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US 2019/0163237 A1Published application
Docking Station for Tablet Device
AssigneeMobile Tech, Inc.
InventorHunter Wylie
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Abstract
A docking station for a tablet device includes a security frame that is releasably connected to a pedestal. An upper head portion of the pedestal is rotatable through three degrees of freedom to allow for angular adjustment of the frame as it retains a tablet device. Electrical conductivity is maintained through the rotational connection.
Claims20
A docking station for a tablet device, the docking station comprising:
- a frame assembly for retaining and electronically connecting with the tablet device, the frame assembly including a first interface;
- a pedestal assembly including a head portion and a base portion, the head portion being connected to the base portion, the head portion including a second interface;
- wherein the frame assembly is releasably dockable with respect to the pedestal assembly via connectability of the first interface with the second interface;
- wherein the first interface includes a first electrical interface, and wherein the second interface includes a second electrical interface;
- wherein the first and second electrical interfaces are configured such that the pedestal assembly and the frame assembly are electrically connected whenever the first interface is connected to the second interface to define a docked position for the frame assembly with respect to the pedestal assembly;
- wherein the first and second electrical interfaces are configured such that the pedestal assembly is electrically unconnected to the frame assembly whenever the first interface is not connected to the second interface;
- the frame assembly being positionable relative to the base portion of the pedestal assembly in a docked landscape orientation and in a docked portrait orientation;
- the pedestal assembly and the frame assembly being configured such that the first and second electrical interfaces are electrically connected to each other when the frame assembly is in the docked landscape orientation to define a path for (1) transmitting power to the tablet device via the first and second interfaces from a power source that supplies power to the pedestal assembly, and (2) communicating data between the tablet device and the pedestal assembly via the first and second interfaces;
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- the pedestal assembly and the frame assembly being configured such that the first and second electrical interfaces are electrically connected to each other when the frame assembly is in the docked portrait orientation to define a path for (1) transmitting power to the tablet device via the first and second electrical interfaces from a power source that supplies power to the pedestal assembly, and (2) communicating data between the tablet device and the pedestal assembly via the first and second electrical interfaces.
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A docking station for a tablet device, comprising:
- a frame assembly for retaining the tablet device, the frame assembly comprising a first interface for electrically coupling to the tablet device, the first interface being electrically coupleable to a plurality of different types of tablet devices;
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- a pedestal assembly for releasably physically and electrically connecting the frame assembly to the pedestal assembly;
- wherein the releasable physical connectability is provided via a locking structure disposed on the pedestal assembly to allow the frame assembly to be removed from the pedestal assembly via an associated unlock feature;
- wherein the releasable electrical connectability is provided via a second interface disposed on the pedestal assembly, wherein the second interface provides a detachable connection point for electrically coupling the pedestal assembly to the frame assembly via the first interface and defining a path for power and data transfer with respect to the tablet device through the first interface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.