raymond - Glen Ridge NJ, US
Michael F. Cuttitta - Saddle Brook NJ, US
Benson H. Kravtin - Brooklyn NY, US

Datamation Systems, Inc. - South Hackensack NJ

H05K 5/00, H05K 7/00

361727, 3616794, 36167941, 36167943, 361724, 361725, 361726

A repository in the form of a cart, and a method for docking a plurality of portable computers in storage within the cart, are disclosed. The cart has an opening at the top of the cart and each computer is placed within a docking bay, connected electrically to an electrical connector at the docking bay. Each docking bay has an entrance at an upper level and a support member for the computer at a lower level located at a predetermined vertical distance from the upper level. The orientation of the docking bays, and the predetermined vertical distance are such that upon movement of a computer toward a fully seated position within a docking bay, the computer is biased by gravity toward and into retention in the fully seated position and is maintained by gravity assistance in such retention during transport and storage in the cart, connected to the electrical connector at the docking bay. In a preferred construction, the support member is in the form of a tray placed in the cart above a lower compartment beneath the tray. The tray is mounted for pivotal movement between a first position wherein the tray is in place for supporting the computers above the lower compartment, and a second position wherein the tray is displaced to open access to the lower compartment from the opening at the top of the cart.