US 8,651,446 B2 · PC tablet holder and method of use thereof

Abstract

A pc tablet holder for suspending pc tablets above the mid-body section of a user lying on bed with the back against the headboard. The holder has a tripod configuration with front legs made from a resilient elongated round bent in inverted “U”-shape and held in position by a string. A rear leg is connected to the “U”-shape's vertex by a retainer. A top clamping element, having a surface to catch the pc tablet's top edge, is carried at the “U”-shape's vertex. A bottom clamping element, having a space to receive the pc tablet's bottom edge, is carried by the string. The holder is placed on the bed with front legs across the user's mid-body section and the rear leg adjacent the user's crotch area. A pc tablet is removably clamped between the top and bottom clamping elements, achieving a hands-free holding of the pc tablet.

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Dependent claims

A pc tablet holder for suspending a pc tablet over the user's mid-body area for bedtime reading comprising:

pc tablet clamping means having at least a first and second clamping elements disposed in opposed fashion and made from pc tablet touch screen surface non-scratching materials for removably securing a pc tablet therein in any angle within a portrait and landscape pc tablet orientation, without blocking any pc tablet's screen display area and without interfering with the pc tablet's touch screen operation,
a support frame having at least a right and a left side leg, a vertex, and an open space between said legs and vertex large enough as to receive therein a user's mid-body cross-sectional area and said pc tablet clamping means above the user when the user is sitting on a surface with the back against another surface substantially normal to said sitting surface, and
connecting means for connecting the pc tablet clamping means to said support frame and for maintaining said leg's relative position,
whereby said user (a) transversally places the open space of said support frame over the user's mid-body area in a way that the legs of said support frame abuts the sitting surface adjacent to the user's surrounding areas, (b) clamps the pc tablet onto said clamping means achieving a hands-free holding of said pc tablet at a substantial user's eye-level height.

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A pc tablet holder for providing a hands-free holding of a pc tablet for bedtime reading, comprising:

a frame having at least two legs and comprising a first and second elongated resilient members of predetermined length and cross-sectional shape, each having a midpoint and two ends,
a string having crimped loop ends for connecting said ends of said first elongated resilient member in a relative position to each other so as to form a substantially “U”-shaped structure,
string anchors for fixedly attaching a corresponding one of each of the string loop ends to a corresponding one of each of said ends of said first elongated resilient member, said anchors being selected from the group consisting of flag ring terminals and double barrel crimp sleeves,
a retainer for movably connecting one end of said second elongated resilient member to the vertex of the “U”-shaped structure to form a tripod-like holder,
a top clamping element having a horizontally disposed arm with two ends, two side arms with a first end portion defining a catch and extending from a distal end of said horizontally disposed arm the length of the pc tablet's thickness, a pair of vertically disposed arms having a top portion extending from a second end portion of said side arms and a bottom end portion defining a curl for receiving the cross-section of said first elongated resilient member, and
a bottom clamping element having in combination a front wall, a back wall, two side walls, and a floor defining a space for receiving a pc tablet end, and having a tubular arm upwardly extending from a top end portion of said back wall, said tubular arm having a diameter suited for receiving said string therethrough,
whereby a user sitting on a surface with the head and back against a wall substantially normal to the sitting surface (a) places said tripod-like holder over the user's body mid-section area with the right and left side legs of the tripod abutting the sitting surface adjacent to the user's right side and left side respectively, and the center leg of the tripod abutting the sitting surface adjacent to the user's crotch area (b) accommodates the bottom end of a pc tablet inside said receiving space (c) pushes the pc tablet down to increase the space between said top and bottom clamping elements while the side legs of the tripod are resiliently pulled towards each other by said string (d) accommodates the upper end of the pc tablet behind the catch of said top clamping element (e) releases the downward push on the pc tablet while the side legs of the tripod resiliently move away from each other biasing said bottom clamping element and pc tablet against said top clamping element, securing the pc tablet therebetween in a portrait orientation and providing a hands-free holding of the pc tablet near the user's eye-level.

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A method for a user to use a pc tablet holder for suspending and holding a pc tablet above the user's mid-body area when the user is laying on a bed with the back against the headboard, said pc tablet holder comprising at least a top and bottom clamping elements for removably catching said pc tablet therebetween, said clamping elements being resiliently connected to each other in opposed fashion, a frame having at least a right and a left leg, and a connector for connecting at least one of said clamping elements to said frame, said method comprising the steps of:

(a) providing said pc tablet holder,
(b) transversally placing said frame over the user's mid-body area in a way that the right side leg of said frame abuts the sitting surface adjacent to the right side of the user's mid-body area and the left leg of said frame abuts the sitting surface adjacent to the left side of the user's mid-body area,
(c) rising the knees at least to chest level and resting said frame against the thighs in an angle approximately between 45 and 90 degrees in relation to the sitting surface,
(d) catching the bottom perimeter edge of the pc tablet at the bottom clamping element,
(e) pushing down on the pc tablet until the space between the top and bottom clamping elements increases enough as to accept the length of the height of the pc tablet, while said connector pulls said right and left legs towards each other,
(f) catching the top perimeter edge of the pc tablet at the top clamping element,
(g) releasing the push down force on the pc tablet allowing the left and right legs to resiliently move apart from each other biasing said bottom clamping element and pc tablet against said top clamping element securing the pc tablet therebetween,
(h) optionally changing the orientation of the pc tablet from portrait to landscape and vice versa.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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