Protective cover support rack for portable electronic devices

• US 8,231,099 B2
• Filed: 04/22/2010
• Issued: 07/31/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 04/22/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: E-Lead Electronic Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Chen, Stephen
• Primary Examiner(s): Duckworth, Bradley
• Application Number:
  US12/765,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20110260014A1
• Time in Patent Office: 831 Days
• Field of Search: 248/688, 248/444.1, 248/455, 248/457, 248/461, 248/470, 248/917, 407/24, 407/53, 407/81, 361/679.02, 361/679.3
• US Class Current: 248/688
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/166 related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

A protective cover support rack for electronic devices includes at least a protective cover body, a support lid and a hinge assembly. The protective cover body has an inner rim with an annular U-shaped trough formed thereon to hold and encase the body of an electronic device, and a lower half portion to cover the back side of the electronic device. The support lid can be adjusted at an angle smaller than 360 degrees to allow users to swivel to the front side as required to protect the screen of the electronic device, or adjust to a standing position to facilitate viewing, or fold it to fully in contact with back side of the protective cover body at a storing position, or swivel to facilitate hand grasping in use.

Claims

1. A protective cover support rack for electronic devices, comprising;

a protective cover body, the protective cover body including a frame and a view window, and an inner rim forming thereon an annular U-shaped trough to hold and encase a body of an electronic device;

a support lid, the support lid including a bottom side having two ends forming respectively a pivotal portion and a lid plate extended from a bottom side; and

a hinge assembly, the hinge assembly comprising;

a holder, the holder coupled to a lateral side of the protective cover body;

a longitudinal member having a first end and a second end, the first end pivotally coupled to the holder and the second end coupled to the support lid;

a movable slider slidably disposed on the longitudinal member, the movable member having a first undulating surface matingly engaging an end of the holder; and

a biasing member disposed on the longitudinal member between the movable slider and the holder;

wherein when the support lid is rotated about an axis of the longitudinal member, the biasing member acts to inhibit such rotation by biasing the first undulating surface of the movable slider against the holder.

2. The protective cover support rack of claim 1, wherein the support lid has a grip aperture.

3. The protective cover support rack of claim 1, wherein the protective cover body includes an upper half portion and a lower half portion coupled together.

4. The protective cover support rack of claim 1, wherein the protective cover body has a lateral side which includes two holders pivotally coupled with the hinge means, the two holders including two upper holders located on the lateral side of the protective cover body and two lower holders corresponding to the protective cover body.

5. The protective cover support rack of claim 3, wherein the upper half portion has a first edge extended vertically from one lateral side thereof, the first edge having a distal end forming a first side hook and the lower half portion has a second edge extended vertically from another lateral side thereof corresponding to the first edge, the first edge having a distal end forming a first side hook and the second side edge having another distal end forming a second side hook engageable with the first side hook to form the U-shaped trough.

6. The protective cover support rack of claim 1, wherein protective cover body contains a storing notch to hold the support lid.