# US 2009/0140561 A1 · Vehicle mounted printer station

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- Number: US 2009/0140561 A1
- Document ID: US20090140561A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 12/322,381
- Filed: 2009-02-02
- Published: 2009-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2004-01-02
- Assignees: LEM Solutions, LLC
- Inventors: William D. Cottrell; Kenneth B. Wiseman, JR.
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20090140561A1

## CPC

- B60N 2/882: detachable
- A47B 21/045: {Fastening means for paper sheet; Paper trays; Accessories for typists, e.g. line indicators}
- A47B 83/00: Combinations comprising two or more pieces of furniture of different kinds
- A47B 85/04: Tables convertible into chairs
- A47C 7/72: Adaptations for incorporating lamps, radio sets, bars, telephones, ventilation, heating or cooling arrangements or the like
- A47C 13/00: Convertible chairs, stools or benches (step-stools requiring conversion between the step and seat functions A47C12/02)
- B41J 3/445: {Printers integrated in other types of apparatus, e.g. printers integrated in cameras}
- B41J 29/06: Special supports, platforms or trolleys for supporting machines on tables
- B60N 2/90: Details or parts not otherwise provided for
- B60R 7/043: {mounted on or under a seat}
- B60R 7/08: Disposition of racks, clips {, holders, containers} or the like {for supporting specific articles (B60R7/005 takes precedence)}
- B60R 11/02: for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
- F16B 1/00: Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
- B60N 2002/905: {the head-rest or seat used as an anchorage point, for an object not covered by groups in B60N, e.g. for a canvas}
- F16B 2200/81: Use of a material of the hooks-and-loops type
- Y10T 29/49826: Assembling or joining
- B60N: SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- A47B: TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE (furniture jointing F16B)
- A47C: CHAIRS; SOFAS; BEDS
- B41J: TYPEWRITERS; SELECTIVE PRINTING MECHANISMS, i.e. MECHANISMS PRINTING OTHERWISE THAN FROM A FORME; CORRECTION OF TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS
- B60R: VEHICLES, VEHICLE FITTINGS, OR VEHICLE PARTS, NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
- F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D)
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

The present invention relates to a vehicle mounted printer station made up of a printer secured to a support surface tray that includes an adaptor capable of attaching the tray and printer to the top of a vehicle seat. The support surface is preferably a rectangular shaped plate with front, back and side edges along with top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface is attached to the adaptor, the adaptor includes at least one attachment rod for securing the support surface to the vehicle seat. The attachment rods are sized to be received into receptacles provided in the top a vehicle seat designed for the vehicle headrest.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for enabling printer functions within a motor vehicle, said method including:
mounting a printer station adaptor to a top of a passenger seat of the motor vehicle, the station adaptor having a pair of spaced-apart elongated mounting rods received within respective headrest mounting rod receptacles of the passenger seat;
locating a printer on the station adaptor such that the printer resides directly adjacent the top of the passenger seat, thereby minimizing obtrusiveness of the printer within an interior cabin space of the motor vehicle; and
operatively connecting the printer to at least one electrical cable routed adjacent the passenger seat.

### Claim 2

In combination with a passenger seat of a motor vehicle, the passenger seat defining a pair of spaced-apart headrest mounting rod receptacles, a printer station comprising:
a station adaptor having a pair of spaced-apart elongated mounting rods received within respective headrest mounting rod receptacles of said passenger seat;
at least one electrical cable routed adjacent said passenger seat, and having a terminal end extending from said passenger seat proximate said headrest mounting rod receptacles; and
a printer carried by said station adaptor and adapted for electrically connecting to said at least one electrical cable, and said printer residing directly adjacent a top of said passenger seat, thereby minimizing obtrusiveness of the printer station within an interior cabin space of the motor vehicle.