Adjustable apparatuses that secure tablet computing devices and keyboards to display tables
AssigneeOnQ Solutions, Inc.
InventorsPaul F. Chapuis, William B. Tenney, Thomas M. Hopmans, Steven D. Penny
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Abstract
An apparatus for securing computing devices and keyboards to a display table. The apparatus may be adjustable to accommodate computing devices of different sizes and keyboards of different sizes. The apparatus includes a number of individual components which assemble together around the computing device and keyboard in such a way that, once assembled to the display table, the individual components may not be adjusted or removed, thus securing the computing device and keyboard to the display table.
Claims25
An apparatus configured to secure both a tablet and a keyboard to a display table, wherein the keyboard is attachable to and detachable from the tablet, the apparatus comprising:
- a baseplate having a portion oriented in a first plane configured to be secured to the display table;
- a back support plate connected to the baseplate and configured for longitudinal adjustment in a second plane with respect to the baseplate, the second plane being divergent from the first plane;
- a first pair of clips connected to the back support plate, and configured for lateral adjustment with respect to the back support plate and each other, the first pair of clips configured to engage and restrain portions of the tablet;
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- a second pair of clips connected to the baseplate and configured for lateral adjustment with respect to the baseplate and each other, the second pair of clips configured to engage and restrain portions of the keyboard;
- wherein the first set of clips are configured to engage a pair of laterally opposed corners of the tablet.
An apparatus configured to secure both a tablet and a keyboard to a display table, wherein the keyboard is attachable to and detachable from the tablet, the apparatus comprising:
- a baseplate having a portion configured to be secured to the display table, the baseplate comprising first and second sets of teeth;
- a back support plate directly connected to the baseplate, the back support plate comprising a third and fourth sets of teeth, the third set of teeth meshing with the first set of teeth of the baseplate such that the back support plate is configured for longitudinal adjustment with respect to the baseplate;
- a first pair of clips directly connected to the back support plate, the first pair of clips including fifth and sixth sets of teeth, respectively, the fifth and sixth sets of teeth meshing with the fourth set of teeth on the back support plate such that the first pair of clips are configured for lateral adjustment with respect to the back support plate and each other, the first pair of clips configured to engage and restrain uppermost corners of the tablet;
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- a second pair of clips directly connected to the baseplate, the second pair of clips including seventh and eighth sets of teeth, respectively, the seventh and eighth sets of teeth meshing with the second set of teeth on the baseplate such that the second pair of clips are configured for lateral adjustment with respect to the baseplate and each other, the second pair of clips configured to engage and restrain the keyboard.
An apparatus configured to secure a computing device to a display table, comprising:
- a first corner clip configured to engage a first corner of the computing device, and
- a second corner clip configured to engage a second corner of the computing device, adjacent to the first corner, the first and second corner clips configured to restrain the computing device along first and second orthogonal axes, wherein the pair of corner clips are adjustable along the first axis, and the pair of corner clips are adjustable along the second axis independently of the adjustment along the first axis to accommodate computing devices of different sizes;
- wherein at least one of the first and second corner clips comprise a first set of teeth configured to engage a second set of teeth in the apparatus, at least one of the first and second corner clips being adjustable along one of the first and second axes by changing a position of the first set of teeth relative to the second set of teeth.
An apparatus configured to secure a computing device to a display table, comprising:
- a first pair of opposed racks of teeth;
- a pair of corner clips comprising a second pair of opposed racks of teeth, the pair of corner clips configured to engage first and second corners of the computing device;
- wherein the second pair of opposed racks of teeth is configured to engage the first pair of opposed racks of teeth to secure the pair of corner clips in the apparatus.
An apparatus configured to secure both a tablet and a keyboard to a display table, wherein the keyboard is attachable to and detachable from the tablet, the apparatus comprising:
- a baseplate having a portion oriented in a first plane configured to be secured to the display table;
- a back support plate connected to the baseplate and configured for longitudinal adjustment in a second plane with respect to the baseplate, the second plane being divergent from the first plane;
- a first pair of clips connected to the back support plate, and configured for lateral adjustment with respect to the back support plate and each other, the first pair of clips configured to engage and restrain portions of the tablet;
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- a second pair of clips connected to the baseplate and configured for lateral adjustment with respect to the baseplate and each other, the second pair of clips configured to engage and restrain portions of the keyboard;
- wherein the back support plate is directly connected and longitudinally adjustably connected to the baseplate by inter-meshing teeth on the back support plate and baseplate.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.