No rub latch for an electronic device cradle
AssigneeMotorola, Inc.
InventorRobert N. Stanford
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Abstract
A phone holder, or cradle, is provided having a latching mechanism that remains in an open position until a push button falls within a predetermined height of the cradle. Once this occurs, a hooked member is released from a stop coupled to a slide within the cradle, thereby allowing the hooked member to mate with a détente in an electronic device. In one embodiment, the latching mechanism includes a hooked member having a clasp, a slide, a push button with an inclined plane for actuating the slide and a plurality of springs. The latching mechanism prevents the clasp from riding along, and potentially marring, the surface of the electronic device.
Claims16
A latch for coupling a portable electronic device to a cradle, comprising:
- a. a hooked member, the hooked member comprising:
- i. at least one clasp;
- ii. at least one clasp arm;
- iii. at least one loading plate;
- and
- iv. at least one spring arm;
- b. a torsion spring coupled to the hooked member about the at least one spring arm;
- c. a slide, the slide comprising:
- i. a push button boss;
- ii. a hooked member aperture;
- and
- iii. a hooked member stop;
- d. a push button, the push button comprising a slide actuation plane extending therefrom;
- wherein when the push button is actuated, the slide actuation plane applies a force to the push button boss, thereby causing the slide to move, thereby allowing the hooked member to pass about the hooked member stop.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.