Self width-adjusting device holder and method for holding a device
OwnerAdriano Valentini, Robin Di Guida +2inventors
InventorsAdriano Valentini, Robin Di Guida, Antonio Giancola, Steve Boa
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Abstract
A self width-adjusting device holder comprises two width-adjustable side walls or plates, a stopper a resilient width-adjustment mechanism and a base plate. The two width-adjustable side plates are adapted to be pushed away from each other when a device is inserted and to automatically move toward each another or retract when a device is removed from the holder. The width-adjustable plates may be slidably mounted on the base plate. As these two side plates slide, the receiving area may be adjusted to be adapted to the devices with different sizes.
Claims22
A width-adjustable computerized device holder device comprising:
- a body;
- a first and a second side members resiliently mounted on each side of the body and adapted to move away from one another;
- an alignment mechanism adapted to control movement of the side members in relation to the body;
- a clamping member mounted to the body, the clamping member being adapted to be mounted to an external member;
- a circuit board configured to communicate with a computerized device;
- and
- a switch in wireless communication with the circuit board, an activated status of the switch being indicative of the computerized device being inserted in the holder;
- wherein,
- the first and second side members are adapted to move away from one another when the computerized device is inserted between the said first and second members;
- wherein the first and second side members are adapted to press and hold the computerized device upon insertion of the computerized device.
A method for holding a computerized device to an accessory, the method comprising:
- moving away from one another two resilient side members slidingly mounted to a holder by pushing a portion of the computerized device against an angled portion of the two resilient side members;
- resiliently holding the computerized device between the two side members
- establishing a data communication between the computerized device and a circuit board of the holder;
- detecting geo-localization coordinates of the holder;
- and
- displaying information on the computerized device based on the detected geo-localization coordinates.
A width-adjustable computerized device holder device comprising:
- a body;
- a first and a second side members resiliently mounted on each side of the body and adapted to move away from one another;
- an alignment mechanism adapted to control movement of the side members in relation to the body, the alignment mechanism comprising a male portion adapted to slidingly move in a mating female portion;
- a clamping member mounted to the body, the clamping member being adapted to be mounted to an external member;
- and
- a switch in wireless communication with a circuit board;
- wherein,
- the first and second side members are adapted to move away from one another when a computerized device is inserted between the said first and second members;
- the first and second side members are adapted to press and hold the computerized device upon insertion of the computerized device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.