# US 2019/0170291 A1 · Multi-positional mount for personal electronic devices with a magnetic interface

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- Number: US 2019/0170291 A1
- Document ID: US20190170291A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/269,374
- Filed: 2019-02-06
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2011-05-31
- Assignees: Nite Ize, Inc.
- Applicants: Nite Ize, Inc.
- Inventors: Frank Vogel; Paul Turner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190170291A1

## CPC

- F16M 11/14: with ball-joint (ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 {; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30})
- F16B 1/00: Devices for securing together, or preventing relative movement between, constructional elements or machine parts
- F16M 11/04: Means for attachment of apparatus; Means allowing adjustment of the apparatus relatively to the stand
- F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus}
- F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)}
- F16M 11/105: {the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation}
- F16M 11/22: with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence)
- F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)}
- F16M 13/022: {repositionable}
- H01F 7/0252: {PM holding devices (H01F7/021, H01F7/0215, H01F7/0226 take precedence)}
- H05K 5/0204: {Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings}
- F16B 2200/83: Use of a magnetic material
- F16M 2200/022: by friction
- Y10T 403/32631: Universal ball and socket
- F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
- 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)
- H01F: MAGNETS; INDUCTANCES; TRANSFORMERS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR MAGNETIC PROPERTIES
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

A stand assembly for holding handheld electronic devices in a multitude of positions or locations having a first section with a curved end magnetically attached to second section having and indented surface. The first section also attaches to a surface, the second section either is contiguous with a portable electronic device, a carrying case, or other item; or has a means to attach to another surface. A high-friction elastomeric material, or similar friction producing material, helps to secure the first and second sections together, or the second section against another flat magnetic surface.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A stand assembly for holding a device comprising:
a first section shaped on one end with a curved surface, the entirety of said curved surface of said first section constructed of a first magnetic material; and
a second section having a front surface, said second section having a second magnetic material holding the first and second sections together, the front surface having an indentation that surrounds the portion of the curved surface, said indentation receiving said curved end of said first section and encompassing a portion, but less than the whole diameter, of said curved surface of said first section, said second section having the second magnetic material configured to securely attach to the first section through magnetic interaction of the curved surface of the first section with the indentation on the front surface of the second section, the second section including a means to mount on a surface.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the means to mount on a surface is selected from a list consisting of screws, glue, epoxy, two-sided tape, hooks, snaps, links, clasps, ties, Velcro, and a plate of magnetic material affixable to a device that is magnetically attracted to a back surface of the second section.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the means to mount on a surface is a plate of magnetic material affixable to a device that is magnetically attracted to a back surface of the second section.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the second magnetic material directly interfaces with the curved surface.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the second magnetic material contacts the curved surface.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the second magnetic material is a permanent magnet.

### Claim 7

A stand assembly for holding a device comprising:
a first section shaped on one end with a curved surface, the entirety of said curved surface of said first section constructed of a first magnetic material; and
a second section having a front surface and an opposing flat rear surface, said second section having an indentation and surrounding, in a radial fashion, at least a portion of the curved surface when the first and second sections are together, wherein the front surface includes the indentation, the indentation receiving said curved end of said first section and encompassing a portion, but less than the whole diameter, of said curved surface of said first section, said second section having the second magnetic material configured to securely attach to the first section through magnetic interaction of the curved surface of the first section with the indentation of the front surface of the second section, wherein the second section includes a plate of magnetic material affixable to a device that is magnetically attracted to a back surface of the second section.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The stand assembly of claim 7, wherein the second magnetic material contacts the curved surface.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The stand assembly of claim 7, wherein the second magnetic material directly interfaces with the curved surface.

### Claim 10

A stand assembly for holding a device comprising:
a first section shaped on one end with a curved surface, the entirety of said curved surface of said first section constructed of a first magnetic material; and
a second section having a front surface, the front surface having an indentation, said indentation receiving said curved end of said first section and encompassing a portion, but less than the whole diameter, of said curved surface of said first section, said second section having a second magnetic material configured to securely attach to the first section through magnetic interaction of the curved surface of the first section with the indentation on the front surface of the second section, wherein the second magnetic material of the second section that holds said first and said second sections together surrounds, in a radial fashion, at least a portion of the curved surface when the first and second sections are together;
a plate of magnetic material affixable to a device that is magnetically attracted to a back surface of the second section.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The stand assembly of claim 10, wherein the second magnetic material contacts the curved surface.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The stand assembly of claim 10, wherein the second magnetic material directly interfaces with the curved surface.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the second magnetic material of the second section that holds said first and said second sections together surrounds a portion of the curved surface when the first and second sections are together.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The stand assembly of claim 1, wherein the second magnetic material has the indentation opposite the curved surface of the first section and protrudes from the front surface of the second section.

### Claim 15 (depends on 7)

The stand assembly of claim 7, wherein the second magnetic material of the second section that holds said first and said second sections together is in the indentation.

### Claim 16 (depends on 7)

The stand assembly of claim 7, wherein the second magnetic material has the indentation opposite the curved surface of the first section.

### Claim 17 (depends on 10)

The stand assembly of claim 10, wherein the second magnetic material has the indentation opposite the curved surface of the first section and protrudes from the front surface of the second section.