Vehicle mounted printer station
AssigneeLEM Solutions, LLC
InventorsWilliam D. Cottrell, Kenneth B. Wiseman, Jr.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a vehicle mounted printer station made up of a printer secured to a support surface tray that includes an adaptor capable of attaching the tray and printer to the top of a vehicle seat. The support surface is preferably a rectangular shaped plate with front, back and side edges along with top and bottom surfaces. The bottom surface is attached to the adaptor, the adaptor includes at least one attachment rod for securing the support surface to the vehicle seat. The attachment rods are sized to be received into receptacles provided in the top a vehicle seat designed for the vehicle headrest.
Claims8
In combination with a front passenger seat of a motor vehicle, the front passenger seat defining a pair of spaced-apart headrest mounting rod receptacles, a printer station comprising:
- a station adaptor comprising a rectangular mounting tray and a pair of spaced-apart elongated mounting rods received within respective headrest mounting rod receptacles of said front passenger seat, said rectangular mounting tray having opposing top and bottom surfaces, and raised front, back and side edges;
- the raised front edge of said mounting tray having a reduced height relative to at least one of the raised back and raised side edges;
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- a printer carried by said station adaptor in a forward-facing condition wherein the raised front edge of said mounting tray provides an unobstructed paper discharge space for discharging printed paper forwardly into a front interior cabin space of the motor vehicle, and said printer residing directly vertically adjacent a top of said front passenger seat, thereby minimizing obtrusiveness of the printer station within the front interior cabin space of the motor vehicle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.