Vertical stand
AssigneeMeteor City LLC
InventorBRIAN JOHNNY CHEN
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Abstract
Provided is a stand including a first side wall and a second side wall coupled to a hinged based. The hinged based is pivotally coupled together by at least one pin with a resilient member that biases the stand in an open position. The stand adjusts to a closed position when an electronic device is place between the sidewalls and on the hinged base urging the hinged based downward causing the side walls to rotate in toward the electronic device to hold the electronic device.
Claims20
A stand for holding electronic devices, the stand comprising:
- a first side wall having a top and a bottom;
- a second side wall having a top and bottom;
- and
- a hinged base having a first leaf and a second leaf pivotally coupled to the first leaf, the first leaf coupled to the first side wall and the second leaf coupled to the second side wall to define a receiving area between the first and second side walls,
- wherein, when the receiving area is empty, the stand is biased in an open position where the tops of the first and second walls are a first distance from one another, and when an electronic device is placed in the receiving area, the stand is moved to a closed position where the tops of the first and second walls are a second distance from one another, the second distance being less than the first distance.
A stand for holding electronic devices, comprising:
- a first side wall having a top, a bottom, and a first shoulder;
- a second side wall having a top, a bottom, and a second shoulder;
- a hinged base having a first leaf and a second leaf pivotally coupled to the first leaf, the first leaf coupled to the first side wall and the second leaf coupled to the second side wall to define a receiving area between the first and second side walls;
- a first bumper disposed on the top of the first side wall, the first bumper contacted and supported by the first shoulder;
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- a second bumper disposed on the top of the second side wall, the second bumper contacted and supported by the second shoulder,
- wherein the stand is biased in an open position where the tops of the first and second walls are a first distance from one another, and movable to a closed position where the tops of the first and second walls are a second distance from one another.
A stand for holding electronic devices, comprising:
- a first side wall;
- a second side wall;
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- a hinged base comprising:
- at least one pin;
- a first leaf having a plurality of first knuckles configured to receive the at least one pin and at least one rotation stop projecting outwardly from the plurality of knuckles;
- a second leaf having a plurality of second knuckles configured to receive the at least one pin and interlock with the first knuckles and at least one rotation stop projecting outwardly from the plurality of second knuckles;
- and
- a resilient member,
- wherein the at least one pin is extends through passages in the first knuckles, the second knuckles, and the resilient member to pivotally couple the first and second leafs together, and
- wherein the stand is pivotable between an open position where the hinged based is substantially flat and parallel to a substrate supporting the stand and a closed position where the plurality of first and second knuckles of the hinged base moves downward toward the substrate, and the resilient member biases the stand into the open position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.