Tablet computer system with a detatchable base

Abstract

An apparatus comprising a shaft, a member and a lever coupled with the member, wherein a sloped portion of the lever is in contact with a first end of the shaft. A second end of the shaft receives applied pressure and, as a result of the applied pressure, moves along the sloped portion of the lever to apply a force to the lever. The sloped portion of the lever receives the force and, as a result of the force, the lever deflects to pull the member a distance along the axis of the member.

What is claimed is:  
     
         1 . An apparatus comprising: 
 a shaft;    a member;    a lever, coupled with the member, and a sloped portion of the lever to contact a first end of the shaft, the sloped portion to receive a force from the shaft, and as a result of the force, the lever to deflect, and pull the member along the axis of the member a distance; and    a second end of the shaft, to receive applied pressure, and as a result of the applied pressure, the shaft to move along the sloped portion of the lever, to apply the force to the lever.    
     
     
         2 . The apparatus of  claim 1 , further comprising: 
 a spring, coupled with the shaft, to compress, as a result of the applied pressure, and to decompress, when the applied pressure is relieved, to cause the shaft to move along the axis of the shaft.    
     
     
         3 . The apparatus of  claim 2 , further comprising: 
 another spring, coupled with the lever, to compress, as a result of the lever deflecting, and to decompress, when the shaft moves along the axis of the shaft, to cause the lever to move upward.    
     
     
         4 . The apparatus of  claim 3 , further comprising: 
 a different spring, coupled with the member, to compress, as a result of the lever pulling the member, and to decompress, when the lever moves upward, to cause the member to move the distance along the axis of the member in an opposite direction of a direction the member was pulled.    
     
     
         5 . A system, comprising: 
 a tablet computer system, to have a tablet component detatchably coupled with a base component, the tablet component to cover the base component when the tablet computer system is closed;    the base component, to include a keyboard to transmit signals to be received by the tablet computer system, the base component further to include at least one protruding element, the at least one protruding element to include a magnet;    the tablet component, to include at least one cavity aligned with the at least one protruding element, the at least one cavity to include a member, the at least one cavity to cover the at least one protruding element, and the member to couple with the magnet, when the tablet component covers the base component, the tablet component to further include a button on the outer end of a shaft, the button to receive applied pressure, an inner end of the shaft to slide along an upwardly sloped surface of a lever, to cause the lever to deflect downward, to pull the member, to cause the member to decouple from the magnet, wherein the lever is coupled with the member.    
     
     
         6 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the member comprises a metal rod.  
     
     
         7 . The system of  claim 5 , wherein the member comprises another magnet.  
     
     
         8 . A computer system, comprising: 
 a tablet component covering a base component, the tablet component including a member, to couple with a magnet, and a button, coupled with the member, to receive applied pressure, to decouple the member from the magnet; and    the base component, detatchably coupled with the tablet component, the base component including the magnet.    
     
     
         9 . The computer system of  claim 8 , wherein the member comprises a metal rod.  
     
     
         10 . The computer system of  claim 8 , wherein the tablet component further includes a pen cavity, to receive a digital pen.  
     
     
         11 . The computer system of  claim 10 , wherein the tablet component further includes a pen eject mechanism, to release a pen from the pen cavity.  
     
     
         12 . The computer system of  claim 11 , wherein the pen eject mechanism comprises: 
 a spring at an inner end of the pen cavity, to compress when the pen is pushed into an outer end of the cavity, the spring to decompress when the pen is released from the outer end of the cavity;    a latch, to hold the pen in the pen cavity when the pen is inserted into the pen cavity, the latch to receive a force applied in a direction away from the pen cavity, the latch to slide the distance away from the pen cavity as a result of the pressure, and release pen from the cavity.    
     
     
         13 . The apparatus of  claim 12 , further comprising another spring, coupled with the latch, to compress when the latch receives the force, and to decompress, when the force ceases, to cause the latch to slide the distance back towards the pen cavity.  
     
     
         14 . A method comprising: 
 coupling, by a metal rod, with a magnet;    moving, by a shaft, a distance inward, as a result of receiving the pressure;    sliding, by an inner end of the shaft, along a sloped surface of a lever;    deflecting, by a portion of the lever, another distance, as a result of the inner end of the shaft sliding along the sloped surface;    pulling, by another portion of the lever, the metal rod, as a result of the lever deflecting; and    moving, by the metal rod, a different distance away from the magnet, as a result of the pulling; and    decoupling, by the metal rod, from the magnet, as a result of moving the different distance.    
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising receiving, by an outer end of the shaft, a pressure.  
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein sliding, by the inner end of the shaft, along the sloped surface of the lever comprises sliding, by the inner end of the shaft, along an upwardly sloped surface of the lever.  
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 14 , further comprising: 
 compressing, by a spring coupled with the shaft, when the shaft moves the distance in a direction;    decompressing, by the spring, when the pressure is removed from the shaft; and    causing, as a result of decompressing, the shaft to move the distance in an opposite direction.    
     
     
         18 . A method, comprising: 
 receiving, by a cavity, a pen inserted into the cavity;    compressing, by a spring at the end of the cavity, as a result of receiving the pen;    holding, by a latch, the pen in the cavity;    receiving, by the latch, a force;    sliding, by the latch, a distance in a direction, as a result of the force;    releasing, by the latch, the pen, as a result of sliding the distance;    decompressing, by the spring, as a result of the pen being released;    pushing, by the spring, a tip of the pen, as a result of decompressing; and    ejecting, by the spring, the pen from a cavity, as a result of pushing the tip of the pen.    
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 18 , further comprising: 
 compressing, by another spring coupled with the latch, as a result of the latch sliding the distance in the direction;    decompressing, by the another spring, when the force is removed; and    causing, as a result of decompressing, the latch to slide the distance in the opposite direction.    
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 18 , wherein receiving, by the latch, the force comprises receiving, by the latch, a force in a direction away from the pen cavity.