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A pivoting mount for a detachable, low profile keyboard in a computer terminal which includes a video display unit, e.g., a CRT, provides for the secure positioning of the keyboard adjacent to the video display unit in either a lowered, use position or a raised, stored position. In the use position,

A pivoting mount for a detachable, low profile keyboard in a computer terminal which includes a video display unit, e.g., a CRT, provides for the secure positioning of the keyboard adjacent to the video display unit in either a lowered, use position or a raised, stored position. In the use position, the keyboard is maintained in a stable horizontal orientation immediately below and forward of the faceplate of the video display unit. In the stored position, the keyboard is securely maintained in a generally vertical orientation immediately forward of the video display unit\s faceplate so as to provide protection therefor and enhance the portability of the computer terminal. This mounting arrangement also provides for the remote use of the keyboard by facilitating its removal from the computer terminal to which it remains electrically coupled by means of a cable.

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In a portable computer terminal including a video display, first and second lateral panels, and a detachable keyboard, means for mounting the keyboard in an extended, use position and in a retracted, stored position comprising: first and second coupling inserts each positioned on a respective latera

In a portable computer terminal including a video display, first and second lateral panels, and a detachable keyboard, means for mounting the keyboard in an extended, use position and in a retracted, stored position comprising: first and second coupling inserts each positioned on a respective lateral portion of the keyboard and each including respective convex and linear portions; first and second mounting slots positioned in a lower, forward edge portion of the first and the second lateral panels, respectively, and adapted for receiving a respective coupling insert in sliding engagement wherein with the linear portions of said first and second coupling inserts oriented parallel to and positioned in abutting contact with a lower edge of a respective mounting slot the keyboard may be stably positioned in the extended, use positions or may be detached from the computer terminal by sliding removal of said coupling inserts from said mounting slots; and first and second detents each including a concave portion complementary to and adapted to receive in close fitting relation the convex portion of an associated coupling insert, wherein each of said detents is located on an inner end portion of said first and said second mounting slots, respectively, for engaging a respective coupling insert in maintaining the keyboard in the retracted, stored position and for permitting the pivoting displacement of the keyboard between the extended, use position and the retracted, stored position.