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Tablet connection system

  • US 10,075,010 B2
  • Filed: 03/30/2016
  • Issued: 09/11/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/30/2016
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A tablet connection system, comprising:

  • a seat attachment station configured to be coupled to a vehicle seat, the seat attachment station including a plurality of seat-side connection points, each seat-side connection point comprising;

    a housing includinga semispherical opening radially symmetrical an axis and having a first width and a first depth running along the axis from a top of the housing to a first point below the top,a cylindrical opening radially symmetrical the axis and having a second width smaller than the first width and a second depth running along the axis from the first point to a second point below the first point, anda seat-side magnetic element configured to fit within the second opening; and

    a tablet attachment station configured to be coupled to a tablet, the tablet attachment station including;

    a clamping surface configured to be directly coupled to the tablet and having a plurality of openings;

    a plurality of tablet-side connection points, each tablet-side connection point comprising;

    a tablet-side magnetic element including;

    a flat top side including a surface perpendicular to the axis and a having a threaded opening running along the axis partially through the tablet-side magnetic element, anda semispherical bottom side configured to at least partially fit within the semispherical opening of the seat-side connection point housing;

    a threaded fastener configured to run through an opening of the plurality of openings in the clamping surface and be threaded into the threaded opening in the tablet-side magnetic element, thereby coupling the clamping surface to the tablet-side magnetic element;

    wherein each of the plurality of seat-side connection points is configured to be magnetically coupled to a respective tablet-side connection point, thereby removably coupling the tablet to the vehicle seat.

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