DOCUMENT AND ELECTRONIC DEVICE HOLDER

• US 20160138753A1
• Filed: 10/16/2015
• Published: 05/19/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 11/19/2014
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Knape & VOGT Manufacturing Company
• Original Assignee: Knape & VOGT Manufacturing Company
• Inventors: Crossland, Paul V.
• Application Number:
  US14/885,454
• Publication Number:
  US 20160138753A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/045 Fastening means for paper sheet; Paper trays; Accessories for typists, e.g. line indicators
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/22 with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs F16M11/42 takes precedence
• 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 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

A document and electronic device holder includes a base, a holder body being pivotally connected to the base, and the holder body further comprising a backrest pivotally connected to a channel. A document and electronic device holder may be used in combination with a keyboard support device, wherein the keyboard support device includes an extendible arm slidably coupled to a track, and the document and electronic device holder includes a base adapted to be mounted to the track of the keyboard support device, a holder body being pivotally connected to the base, and the holder body being foldable from an open position to a closed position.

Claims

1. A document and electronic device holder comprising:

a base;

a holder body being pivotally connected to the base; and

the holder body further comprising a backrest pivotally connected to a channel.

2. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the holder body is pivotally connected to the base at two spaced apart locations.

3. The document and electronic device holder of claim 2, wherein each of the two spaced apart locations of a pivotal connection of the holder body to the base further comprises an integral hinge.

4. The document and electronic device holder of claim 2, further comprising a three bar linkage wherein the pivotal connection of the backrest to the channel is disposed between the two spaced apart locations of the pivotal connections between the holder body and the base.

5. The document and electronic device holder of claim 4, wherein the three bar linkage is formed by non-linear portions of the base, the backrest and the channel.

6. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the pivotal connection of the backrest to the channel further comprises an integral hinge.

7. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the holder body is pivotally movable from an open position to a closed position.

8. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the document and electronic device holder is constructed of a single continuous piece of plastic.

9. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the base further comprises a mounting flange that is adapted to be connected to a keyboard support device.

10. The document and electronic device holder of claim 9, wherein the mounting flange is adapted to be insertable into an aperture in a front cap of a track of the keyboard support device.

11. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the channel further comprises a bottom wall having an aperture.

12. The document and electronic device holder of claim 1, wherein the channel further comprises an upstanding forward wall having at least two slots.

13. A document and electronic device holder comprising:

a base adapted to be mounted to a track of a keyboard support device;

a holder body being pivotally connected to the base; and

the holder body being foldable from an open position to a closed position.

14. The document and electronic device holder of claim 13, wherein the holder body is pivotally connected to the base at two locations.

15. The document and electronic device holder of claim 13, wherein the holder body further comprises a backrest pivotally connected to a channel.

16. A document and electronic device holder in combination with a keyboard support device comprising:

a keyboard support device comprising an extendible keyboard support slidably coupled to a track; and

a document and electronic device holder comprising a base adapted to be mounted to the track of the keyboard support device, a holder body being pivotally connected to the base, and the holder body being foldable from an open position to a closed position.

17. The document and electronic device holder in combination with a keyboard support device of claim 16, wherein the track further comprises a front cap and the base further comprises a mounting flange that is adapted to be connected to the front cap.

18. The document and electronic device holder in combination with a keyboard support device of claim 17, wherein the front cap further comprises an aperture and the mounting flange is insertable into the aperture.

19. The document and electronic device holder in combination with a keyboard support device of claim 16, wherein the holder body is pivotally connected to the base at two locations.

20. The document and electronic device holder in combination with a keyboard support device of claim 16, wherein the holder body further comprises a backrest pivotally connected to a channel, and the device further comprises a three bar linkage wherein the pivotal connection of the backrest to the channel is disposed between pivotal connections of the backrest to the base and of the channel to the base.