Attachment apparatus for securing an electronic device to a loose-leaf support assembly, assemblies including same, and methods
AssigneeFranklin Covey Co.
InventorsCherell Jordin, Gary E. Hogge, Jeffery O. Brown
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Abstract
An apparatus for attaching an electronic device to one or more of the retaining elements of a loose-leaf support assembly. The attachment apparatus includes a securing element and an attachment element. The securing element mutually engages a corresponding feature of the electronic device, such as a slotted recess proximate, adjacent, or in a peripheral edge of the electronic device. The attachment element includes apertures to facilitate the loose attachment of the attachment apparatus to the retaining elements of a loose-leaf support assembly.
Claims25
An attachment apparatus for attaching an electronic device to at least one retaining element of a loose-leaf securing assembly, the attachment apparatus comprising:
- an attachment element configured to be engaged by the at least one retaining element;
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- a securing element adjacent said attachment element and including:
- a connecting member adjacent said attachment element;
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- an engaging member having a thickness greater than a thickness of an adjacent region of said connecting member and disposed adjacent said connecting member, opposite said attachment element, said engaging member configured to removably engage a corresponding feature of the electronic device.
An attachment apparatus for attaching an electronic device to at least one retaining element of a loose-leaf securing assembly, the attachment apparatus comprising:
- an attachment element configured to be engaged by the at least one retaining element;
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- a securing element adjacent said attachment element and comprising:
- a connecting member adjacent said attachment element;
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- an engaging member adjacent said connecting member, opposite said attachment element, and configured to engage a corresponding feature of the electronic device.
An electronic device assembly, comprising:
- an attachment apparatus comprising:
- an attachment element attachable to at least one retaining element of a loose-leaf support assembly;
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- a securing element adjacent said attachment element and including a connecting member adjacent said attachment element and an engaging member adjacent said connecting member, opposite said attachment element;
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- an electronic device secured to said engaging member.
An assembly, comprising:
- a loose-leaf support assembly having at least one retaining element;
- an attachment apparatus comprising:
- an attachment element attached to said at least one retaining element;
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- a securing element adjacent said attachment element and including a connecting member adjacent said attachment element and an engaging member adjacent said connecting member, opposite said attachment element;
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- an electronic device secured to said engaging member.
A method of securing an electronic device to a loose-leaf support assembly, comprising:
- removably engaging a receptacle adjacent a peripheral edge of the electronic device with an engaging member of an attachment apparatus, said engaging member having a thickness greater than a thickness of an adjacent region of a connecting member positioned between said engaging member and an attachment element of said attachment apparatus;
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- attaching said attachment element to at least one retaining element of the loose-leaf support assembly to facilitate movement of said attachment apparatus along said at least one retaining element.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.