US 9,038,544 B2 · Tilt apparatus and kneeboard, lap table, or electronic device using such

Abstract

A tiltable support apparatus (tilt device) for variably adjusting the height of any one of the four sides of a portable table that is optionally with an electronic device or as a pilot's kneeboard. The tilt mechanism is a flat, flexible layer that can be rolled into a rolled elevating device. An attachment system releasably attaches the tilt mechanism to the adjacent structures such as parts of the table, of an electronic device case, or of a thigh/lap attachment for a kneeboard. The attachment system further allows for attachment with variable increments of tilt possible. In one embodiment, the tiltable support apparatus is a multilayer device containing the flat, flexible layer as a middle layer securely but reversibly attached to upper and lower layers of a case. The case is easily insertable under an object to be tilted and easily stored when not in use.

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Dependent claims

A tiltable support apparatus, for a portable electronic device having four sides and a top and a bottom, comprising a square or rectangular shaped case comprising

a. a top layer with a top inside and a top outside,
b. a bottom layer with a bottom inside and a bottom outside,
c. a flexible middle layer for rolling to form a rolled elevating device able to variably elevate any one of said four sides, and
d. a means to close said case securely
wherein said flexible middle layer has a middle top side and a middle bottom side and is held securely in place by a first attachment means between said top inside and said middle top side and by a second attachment means between said bottom inside and said middle bottom side and
wherein said flexible middle layer is held securely held in place by said first and second attachment means both when said flexible middle layer is flat or when said flexible middle layer is used as a rolled elevating device.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Tilt apparatus and kneeboard, lap table, or electronic device using such

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