Laptop port

Abstract

A laptop port includes a well through an aperture in a work surface with various power or data connections in the well and a door with opposing front and back edges. The door hinging between a closed position in which the door is coplanar with the work surface and conceals the well and the connections, and an open position in which the door is in an over-center location and the well and connections are revealed. The pivot is spaced from the back edge and remains closer to the back edge than to the front edge, defining a door tail between the back edge and the pivot. The door is self supporting in the over-center open location, not requiring further mechanisms to hold the door in the open position.

1 . A work surface information technology appliance connection well, comprising: a work surface; 
 an aperture in the work surface, the aperture having a perimeter with a proximal edge and an opposite distal edge;    a well defined through the aperture;    a corresponding door located in the aperture, the door having a front edge and a back edge;    a pivot interconnected between the work surface and the door, whereby the door pivots between a closed position in which the door is coplanar with the work surface and the door conceals the well, and an open position in which the well is revealed and the door is in an over-center location, the door being self supporting in the over-center open location, the pivot being spaced toward the proximal edge from the distal edge and being closer to the distal edge than to the proximal edge, whereby a door tail portion is defined between the pivot and the distal edge; and    at least one of a power connection and a data connection located in the well.    
   
   
       2 . The well defined in  claim 1  wherein the door pivots at least ninety degrees from the closed position to the opened position.  
   
   
       3 . The well defined in  claim 2  further including a stop that abuts the door in the opened position.  
   
   
       4 . The well defined in  claim 1  further including a stop that abuts the door in the opened position.