MULTI-MEDIA TABLET HOLDER

• US 20150009672A1
• Filed: 10/02/2013
• Published: 01/08/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dimitri Girault
• Original Assignee: Dimitri Girault
• Inventors: Girault, Dimitri
• Granted Patent: US 9,388,939 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 362/253
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2005/006 comprising a suspension strap or lanyard
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 2200/0525 Personal portable computing devices, e.g. laptop, tablet, netbook, game boy, navigation system, calculator
• CPC Class Codes: A45F 5/00 Holders or carriers for hand articles; Holders or carriers for use while travelling or camping
• 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 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/04 for supporting on, or holding steady relative to, a person, e.g. by chains , e.g. rifle butt or pistol grip supports, supports attached to the chest or head apparatus or arrangements for taking photographs or for projecting or viewing them G03B
• CPC Class Codes: F21V 33/0052 Audio or video equipment, e.g. televisions, telephones, cameras or computers; Remote control devices therefor
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1686 the I/O peripheral being an integrated camera

Abstract

A multi-media tablet holder is provided and includes a first retention member, a second retention member, a pair of slide pins, at least one extension spring and a handle. The first retention member includes a first retention plate and a first retention rail. The second retention member includes a second retention plate and a second retention rail. The first and second retention rails are sized to receive a thickness of a multi-media tablet. There is also provided a multi-media tablet holder including a retention member, a handle assembly and an articulating mechanism for pivoting and rotating the retention member relative to the handle assembly.

Claims

1. A multi-media tablet holder for use in supporting a multi-media tablet with a single hand of a user comprising:

a first retention member having a first retention plate and a first retention rail extending from said first retention plate, said first retention rail defining a first channel for receipt of a first edge of a multi-media tablet;

a second retention member movably mounted to said first retention member and having a second retention plate and a second retention rail extending from said second retention plate, said second retention rail defining a second channel for receipt of a second edge of said multi-media tablet;

a handle assembly including a hand grip attached to said first retention member; and

at least one slide affixed to one of said first and second retention members and movably mounted relative to the other of said first and second retention members.

2. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 1, wherein said first and second channels are sized to receive a thickness of said multi-media tablet.

3. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 2, wherein said at least one slide includes a pair of slide pins.

4. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 3, further comprising an extension spring affixed at one end to said first retention member and at an opposite end to said second retention member.

5. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 1, further comprising a light emitting device located on a front surface of said second retention member.

6. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 5, further comprising a switch for controlling said light emitting device, said switch being positioned on said hand grip.

7. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 1, wherein said hand grip is attached to said first retention member by a plate extending from said hand grip.

8. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 7, wherein said plate is affixed to said first retention member.

9. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 8, wherein said plate is pivotally affixed to said first retention member by a pivot pin such that said hand grip can rotate relative to said first retention member.

10. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 6, wherein said hand grip includes finger grooves and said switch is located within one of said finger grooves.

11. A multi-media tablet holder for use in supporting a multi-media tablet with a single hand of a user comprising:

a retention member having a retention plate and a retention rail extending from said retention plate;

a handle assembly including a handle member; and

an articulating mechanism pivotally mounted to said handle assembly and rotatably mounted to said retention member.

12. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 11, wherein said retention rail defines a channel for receipt of upper, lower and a side edge of a multi-media tablet, said channel extending around an upper edge, a closed side edge and a lower edge of said retention plate.

13. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 11, wherein said handle assembly includes a support member extending from an upper end of said handle member.

14. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 13, wherein said support member includes a light emitting device and said handle member includes a touch screen for operating said light emitting device.

15. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 11, wherein said articulating mechanism includes a support plate pivotally mounted on said support member and a ratchet plate affixed to said retention plate and rotatably mounted on said support plate.

16. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 15, wherein said support plate is pivotally mounted to said support member by a hinge.

17. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 15, wherein said ratchet plate includes ratchet teeth engagable with said support plate to incrementally rotate said retention member relative to said handle assembly.

18. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 11, wherein said retention plate includes a hole to accommodate a camera lens of said multi-media tablet and at least one tab engagable with an edge of said multi-media tablet to releasably retain said multi-media tablet within said retention member.

19. A multi-media tablet holder having an integrated system for support and use with a multi-media tablet comprising:

a retention member for receipt of a multi-media tablet and having a retention plate and a retention rail;

a handle assembly including a handle member and attached to said retention member;

a controller positioned within one of said retention member and handle assembly;

a memory module linked to said controller;

a user input in the form of a touch screen on said handle member, said user input being linked to said controller; and

a wired interface linked to said controller and in direct electrical communication with a corresponding wired interface of said multi-media tablet.

20. The multi-media tablet holder as recited in claim 19, further comprising a camera and light emitting device mounted on said handle assembly and linked to said controller.