Apparatus for securing an electronic device to a support structure and electronic device incorporating same

An electronic device mountable to a support structure, the electronic device comprising:

• a housing having a top side and a bottom side, wherein the bottom side includes two parallel shuttle tracks extending along a longitudinal direction thereof;
• a coupling member including an elongated electronic device support portion and a clamp support portion, the clamp support portion extending from near one end of the electronic device support portion at a generally right angle to an elongated direction of the electronic device support portion;
• a clamp member including a base, a first clamp portion, a second clamp portion, and a hinge, the base being slidably coupled to the clamp support portion of the coupling member, the first clamp portion being attached to the base and oriented such that a second end of the first clamp portion is closer to the electronic device support portion of the coupling member than is a first end of the first clamp portion, the hinge pivotally coupling a first end of the second clamp portion to the first end of the first clamp portion such that the second clamp portion is positioned opposite the first clamp portion when the clamp member is closed;
• a latch mechanism positioned at a second end of the first clamp portion and a second end of the second clamp portion, the latch mechanism configured to latch the second end of the first clamp portion to the second end of the second clamp portion after the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are positioned about the support structure;
• a first shuttle positioned proximate a first surface of the electronic device support portion at a first position along the elongated direction of the electronic device support portion;
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• a second shuttle positioned proximate the first surface of the electronic device support portion at a second position along the elongated direction of the electronic device support portion, wherein the first shuttle and the second shuttle fit into the two parallel shuttle tracks of the housing.

An electronic device mountable to a support structure, the electronic device comprising:

• a housing having a top side and a bottom side, wherein the bottom side includes two parallel shuttle tracks extending along a longitudinal direction thereof;
• a coupling member including an elongated electronic device support portion and a clamp support portion, the clamp support portion extending from near one end of the electronic device support portion at a generally right angle to an elongated direction of the electronic device support portion, the electronic device support portion including a pair of shuttles, a first shuttle of the pair of shuttles being positioned at a first position along the elongated direction of the electronic device support portion and within a first track of the two parallel shuttle tracks and a second shuttle of the pair of shuttles being positioned at a second position along the elongated direction of the electronic device support portion and within a second track of the two parallel shuttle tracks;
• a clamp member including a base, a first arched clamp portion, a second arched clamp portion, and a hinge, the base being slidably coupled to the clamp support portion of the coupling member, the first clamp portion being attached to the base and oriented such that a second end of the first clamp portion is closer to the electronic device support portion of the coupling member than is a first end of the first clamp portion, the hinge pivotally coupling the first end of the first clamp portion to a first end of the second clamp portion such that the second clamp portion is positioned opposite the first clamp portion when the clamp member is closed;
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• a latch mechanism positioned at a second end of the first clamp portion and a second end of the second clamp portion, the latch mechanism configured to latch the second end of the first clamp portion to the second end of the second clamp portion after the first clamp portion and the second clamp portion are positioned about the support structure.