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A mobile portable computer docking/office station is adapted for use in an automotive vehicle or a hotel room and includes a portable housing which may be rested on a car or truck seat. The housing is shaped to resemble a child's car seat, and has exterior side surface indentations which receive por

A mobile portable computer docking/office station is adapted for use in an automotive vehicle or a hotel room and includes a portable housing which may be rested on a car or truck seat. The housing is shaped to resemble a child's car seat, and has exterior side surface indentations which receive portions of the vehicle's passenger side seat belt structure to hold the housing in place on the vehicle seat. A docking area is formed in the housing and is provided with an electrical connector that mates with a corresponding connector on a portable computer when the computer is operatively inserted into the docking area. A printer/scanner unit, a cellular modem, a pair of speakers, and a computer battery charger are carried by the housing and are operatively coupled to the docking area connector. DC electrical power may be transmitted to these components by a self-retracting power cord carried by the housing and having an outer end member that may be plugged into the vehicle's cigarette lighter. A cellular phone is also included with the docking/office station and is removably supportable in a cradle recess formed in the housing portion of the portable docking/office station.

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[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Mobile portable computer docking/office station apparatus comprising:a portable housing having a docking area for removably receiving a portable computer inserted thereinto;a first electrical connector carried in said docking area and being removably mateable with a secon

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] Mobile portable computer docking/office station apparatus comprising:a portable housing having a docking area for removably receiving a portable computer inserted thereinto;a first electrical connector carried in said docking area and being removably mateable with a second electrical connector on the portable computer in response to insertion of the portable computer into said docking area;data transfer apparatus, carried by said portable housing for inputting and outputting data in both hard copy and electronic formats;coupling apparatus, carried by said portable housing for electrically interconnecting said data transfer apparatus to the portable computer when it is operatively received in said docking area; anda seat belt attachment structure carried by said portable housing and having an indented portion configured to complementarily receive a longitudinal portion of a seat belt looped around said portable housing, said indented portion having facing abutment surfaces positioned and configured to be closely adjacent opposite portions of the received longitudinal seat belt portion and restrain movement of the received longitudinal seat belt portion relative to said portable housing in opposite directions transverse to the length of the received longitudinal seat belt portion.