Quick connect electronic device mount with knob release

A mounting assembly for an electronic device comprising:

• a base assembly having a base plate and having a male plug projecting from a pedestal parallel to the base plate;
• a frame assembly configured to retain an electronic device therein while exposing a female connector of the electronic device for access, the frame assembly having a back plate which is positioned to overlie the base plate, the direction between the base plate and the back plate defining a vertical direction;
• a first mounting block having portions projecting in the vertical direction into a first mounting slot, wherein the first mounting block is fixed to one of the base plate and the back plate, and the first mounting slot is positioned on the other of the base plate and the back plate to form a first sliding connection between the base assembly and the frame assembly, and wherein the male plug is spaced from the first sliding connection in a first direction which is perpendicular to the vertical direction, and wherein the first mounting slot initially engages the first mounting block at a first position where the male plug does not engage the exposed female connector;
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• wherein the first mounting slot is positioned for sliding engagement with the first mounting block in the first direction, such that sliding movement of the frame assembly with respect to the base assembly in the first direction towards the pedestal engages the frame assembly with the base assembly in alignment with the male plug of the pedestal to thereby mate the female connector of the electronic device with the male plug of the base assembly;
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• a latch member mounted to the base assembly and operable to engage the frame assembly when the frame assembly is slid along the base assembly to mate the female connector of the electronic device with the male plug of the base assembly, and to latch the frame assembly to the base assembly in a latched configuration and further operable to unlatch the frame assembly from the base assembly and urge the electronic device female connector out of its latched connection to the male plug;
• wherein the back plate of the frame assembly has portions defining a rearwardly facing latch slot, and wherein the latch member comprises a knob rotatably mounted to the base assembly to rotate about an axis extending in the vertical direction, the knob having a shelf which projects from the knob to extend between the frame assembly and the base assembly when the frame assembly is slidably engaged with the base assembly, wherein a post extends frontwardly from the shelf for engagement with a mouth of the latch slot.

A mounting assembly for an electronic device comprising:

• a base assembly having a base plate;
• a male plug projecting parallel to the base plate;
• a frame assembly configured to retain an electronic device therein while exposing a female connector of the electronic device for access, the frame assembly having a back plate which is positioned to overlie the base plate, the direction between the base plate and the back plate defining a vertical direction, wherein portions of the frame assembly engage with portions of the base plate to restrict the motion of the frame assembly in slidable engagement with the base assembly for motion in a first direction towards the male plug;
• wherein the back plate of the frame assembly has a latch slot which faces the base plate;
• a knob rotatably mounted to the base plate about a rotation axis extending in the vertical direction, and rotatable between a latched position and an unlatched position, the knob having a shelf which extends from an ejector member;
• a post which extends upwardly from the shelf of the knob in the vertical direction, wherein the latch slot opens at a mouth towards the post in the first direction and is positioned to engage the post as the frame assembly is slid in the first direction along the base assembly;
• a spring disposed between the knob and the base plate and acting to urge the knob into the latched position in which the post is received within the latch slot;
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• wherein sliding movement of the frame assembly with respect to the base assembly in the first direction towards the male plug engages the frame assembly with the base assembly in alignment with the male plug to thereby mate the female connector of the electronic device with the male plug of the base assembly, and rotate the knob to cause the post on the shelf of the knob to enter the latch slot and thereby latch the frame assembly to the base assembly.

A frame assembly for an electronic device configured for sliding engagement in a first direction to a base assembly having a projecting first mounting block and a rotatable latch knob with a frontwardly projecting post, the frame assembly comprising:

• a frame having a front opening configured to provide access to a display screen of an electronic device;
• a back plate releasably fastened to the frame for receiving an electronic device between the frame and the back plate, wherein the frame and the back plate define an access opening configured to expose a female connector of the electronic device contained therein for access, wherein the access opening is located at a connection end of the frame assembly;
• wherein the back plate has a rearwardly facing rear surface, and wherein portions of the back plate define a rearwardly facing first mounting slot recessed from the rear surface, and wherein the first direction is defined between the first mounting slot and the connection end, the first mounting slot positioned for sliding engagement with the first mounting block of the base assembly and motion in the first direction;
• wherein the first mounting slot is configured to receive the first mounting block on the base assembly for sliding engagement therewith in the first direction;
• wherein the back plate has a latch slot which faces rearwardly and which has a mouth which opens on the connection end of the frame assembly, the latch slot positioned to receive therein a latch knob post extending from the base assembly rotatable latch knob, the latch slot having an interior perimeter having a first segment at the mouth which extends in the first direction and wherein a cross direction is defined perpendicular to the first direction;
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• wherein the interior perimeter of the latch slot has a retention wall segment which is spaced in the first direction from the first segment, such that when the frame assembly is slid in the first direction in engagement with the base assembly, the latch knob post enters the mouth of the latch slot and travels in the cross direction along the first segment, and passes into the latch slot and is retained against the retention wall in a position spaced from the first segment.