Apple's iMac-like MacBook dock patent: a dream come true?

I myself as a MacBook Pro user - and with 2 of my associates at TB Tech also using portable Macs - often dream of a proper, Apple-designed dock solution for my notebook, to charge, and make use of desktop-like peripherals at home or in the office.

Apple laptop docks have been done, by third parties, but surely nothing could beat this patent from Apple - a dock for the MacBook that entails sliding the machine into the side of a device, shaped like a white Core 2 Duo iMac, and using that device like an iMac, as a desktop.

However, we need to remain wary that Apple often gets a little bit excited in its patents (read: Apple's thousand-camera-enabled display that let your display act as large iSight camera...).

Will plans for this device / similar devices for the MacBook Pro be announced at Macworld? Wait and see.