Holding apparatus for an electronic device

• US 7,817,436 B2
• Filed: 02/16/2007
• Issued: 10/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/17/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andreas Peiker
• Original Assignee: Andreas Peiker
• Inventors: Peiker, Andreas
• Primary Examiner(s): Levi; Dameon E
• Application Number:
  US11/675,828
• Publication Number:
  US 20070206783A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,341 Days
• Field of Search: 361/755, 455/575.4, 455/575.3, 455/575.9, 379/446
• US Class Current: 361/755
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• 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 2011/0075 using a containment or docking space
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0082 collapsible, e.g. for storing after use
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0085 with adjustment by rotation in their operational position
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers

Abstract

The invention relates to a holding apparatus for an electronic device, the holding apparatus including a stationary base body and a support, the support including an approximately rectangular accommodation space having longitudinal sides and transverse sides and at least one interface compatible with an interface of the electronic device. The interface is arranged on a longitudinal side of the accommodation space and the accommodation space is accessible from the opposing longitudinal side. The support is pivotable about a pivot axis oriented approximately parallel to the longitudinal sides of the accommodation space from a holding position to at least an insertion and removal position for the electronic device.

Claims

1. An electronic device holding system comprising:

an electronic device having a substantially rectangular shape defined by longitudinal sides and transverse sides, wherein a length of the longitudinal sides is greater than a length of the transverse sides, said electronic device comprising at least one interface on a longitudinal side thereof;

a holding apparatus comprising

a stationary base body; and

a support arranged on the base body, said support having a longitudinal wall that at least partially defines a substantially rectangular accommodation space for receiving said electronic device, said space having a longitudinal length that is greater than a transverse length thereof, and an interface on said longitudinal wall of the support that is compatible with said at least one interface on the longitudinal side of said electronic device,

wherein the support is pivotably joined to the base body about a pivot axis that is oriented substantially parallel to the longitudinal wall of the support, such that the support is pivotable between a retracted position for holding the electronic device and an insertion/removal position for inserting/removing the electronic device from the support.

2. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, wherein the longitudinal side on which the interface is arranged forms at least one abutment area for the electronic device.

3. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, wherein the support has a base area that forms at least one supporting area for the electronic device.

4. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one latching element by means of which the electronic device can be secured to the holding apparatus in the retracted position of the support.

5. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, wherein the support has three side walls.

6. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, wherein the accommodation space has an aperture or a window for a display apparatus of the electronic device.

7. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, wherein the support is formed from a transparent material.

8. The electronic device holding system of claim 1, wherein the electronic device is inserted into the accommodation space of the support along a movement direction that is perpendicular to the longitudinal sides of the electronic device.

9. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, wherein the electronic device is a mobile telephone.

10. The electronic device holding system according to claim 9, wherein the mobile telephone is in the form of a flip telephone.

11. The electronic device holding system according to claim 9, wherein the mobile telephone is in the form of a slider telephone.

12. The electronic device holding apparatus system according to claim 1, wherein the holding apparatus is embedded in a console.

13. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, further comprising a contact plate that makes contact with the holding apparatus and locks the holding apparatus into place.

14. The electronic device holding system according to claim 1, further comprising at least one of an electrical switch and an electrical pushbutton arranged on the base body of the holding apparatus.

15. The electronic device holding system according to claim 8, wherein the electronic device is removed from the holding apparatus by movement in a direction opposite the insertion direction when the support is in the insertion/removal position.

16. The electronic device holding system of claim 1, wherein the longitudinal length of the accommodation space is approximately twice the transverse length of the accommodation space.

17. The electronic device holding system of claim 4, wherein the electronic device further comprises a recess on the longitudinal side thereof that is opposite to the longitudinal side having said at least one interface, and the latching element engages the recess.