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US 9,310,837 B2Granted
Rotating mechanism for computer or similar device
AssigneeWorld Richman Manufacturing Corporation
InventorsIordanka Koleva Mulhern, Saharut Sirichai
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Abstract
A rotating mechanism for a computer or similar device cooperates with a case to hold the computer or similar device in a desired position. The rotating mechanism has a cradle to receive the computer or similar device and a mounting disk to attach to the case. The cradle has an aperture to cooperate with the mounting disk to secure the computer or similar device to the case.
Claims14
A device for attaching a computer to a surface in a desired position, the device comprising:
- a. a cradle to receive the computer;
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- b. a mounting disk attached to the surface;
- c. the surface being a case for the computer;
- d. the mounting disk cooperating with the cradle to connect the computer to the case in the desired position;
- e. the mounting disk having a locking axle, a locking disk, a base attachment surface, and a smaller disk, the locking disk being attached to a top side of the locking axle, the smaller disk being attached to a bottom side of the locking axle, the base attachment surface being attached to a bottom side of the smaller disk;
- f. the cradle being removable from the case;
- g. the cradle having an aperture to cooperate with the mounting disk, the aperture being recessed from a cradle surface of the cradle and having a receiving side and a locking side, the receiving side accepting the locking axle, the locking side accepting the locking axle from the receiving side;
- h. the locking side and the locking axle cooperating to secure the computer in the desired position, the locking disk being larger than the locking axle to secure the mounting disk in the aperture, the cradle surface being at an elevation higher than the aperture to support the computer above the mounting disk, the base attachment surface attaching the mounting disk to the case, the smaller disk being flush with a surface of the case.
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A support assembly for attaching an electronic device to a surface, the support assembly comprising:
- a. a cradle for receiving the electronic device;
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- b. a cradle-securing mounting disk assembly attachable to a select surface;
- c. the cradle-securing mounting disk assembly being cooperable with the cradle to removably attach the electronic device to the select surface in a select rotative position;
- d. the cradle-securing mounting disk assembly comprising a locking axle, a locking disk, a base attachment surface, and a smaller disk, the locking disk being attached to a top side of the locking axle, the smaller disk being attached to a bottom side of the locking axle, the base attachment surface being attached to a bottom side of the smaller disk;
- e. the cradle comprising an aperture, the aperture being formed in a recessed portion of a front surface of the cradle and comprising a receiving side and a locking side, the receiving side accepting the locking axle, the locking side accepting the locking axle from the receiving side;
- f. the aperture and the mounting disk assembly being cooperable for securely attaching the electronic device to the select surface in the select rotative position, the locking side and the locking axle being cooperable for positioning the electronic device in the select rotative position, the locking disk being larger than the locking axle for securely attaching the mounting disk assembly to the cradle via the aperture, the front surface and recessed portion having differing elevations for supporting the electronic device above the mounting disk assembly, the base attachment surface attaching the mounting disk assembly to the select surface.
4 more elements
A support assembly for supporting an electronic device, the support assembly comprising:
- a. a device retention structure, the device retention structure for holding the electronic device;
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- b. a mounting disk assembly, the mounting disk assembly being attachable to a select surface and comprising a locking axle, a locking disk, a base attachment structure, and a smaller disk, the locking disk being attached to the locking axle, the smaller disk being attached to the locking axle, the base attachment structure being attached to the smaller disk;
- c. the mounting disk assembly being cooperable with the device retention structure for removably attaching said structure to the select surface;
- d. the device retention structure comprising an assembly-receiving aperture, the assembly-receiving aperture comprising a receiving side and a locking side and being formed in a recessed portion of a front surface of the device retention structure, the receiving side for accepting the locking axle, the locking side for accepting the locking axle from the receiving side, the locking side and the locking axle being cooperable for positioning the device retention structure in a select position, the front surface and recessed portion extending in differing planes for supporting the device retention structure in adjacency to the mounting disk assembly;
- e. the assembly-receiving aperture and the mounting disk assembly being cooperable for securely attaching the device retention structure to the select surface, the locking disk being larger than the locking axle for securely attaching the mounting disk assembly to the device retention structure via the assembly-receiving aperture, the base attachment surface for attaching the mounting disk assembly to the select surface.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.