Apple tablet described in patent application?

“Hidden within the usual litany of claims in a patent awarded this January—titled ‘Display Housing for Computing Device,’ which covers their current portable displays—Apple describes a tablet display, with the display housing the computer device,” Jesus Diaz reports for Gizmodo.

“The patent describes several forms for these displays—most of them already in use in current Apple laptops—, describing displays attached to portable computers. However, one of the claims describes the display as a ‘housing for a computer device,’ which would include the computer electronics within the display housing, sandwiched between front and back shells,” Diaz reports.

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