Mobile device stand
AssigneeSuperior Communications, Inc.
InventorsVivian Wei-Fen Chou, Jonathan Fong
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Abstract
A stand for a mobile device. The stand includes a back plate having a pair of parallel tracks, the back surface of the back plate attached to a back surface of the mobile device. The stand includes a sliding plate having a first end coupled to the back plate and configured to slide along the pair of parallel tracks. The stand includes a pivot plate having a first end connected to the second end of the sliding plate at a hinge, a second end connected to the back plate, and the pivot plate is configured to pivot relative to the back plate when the first end of the sliding plate slides along the pair of parallel tracks. The pivot plate, the sliding plate, and the back plate form one or more channels for receiving one or more fingers of a user when the stand is in the deployed position.
Claims20
A stand for a mobile device, the stand moving between a flat position and a deployed position, the stand comprising:
- a back plate having a back surface and configured to be attached to a back surface of the mobile device;
- a sliding plate coupled to the back plate and having a left cutout on a left side edge of the sliding plate and a right cutout on a right side edge of the sliding plate;
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- a pivot plate connected to the sliding plate at a hinge and coupled to the back plate, the pivot plate having a left cutout on a left side edge of the pivot plate and a right cutout on a right side edge of the pivot plate,
- wherein the pivot plate, the sliding plate, and the back plate form a triangular channel when the stand is in the deployed position, the channel configured to receive a finger of a user, allowing the user to hold the mobile device in a portrait orientation,
- wherein the left cutout of the sliding plate and the left cutout of the pivot plate align to form a first vertical channel when the stand is in the deployed position, and
- wherein the right cutout of the sliding plate and the right cutout of the pivot plate align to form a second vertical channel when the stand is in the deployed position, the first vertical channel configured to receive a first finger of the user and the second vertical channel configured to receive a second finger of the user, allowing the user to hold the mobile device in a landscape orientation when the stand is in the deployed position.
A stand attached to a back surface of a mobile device, the stand comprising:
- a back plate having an adhesive disposed on a back surface of the back plate for attaching to the back surface of the mobile device;
- a sliding plate coupled to the back plate and having a left cutout on a left side edge of the sliding plate and a right cutout on a right side edge of the sliding plate;
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- a pivot plate connected to the sliding plate at a hinge and coupled to the back plate, the pivot plate having a left cutout on a left side edge of the pivot plate and a right cutout on a right side edge of the pivot plate,
- wherein an edge of the mobile device and the hinge are contact points for holding the mobile device at a viewing angle in a landscape orientation or a portrait orientation,
- wherein the left cutout of the sliding plate and the left cutout of the pivot plate align to form a first vertical channel when the stand is in a deployed position, and
- wherein the right cutout of the sliding plate and the right cutout of the pivot plate align to form a second vertical channel when the stand is in the deployed position, the first vertical channel configured to receive a first finger of a user and the second vertical channel configured to receive a second finger of the user, allowing the user to hold the mobile device in the landscape orientation when the stand is in the deployed position.
A stand for a mobile device, the stand moving between a flat position and a deployed position, the stand comprising:
- a back plate having a back surface attached to a back surface of the mobile device;
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- a panel having:
- a sliding portion coupled to the back plate and having a left cutout on a left side edge and a right cutout on a right side edge, and
- a pivot portion being flexibly connected to the sliding portion and connected to the back plate, and having a left cutout on a left side edge and a right cutout on a right side edge, the panel and the back plate forming a channel when the stand is in the deployed position, the channel configured to receive a finger of a user, allowing the user to hold the mobile device in a portrait orientation, the left cutout of the sliding portion and the left cutout of the pivot portion aligning to form a first vertical channel when the stand is in the deployed position, and the right cutout of the sliding portion and the right cutout of the pivot portion aligning to form a second vertical channel when the stand is in the deployed position, the first vertical channel configured to receive a first finger of the user and the second vertical channel configured to receive a second finger of the user, allowing the user to hold the mobile device in a landscape orientation when the stand is in the deployed position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.