Base apparatus for device holder

• US 7,992,831 B2
• Filed: 05/06/2008
• Issued: 08/09/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 05/06/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Eagle Fan
• Original Assignee: Eagle Fan
• Inventors: Fan, Eagle
• Primary Examiner(s): McKinnon; Terrell
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARSH, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US12/115,647
• Publication Number:
  US 20090278015A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,190 Days
• Field of Search: 248/910, 248/500, 248/205.5, 248/206.2, 248/346.01
• US Class Current: 248/205.5
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• 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 2011/0042 characterised by mounting means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0068 using suction cups
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0089 around three axes, i.e. universally mounted
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/91 Weighted base

Abstract

A base apparatus for providing engagement to advice holder is provided, including a connection unit, a fixed unit, and at least a weight unit. The connection unit is for connecting a clapper or holder of electronic device, and the fixed unit is engaged to the bottom of the connection unit. The weight unit is sandwiched between and partially contained within the boundaries of the connection unit and the fixed unit. The weight unit includes a wrap means, an anti-slip means, and at least a weight object. The boundaries of the anti-slip means and the wrap means are engaged together to form a space for accommodating the weight object.

Claims

1. A base apparatus for a device holder or a support rod for holding devices, comprising:

a connection unit, a lower part of said connection unit including at least an alignment column;

a fixed unit engaged to a bottom of said connection unit;

at least a weight unit including

a wrap means,

an anti-slip means made of a soft material, a majority of respective boundaries of said wrap means and said anti-slip means being engaged together to form a space,

at least a weight object accommodated within the space, and

an engagement segment formed by the engaged boundaries of said wrap means and said anti-slip means, said engagement segment being clamped between said fixed unit and said connection unit, said engagement segment having at least an alignment hole, wherein when said engagement segment is fixed inside a rim of said connection unit and said fixed unit, said alignment column is inserted inside said alignment hole.

2. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said fixed unit further comprises a layer of anti-slip patch at a bottom thereof.

3. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said weight object is a material having considerable weight, and said material is sand, gravel or iron.

4. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein weight unit is a bag containing sand, gravel, iron blocks, iron powder, or any combination thereof.

5. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein a plurality of said weight units is arranged to surround respective boundaries of said connection unit and said fixed unit.

6. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein when a number of said weight unit is one, a center area of said weight unit forms the engagement segment in a ring shape for being fixed inside the rim of said connection unit and said fixed unit.

7. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper surface of said connection unit is a flat platform to provide the attachment of a sucker.

8. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upper surface of said connection unit further comprises a link joint set to provide engagement to the device holder for holding an electronic device.

9. The base apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said connection unit provides an engagement for the device holder for holding an electronic device.