Suction Fixture

• US 20080116336A1
• Filed: 01/31/2008
• Published: 05/22/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 05/12/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Silicon Pyramid Electron Limited
• Original Assignee: Silicon Pyramid Electron Limited
• Inventors: Hsiung, Chen
• Application Number:
  US12/023,827
• Publication Number:
  US 20080116336A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/205.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0056 using suction cups
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0091 the article being mounted on a flexible shaft
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 47/00 Suction cups for attaching purposes; Equivalent means using adhesives devices using adhesives, suction or magnetism for hanging or supporting pictures or the like A47G1/17; vacuum work holders B25B11/005; anchoring of ships using suction B63B21/27; suction cups for handling glass B65G49/061; load-engaging elements for cranes using suction means B66C1/02
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/40 by means of coilable or bendable legs or spiral shaped legs
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable

Abstract

The invention is directed to a fixture assembly for connecting a portable electronic product to a stationary object. The fixture depends on suction for adhering the product in place. The fixture includes a flexible supporting rod connecting the electronic product to a suction device. The degree of suction is controlled by a toggle switch acting through a connecting rod connected to a suction piece that secures the product in place.

Claims

1. A suction fixture assembly for a portable electronic product comprising a fixing base for supporting the electronic product;

a flexible supporting rod connected to the fixing base at one end thereof and a suction means connected to the other end for securing the portable electronic product to a stationery object, said suction means comprising separate suction means secured to opposite sides of the supporting rod and hinged thereto.

2. A suction fixture assembly as set forth in claim 1 in which the suction means includes a suction body, a suction piece to be connected to a stationary object, a connecting rod extending through said suction body and connected at one end to the suction piece and at its other end to a toggle switch connected to said suction body for controlling the amount of said suction piece to regulate the suction securing the portable electronic product to a stationary object.

3. A suction fixture assembly as set forth in claim 2 in which the suction piece is elastic in which the inner side is connected to said suction body and the outer side is smooth for affixing the fixture to a portable electronic product.

4. A suction fixture assembly as set forth in claim 2 in which one end of the connecting rod is adhered to said suction piece and its other end is hinged to the toggle switch.

5. A suction fixture assembly as set forth in claim 2 in which there is provided a coaxial spring located about said connecting rod with one end of the spring connected to the connecting rod and its other end to the suction body to help restore the suction piece and connecting rod to its normal position when the toggle switch is released.

6. A suction fixture assembly as set forth in claim 2 in which the flexible supporting rod consists of a freely bendable internal rod and an external sleeve with the internal rod socketed into the external sleeve.

7. A suction fixture assembly as set forth in claim 4 in which the toggle switch defines a varying configuration on its outer surface which is located at different distances from where the toggle switch is hinged to the connecting rod whereby the suction force created by the suction fixture is varied depending on the portion of the outer surface of the toggle switch in contact with the suction body.

8. A suction fixture assembly for a portable electronic product comprising a fixing base assembly for supporting the electronic product comprising a bare body and a clamping flange for connecting to the electronic product and a flexible supporting rod connected to the fixing base at one end thereof and suction means connected to the other end, for securing the portable electronic product to a stationery object, wherein the base body also includes an elastic stopper located at one end of the clamping flange.