In-dash mount
AssigneeGamber-Johnson LLC
InventorLuke M. Perzewski
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Abstract
An improved apparatus and method for the in-dash mounting and support of a personal computer, a display unit, a keyboard or other piece of similar electronic equipment in a motor vehicle which provides means for pivoting, sliding and locking the position of the bracket assembly and electronic equipment mounted thereto relative to a horizontal axis and a vertical axis. The invention improves the ability of a driver or passenger to adjust and maintain the relative orientation of in-dash mounted electronic equipment for improving the ease with which electronic equipment may be utilized.
Claims20
An in-dash bracket assembly for pivotably and slidably mounting electronic equipment to a vehicle dash having a dash bracket which is forwardly slidable and rearwardly slidable relative to the vehicle dash, said bracket assembly comprising:
- a shelf bracket, said shelf bracket being fastenable to the dash bracket and being forwardly and rearwardly slidable therewith;
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- a base and pivot assembly fastened to said shelf bracket and being forwardly and rearwardly slidable therewith, said base pivot assembly comprising a substantially u-shaped base bracket slidably fastened to said shelf bracket and an inverted substantially u-shaped top bracket pivotably fastened to said base bracket and configured for mounting electronic equipment thereto.
Means for pivotably and slidably mounting electronic equipment to a dash of a vehicle having a dash bracket assembly which is forwardly slidable and rearwardly slidable relative to the vehicle dash, said mounting means comprising:
- means for pivoting mounted electronic equipment relative to a horizontal axis;
- means for sliding mounted electronic equipment relative to a vertical axis;
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- means for forwardly sliding and rearwardly sliding mounted electronic equipment relative to the vehicle dash.
An in-dash bracket assembly for pivotably and slidably mounting electronic equipment to a vehicle dash having a dash bracket which is forwardly slidable and rearwardly slidable relative to the vehicle dash, said bracket assembly comprising:
- a shelf bracket having at least one sliding slot, said shelf bracket being fastenable to said dash bracket and being forwardly and rearwardly slidable therewith;
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- a base and pivot assembly fastened to said shelf bracket and being forwardly and rearwardly slidable therewith, said base and pivot assembly comprising a substantially u-shaped base bracket slidably fastened to said shelf bracket and an inverted substantially u-shaped top bracket pivotably fastened to said base bracket and configured for mounting electronic equipment thereto.
A method for mounting and supporting electrical equipment to a dash of a vehicle having a dash bracket which is forwardly slidable and rearwardly slidable relative to the dash, said mounting and supporting method comprising the steps of:
- fastening a shelf bracket to said dash bracket;
- slidably fastening a substantially u-shaped base bracket of a base and pivot assembly to said shelf bracket;
- pivotably fastening an inverted substantially u-shaped top bracket of said base and pivot assembly to said base bracket;
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- mounting electronic equipment to said top bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.