# US 12,007,064 B1 · Universal support stand for portable electronic devices > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,007,064 B1 - Document ID: US12007064B1 - Status: Granted - Kind: B1 - Application number: 17/118,967 - Filed: 2020-12-11 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-12-11 - Applicants: Reynaldo V Alonzo; Nina Seyedabadi - Inventors: Reynaldo V Alonzo; Nina Seyedabadi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12007064B1 ## CPC - F16M 11/2014: {around a vertical axis (F16M11/2035 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - G06F 1/1632: {External expansion units, e.g. docking stations} - F16M 2200/08: Foot or support base - F21V 23/04: the elements being switches (safety devices F21V25/00) - F21Y 2115/10: Light-emitting diodes [LED] - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - F21V: FUNCTIONAL FEATURES OR DETAILS OF LIGHTING DEVICES OR SYSTEMS THEREOF; STRUCTURAL COMBINATIONS OF LIGHTING DEVICES WITH OTHER ARTICLES, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR - F21Y: INDEXING SCHEME ASSOCIATED WITH SUBCLASSES F21K, F21L, F21S and F21V, RELATING TO THE FORM OR THE KIND OF THE LIGHT SOURCES OR OF THE COLOUR OF THE LIGHT EMITTED ## Abstract A support stand for portable electronic devices includes a substantially circular base component having an upper surface, a lower surface and a continuous periphery surrounding a central aperture. On the upper surface are a pair of transverse channels with a plurality of semi-cylindrical grooves therein that are each positioned at a discrete, oblique angle relative to a vertical plane. Each channel includes an inclined inner wall that, in combination with one of the grooves, uprightly supports a portable electronic device at a distinct angle. Any one of a plurality of interchangeable attachments are securable to the lower surface of the base component that allow the device to rotate, depict promotional materials and aesthetic elements, or illuminate the electronic device. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A universal support stand for a portable electronic device comprising: a base component having an upper surface, a lower surface and a periphery; at least one transverse channel formed on the upper surface of said base component, said transverse channel having a plurality of grooves therein, each of said grooves dimensioned and configured to receive an edge of a portable electronic device to uprightly support said electronic device within said channel; said channel further including an inclined inner wall and a platform angularly extending from an upper end thereof that uprightly support a portable electronic device positioned within at least one of said grooves; an attachment removably secured to the lower surface of the base component for stabilizing said base component on an underlying surface. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The universal support stand according to claim 1 wherein said attachment is a turntable that allows said base component to rotate on the underlying surface. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The universal support stand according to claim 1 wherein said base component has a central aperture. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The universal support stand according to claim 3 wherein said attachment is a disc with ornamentation on an upper surface that is readily visible though the central aperture. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The universal support stand according to claim 1 wherein said attachment is a light unit for illuminating electronic devices supported on the base component. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The universal support stand according to claim 1 wherein said light unit comprises: a disc having a peripheral notch; a light module removably received within said notch. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The universal support stand according to claim 1 wherein said attachment includes support posts that removably seat within bores on the lower surface of said base component. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The universal support stand according to claim 1 wherein each of said grooves is at a discrete angle relative to a vertical plane to uprightly support the portable electronic device at a distinct angle. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The support stand according to claim 1 wherein said base component is substantially circular. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The support stand according to claim 1 further a comprising a second channel formed on the upper surface of said base component, said second channel having a plurality of grooves therein, each of said grooves dimensioned and configured to receive an edge of a portable electronic device to uprightly support said electronic device within said second channel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The support stand according to claim 10 wherein each of said grooves in said second channel is at a discrete angle relative to a vertical plane to uprightly support the portable electronic device at a distinct angle. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The support stand according to claim 10 wherein said at least one transverse channel and said second channel are substantially tangential to opposing portions of the central aperture to allow an electronic device to be supported on either of two sides of said base component. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The support stand according to claim 1, further comprising protrusions on the upper surface of said base component that are inserted into mating receptacles on the lower surface of a second base component to seamlessly stack multiple base components for storage. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The support stand according to claim 1 further comprising a passageway on said base component in communication with one of said grooves, said passageway dimensioned to accommodate an electronic device charging cable and connector. ### Claim 15 A universal support stand for a portable electronic device comprising: a base component having an upper surface, a lower surface, a periphery and a central aperture; at least one transverse channel formed on the upper surface of said base component, said channel having a plurality of grooves therein, each of said grooves dimensioned and configured to receive an edge of a portable electronic device to uprightly support said electronic device within said channel; a second channel formed on the upper surface of said base component, said second channel having a plurality of grooves therein, each of said grooves dimensioned and configured to receive an edge of a portable electronic device to uprightly support said electronic device within said second channel; an attachment removably secured to the lower surface of the base component for stabilizing said base component on an underlying surface. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The universal support stand for a portable electronic device according to claim 15 wherein said attachment is either of a turntable that allows said base component to rotate on the underlying surface, a disc with ornamentation on an upper surface, or a light unit for illuminating electronic devices supported on the base component. ### Claim 17 A universal support stand for a portable electronic device comprising: a base component having an upper surface, a lower surface and a periphery; at least one transverse channel formed on the upper surface of said base component, said channel having a plurality of grooves therein, each of said grooves dimensioned and configured to receive an edge of a portable electronic device to uprightly support said electronic device within said channel; protrusions on the upper surface of said base component that are inserted into mating receptacles on the lower surface of a second base component to seamlessly stack multiple base components for storage; an attachment removably secured to the lower surface of the base component for stabilizing said base component on an underlying surface.