ADJUSTABLE PORTABLE DEVICE HOLDER

• US 20140138419A1
• Filed: 05/17/2013
• Published: 05/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Daymen Us, Inc. (Daymen US Holdings, Inc.), KENU Incorporated
• Original Assignee: KENU Incorporated
• Inventors: Minn, Kenneth Y., Yao, David E.
• Granted Patent: US 9,080,714 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 224/567
• 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 11/0258 for navigation systems
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0008 Ventilation grilles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0059 using clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0071 using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0294 Apparatus with multi-functionalities, e.g. radio and telephone
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2/065 using screw-thread elements F16B2/08 - F16B2/12 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49963 Threaded fastener

Abstract

Adjustable portable device holder systems and methods are herein disclosed. According to one embodiment, an adjustable portable device holder includes an adjustable clamping element and a rotatable mounting element attached to the adjustable clamping element for removably securing a portable device to the adjustable portable device holder.

Claims

1. An adjustable portable device holder comprising:

an adjustable clamping element, wherein the adjustable clamping element is capable of being biased into an activated state and unbiased into a deactivated state to removably secure one of a plurality of different size portable devices to the adjustable portable device holder; and

a rotatable mounting element attached to the adjustable clamping element, the rotatable mounting element comprising a plurality of mounting arms each spaced a specified distance apart from one another and extending at a specified angle from a bottom surface of the rotatable mounting element, each pair of the plurality of mounting arms forming a mounting slot therein between;

wherein the rotatable mounting element is capable of being rotated to position a first mounting slot in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation and a second mounting slot in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation to engage a first mounting surface in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation or a second mounting surface in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation.

2. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the first mounting slot is a different size than the second mounting slot and the first mounting surface is a different size than the second mounting surface.

3. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotatable mounting element is capable of being rotated 360 degrees clockwise or counterclockwise.

4. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the mounting arms comprise a gripping surface formed from gripping material.

5. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 4, wherein gripping material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of:

rubber, polymeric material, plastic, metal, alloy and composite material.

6. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 4, wherein the gripping surface is textured.

7. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the adjustable clamping element comprises a spring capable of being loaded to bias the adjustable clamping element into the activated state and unloaded to unbias the adjustable clamping element into the deactivated state.

8. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the adjustable clamping element comprises a gripping surface formed from gripping material.

9. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 8, wherein gripping material is at least one material selected from the group consisting of:

rubber, polymeric material, plastic, metal, alloy and composite material.

10. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 8, wherein the gripping surface is textured.

11. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the mounting surface is an air conditioner vent blade in an automobile.

12. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the device is a smartphone.

13. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotatable mounting element is attached with a screw to the adjustable clamping element.

14. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotatable mounting element is attached with a ratchet device to the adjustable clamping element.

15. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotatable mounting element is attached with a pin to the adjustable clamping element.

16. The adjustable portable device holder as recited in claim 1, wherein the rotatable mounting element is friction fit to the adjustable clamping element.

17. An adjustable portable device holder prepared by a process comprising:

providing an adjustable clamping element capable of being biased into an activated state and unbiased into a deactivated state to secure one of a plurality of portable device sizes to the adjustable portable device holder;

providing a rotatable mounting element comprising a plurality of mounting arms each spaced a specified distance apart from one another and extending at a specified angle from a bottom surface of the rotatable mounting element, each pair of the plurality of mounting arms forming a mounting slot therein between;

wherein the rotatable mounting element is capable of being rotated to position a first mounting slot in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation and a second mounting slot in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation to engage a first mounting surface in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation or a second mounting surface in a vertical, horizontal or diagonal orientation; and

attaching the rotatable mounting element to the adjustable clamping element.

18. The process as recited in claim 17, wherein attaching comprises attaching the rotatable mounting element to the adjustable clamping element with a screw.

19. The process as recited in claim 17, wherein attaching comprises attaching the rotatable mounting element to the adjustable clamping element with a ratchet device.

20. The process as recited in claim 17, wherein attaching comprises friction fitting the rotatable mounting element to the adjustable clamping element.