# US 10,484,771 B2 · Support for video playback devices

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- Number: US 10,484,771 B2
- Document ID: US10484771B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/605,948
- Filed: 2017-05-25
- Published: 2017-11-30
- Granted: 2019-11-19
- Earliest claimed: 2016-05-26
- Assignees: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Fu Tai Hua Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd.; Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Zhen Wang; Ching-Feng Chen; Ji-Ping Wu; Long-Fong Chen
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10484771B2

## CPC

- H04R 1/1008: {Earpieces of the supra-aural or circum-aural type}
- A47B 97/00: Furniture or accessories for furniture, not provided for in other groups of this subclass
- F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus}
- F16M 13/022: {repositionable}
- F16M 13/04: for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains {, e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head (apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B)}
- H04R 1/105: {Earpiece supports, e.g. ear hooks (for stereophonic headphones H04R5/0335)}
- H04R 1/1058: {Manufacture or assembly}
- A47B 2097/006: {Computer holding devices}
- H04R 1/028: {associated with devices performing functions other than acoustics, e.g. electric candles}
- H04R: LOUDSPEAKERS, MICROPHONES, GRAMOPHONE PICK-UPS OR LIKE ACOUSTIC ELECTROMECHANICAL TRANSDUCERS; ELECTRIC HEARING AIDS; PUBLIC ADDRESS SYSTEMS (producing sounds with frequency not determined by supply frequency G10K)
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS

## Abstract

A support for video playback devices includes a headwear device, a support mechanism, and a holding mechanism. The support mechanism is connected to the headwear device. The holding mechanism is connected to the support mechanism, and is used to hold a video playback device. Viewing distance and angle of the video playback device is adjusted by varying relative positions of the headwear device and the support mechanism and by varying relative positions of the support mechanism and the holding mechanism. The structure of the support for video playback devices is simple. The support for video playback devices is useful when a user lies down, thus improving the user's sense of experience.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A support for video playback devices comprising:
a headwear device;
a support mechanism connected to the headwear device; and
a holding mechanism connected to the support mechanism, and used to hold a video playback device,
wherein a viewing distance and a viewing angle of the video playback device are adjusted by varying relative positions of the headwear device and the support mechanism and by varying relative positions of the support mechanism and the holding mechanism; and
wherein the holding mechanism comprises:
a holder comprising:
a body;
two baffles extending perpendicular from the body; and
a plurality of slots formed through at least one of the baffles;
two positioning members respectively inserted into two of the slots; and
a space defined among the body, the baffles, and the positioning members, and adapted to receive the video playback device.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The support for video playback devices of claim 1,
wherein the two positioning members are inserted into different slots to adjust a size of the space so as to hold different sized video playback devices in the space.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The support for video playback devices of claim 2, wherein each positioning member comprises:
an insertion portion inserted into the slot of the holder; and
a holding portion connected to the insertion portion, and adapted to hold the video playback device.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The support for video playback devices of claim 3, wherein each positioning member further comprises an operating portion connected to the holding portion, and provided for a user to insert the insertion portion into the slot.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The support for video playback devices of claim 4,
wherein the holding mechanism further comprises a shaft mounted on the body, and having two ends protruding from the body;
wherein the support mechanism comprises two support rods, and each support rod has a plurality of holes along its longitudinal direction; and
wherein the two ends of the shaft are inserted into different holes of the two support rods, and are secured by two first screws, to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The support for video playback devices of claim 5, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The support for video playback devices of claim 4, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 8 (depends on 3)

The support for video playback devices of claim 3,
wherein the holding mechanism further comprises a shaft mounted on the body, and having two ends protruding from the body;
wherein the support mechanism comprises two support rods, and each support rod has a plurality of holes along its longitudinal direction; and
wherein the two ends of the shaft are inserted into different holes of the two support rods, and are secured by two first screws, to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The support for video playback devices of claim 8, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 10 (depends on 3)

The support for video playback devices of claim 3, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The support for video playback devices of claim 10,
wherein each side wall of the housing has a receiving member; and
wherein the headwear device further comprises:
an earphone having two speakers respectively received in the receiving members of the two side walls of the housing;
two covers respectively covering openings of the two receiving members to hold the speakers in the receiving members; and
two ear pads respectively attached to inner surfaces of the two side walls of the housing, and respectively corresponding to the two speakers of the earphone.

### Claim 12 (depends on 2)

The support for video playback devices of claim 2,
wherein the holding mechanism further comprises a shaft mounted on the body, and having two ends protruding from the body;
wherein the support mechanism comprises two support rods, and each support rod has a plurality of holes along its longitudinal direction; and
wherein the two ends of the shaft are inserted into different holes of the two support rods, and are secured by two first screws, to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The support for video playback devices of claim 12, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 14 (depends on 2)

The support for video playback devices of claim 2, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The support for video playback devices of claim 14,
wherein each side wall of the housing has a receiving member; and
wherein the headwear device further comprises:
an earphone having two speakers respectively received in the receiving members of the two side walls of the housing;
two covers respectively covering openings of the two receiving members to hold the speakers in the receiving members; and
two ear pads respectively attached to inner surfaces of the two side walls of the housing, and respectively corresponding to the two speakers of the earphone.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The support for video playback devices of claim 1, wherein the headwear device comprises:
a housing having two side walls and a connecting wall between the side walls, and a chamber defined between the side walls and the connecting wall; and
a head pad and a neck pad attached to an inner surface of the housing.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The support for video playback devices of claim 16,
wherein each side wall of the housing has a receiving member; and
wherein the headwear device further comprises:
an earphone having two speakers respectively received in the receiving members of the two side walls of the housing;
two covers respectively covering openings of the two receiving members to hold the speakers in the receiving members; and
two ear pads respectively attached to inner surfaces of the two side walls of the housing, and respectively corresponding to the two speakers of the earphone.

### Claim 18 (depends on 17)

The support for video playback devices of claim 17,
wherein each cover of the headwear device has a hole; and
wherein the earphone of the headwear device further has:
a first wire having two ends respectively passing through the holes of the two covers to connect the two speakers; and
a second wire has two ends, one of the ends of the second wire connected to the first wire, and the other end of the second wire connected to a plug.

### Claim 19 (depends on 17)

The support for video playback devices of claim 17,
wherein each cover has a plurality of screw holes;
wherein each support rod has:
an end portion secured to the headwear device, and having a hole, and
a plurality of projections extending therefrom adjacent to the end portion, and each projection has at least one hole; and
wherein two second screws respectively pass through the holes of the end portions of the two support rods and respectively pass through two screw holes of the two covers to secure the end portions of the support rods to the covers, and another two second screws respectively pass through the holes of two projections of the two support rods and respectively pass through another two screw holes of the two covers to secure the projections of the end portions to the covers.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The support for video playback devices of claim 19, wherein the another two second screws pass through the holes of different projections of the two support rods and pass through different screw holes of the two covers, to adjust the viewing angle of the video playback device.