Apparatus and methods for supporting an article
AssigneeIomounts LLC
InventorsDavid Hornick, Tamas Kovacs, Anthony Velasquez
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Abstract
A mount for supportably engaging an article. The mount includes a bulbous member that may include a convexly shaped surface area. The convexly shaped surface area may be supportively contactable with a first interconnect portion of a carrier member. An attachment member that is operatively associable with a device may be removably engageable with a second interconnect portion of the carrier member. The carrier member may be moved throughout a continuum of positions defined by the convexly curved surface area of the bulbous member. Additionally, the bulbous member may be supportably engaged by a variety of embodiments of support structures for supporting or mounting the mount.
Claims21
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An apparatus for use in establishing electrical communication between a device and a power source when the device is supportably engaged with a mount, comprising:
- an attachment member attachably associable with the device and removably attachable to a carrier member having at least one electrical connector, wherein the device is supportably engageable by the carrier member when the attachment member is attached to the carrier member;
- and wherein the attachment member comprises at least one electrically conductive portion disposed for corresponding relation with the electrical connector upon supportive engagement of the attachment member to the carrier member such that the at least one electrically conducive portion is in contactable engagement with the at least one electrical connector when the attachment member is attached to the carrier member;
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- an electrically conductive path in electrical communication with the electrically conductive portion, wherein the electrical communication path is in electrical communication with a port of the device;
- wherein the attachment member and the carrier member comprise corresponding magnetic portions operable to produce magnetic interaction between the attachment member and the carrier member to establish the removable attachment of the attachment member to the carrier member.
A mount for supporting a device, comprising:
- a carrier member comprising a first interconnect portion;
- a magnet disposed adjacent to the first interconnect portion having a concentrated magnetic field that is shaped to define the concentrated magnetic field adjacent to, and extending away from, the first interconnect portion;
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- an attachment member operatively associable with a device, the attachment member comprising a magnetically interactive portion that is configured for magnetic engagement with the first interconnect portion to supportably engage the device at the carrier member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.