Apparatus and methods for supporting an article
DCFirst Claim
1. A mount for supporting a device, the mount comprising:
- a bulbous member that is supportably engageable with a base, the bulbous member comprising a convexly curved surface area, wherein at least a portion of the convexly curved surface area is unobstructed;
a carrier member comprising a first interconnect portion and a second interconnect portion, wherein the first interconnect portion comprises a concave surface area for conformal adjacent engagement with the convexly curved surface area, and wherein at least a portion of the concave surface area is supportively contactable with the convexly curved surface area, and wherein the concave surface area is selectively positionable with respect to the convexly shaped surface area throughout a continuum of positions across the unobstructed portion of the convexly shaped surface area; and
an attachment member operatively associable with a device, the attachment member being removably attachable to the second interconnect portion of the carrier member, wherein the device is supportably engageable with the second interconnect portion;
wherein the bulbous member, the carrier member, and the attachment member each comprises a magnetic portion, at least one of the magnetic portions comprise at least one magnet, wherein magnetic interaction between respective ones of the magnetic portions is operable to selectively establish the supportive contact between the convexly curved surface area and the concave surface area and the removable attachment of the attachment member to the second interconnect portion.
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Abstract
A mount for supportably engaging an article. The mount includes a bulbous member that may include a convexly shaped surface area. The convexly shaped surface area may be supportively contactable with a first interconnect portion of a carrier member. An attachment member that is operatively associable with a device may be removably engageable with a second interconnect portion of the carrier member. The carrier member may be moved throughout a continuum of positions defined by the convexly curved surface area of the bulbous member. Additionally, the bulbous member may be supportably engaged by a variety of embodiments of support structures for supporting or mounting the mount.
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31 Claims
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1. A mount for supporting a device, the mount comprising:
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a bulbous member that is supportably engageable with a base, the bulbous member comprising a convexly curved surface area, wherein at least a portion of the convexly curved surface area is unobstructed; a carrier member comprising a first interconnect portion and a second interconnect portion, wherein the first interconnect portion comprises a concave surface area for conformal adjacent engagement with the convexly curved surface area, and wherein at least a portion of the concave surface area is supportively contactable with the convexly curved surface area, and wherein the concave surface area is selectively positionable with respect to the convexly shaped surface area throughout a continuum of positions across the unobstructed portion of the convexly shaped surface area; and an attachment member operatively associable with a device, the attachment member being removably attachable to the second interconnect portion of the carrier member, wherein the device is supportably engageable with the second interconnect portion; wherein the bulbous member, the carrier member, and the attachment member each comprises a magnetic portion, at least one of the magnetic portions comprise at least one magnet, wherein magnetic interaction between respective ones of the magnetic portions is operable to selectively establish the supportive contact between the convexly curved surface area and the concave surface area and the removable attachment of the attachment member to the second interconnect portion. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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31. A method for supportably mounting a device, comprising:
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attaching a first interconnect portion of a carrier member in supportive contact with a convexly curved surface area of a bulbous member, wherein the first interconnect portion comprises a concave surface area for conformal adjacent engagement with the convexly curved surface area; positioning the concave surface area with respect to the convexly shaped surface area within a continuum of positions across an unobstructed portion of the convexly curved surface area; connecting an attachment member to a second interconnect portion of the carrier member, wherein the attachment member is operatively associable with a device; and supporting the device with respect to the bulbous member in response to the connecting, wherein the device is selectively removable from the carrier member by selective disengagement of the attachment member from the second interconnect portion; wherein the bulbous member, the carrier member, and the attachment member each comprises a magnetic portion, and at least one of the magnetic portions comprise a magnet, and wherein the attaching, connecting and supporting are in response to magnetic interaction between respective ones of the magnetic portions.
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