Mobile video system
AssigneeAudiovox Corporation
InventorChristopher J. Vitito
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
A mobile video system includes a housing having a front surface and a rear surface. The housing is shaped and dimensioned for attachment to a rear surface of a back support portion of an vehicle seat, wherein the housing includes a rear surface that is provided with coupling members shaped and dimensioned for attachment to the back support portion of the vehicle seat. A video monitor and a video source are supported within the housing. The video monitor is mounted within the housing for movement between an exposed orientation in which it is positioned above the housing and a storage position in which it is positioned within the housing for protection from the external environment.
Claims15
A mobile video system, comprising:
- a central bracket member disposed in a housing, wherein the central bracket member comprises a first track member and a second track member, and the housing is shaped and dimensioned for attachment to a rear surface of a back portion of a vehicle seat, wherein the housing comprises an opening formed at an upper end shaped and dimensioned to permit access to a video monitor, and an access opening formed at a lower, opposing end of the housing, permitting access to an electrical accessory component operatively coupled to the video monitor,
- wherein the upper and lower ends of the housing are disposed in an upper half of the rear surface of the back portion of the vehicle seat;
- a slide base comprising a first guide member and a second guide member, wherein the slide base is attached to the video monitor, and the first and second guide members vertically move along the first and second track members, respectively;
- and
- a first retaining member and a second retaining member, wherein the first and second retaining members are configured to engage a first detent disposed on the first guide member and a second detent disposed on the second guide member, respectively, and the first retaining member and the first detent are located opposite the second retaining member and the second detent with respect to the video monitor.
A mobile video system, comprising:
- a housing having a front surface and a rear surface, the housing is shaped and dimensioned for attachment to a rear surface of a back support portion of vehicle seat, wherein the rear surface of the housing is provided with coupling members shaped and dimensioned for attachment to the back support portion of the vehicle seat;
- a video monitor and a video source are supported within the housing, the video monitor is mounted within the housing for movement between an exposed orientation in which it is positioned above the housing and a storage position in which it is positioned within the housing for protection from an external environment;
- a support structure comprising a central bracket member disposed within the housing, wherein the central bracket member includes a first side edge, a second side edge, a first flange member extending from the first side edge, and a second flange member extending from the second side edge;
- a first track member disposed on an inner surface of the first flange member and a second track member disposed on an inner surface of the second flange member;
- a slide member comprising a slide base having a first guide member and a second guide member extending therefrom, wherein the first and second guide members are seated within the first and second track members, respectively;
- a first retaining member and a second retaining member, wherein the first and second retaining members are configured to engage a first detent disposed on the first guide member and a second detent disposed on the second guide member, respectively, and the first retaining member and the first detent are located opposite the second retaining member and the second detent with respect to the video monitor;
- and
- an electrical accessory component disposed between the first and second retaining members and accessible via an opening formed in a bottom surface of the housing, wherein the electrical accessory component is configured to connect an external device to the video monitor.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.