Motorized horizontal docking station having integrated locking mechanism
AssigneeHenge Docks LLC
InventorMatthew Leigh Vroom
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Abstract
Disclosed is a docking station for an electronic device including a tray for receiving the electronic device, the tray having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a plurality of sidewalls, a plurality of positioning members of the top surface of the tray for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface, a first rail fixed to the bottom surface of the tray; and a first sliding member slidably connected to the first rail. The docking station can further include a second rail and a second sliding member slidably connected thereto. The docking station can also include recesses sized to receive the feet of the electronic device.
Claims20
A docking station for an electronic device, the docking station comprising:
- a tray for receiving the electronic device;
- a top surface of the tray;
- a plurality of upstanding sidewalls on the top surface of the tray;
- a plurality of positioning members of the top surface of the tray for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface;
- a first rail fixed to a bottom surface of the tray, the bottom surface disposed on an undersurface of the top surface and on an opposite side of the tray from the top surface;
- and
- a first sliding member configured to slide along the first rail.
A docking station for an electronic device, the docking station comprising:
- a tray for receiving the electronic device;
- a top surface of the tray;
- a plurality of upstanding sidewalls on the top surface of the tray;
- a plurality of positioning members of the top surface of the tray for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface;
- a first rail fixed to a bottom surface of the tray, the bottom surface disposed on an undersurface of the top surface and on an opposite side of the tray from the top surface;
- a second rail fixed to the bottom surface of the tray and parallel to the first rail;
- a first sliding member configured to slide along the first rail and the second rail;
- a third rail fixed to the bottom surface of the tray;
- a fourth rail fixed to the bottom surface of the tray and parallel to the third rail;
- and
- a second sliding member configured to slide along the third rail and the fourth rail.
A docking station for an electronic device, the docking station comprising:
- a tray for receiving the electronic device;
- a top surface of the tray;
- a plurality of upstanding sidewalls on the top surface of the tray;
- a plurality of positioning members of the top surface of the tray for positioning the electronic device with respect to the top surface;
- a first rail fixed to a bottom surface of the tray, the bottom surface disposed on an undersurface of the top surface and on an opposite side of the tray from the top surface;
- a first sliding member configured to slide along the first rail;
- a second sliding member configured to slide along the first rail;
- a second rail fixed to the bottom surface of the tray;
- a third sliding member configured to slide along the second rail;
- and
- a fourth sliding member configured to slide along the second rail.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.