Mobile device mounting system and method

• US 9,310,020 B1
• Filed: 09/12/2014
• Issued: 04/12/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/17/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Douglas B. Bernards
• Original Assignee: Douglas B. Bernards
• Inventors: Bernards, Douglas B.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterling, Amy
• Application Number:
  US14/484,271
• Time in Patent Office: 578 Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• 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

Abstract

In an embodiment, a mobile device mounting system configured to hold a mobile device having a magnetic edge includes a magnetic support, a rest support, and a receiving section. The rest support is mechanically coupled to the magnetic support and has a first support surface that contacts a first contact surface on a rear side of the mobile device when the mobile device is moved downward to be held by the mobile device mounting system for viewing. The receiving section defines a recessed area configured to receive a part of the mobile device when the mobile device is angled such that the magnetic edge of the mobile device is separated from the magnetic support for user extraction.

Claims

1. A mobile device mounting system configured to hold a mobile device having a magnetic edge, the mobile device mounting system comprising:

a rest support that extends in a first direction and a second direction normal to the first direction and is mechanically coupled to the magnetic support, the rest support having a rectangular profile defined between first and third parallel ends and second and fourth parallel ends and having a first support surface that contacts a first contact surface on a rear side of the mobile device when the mobile device is moved downward in a third direction that is perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction to be held by the mobile device mounting system for viewing, and the mobile device'"'"'s magnetic edge is adjacent to and magnetically engaged with the magnetic support; and

a receiving section that is mechanically coupled to the rest support, the receiving section defining a recessed area relative to the first support surface along the third direction, the recessed area extending from one opposing end of the first through the fourth end to the other opposing end of the first through the fourth end, and being configured to receive a part of the mobile device when the mobile device is angled such that the magnetic edge of the mobile device is separated from the magnetic support.

2. The mobile device mounting system of claim 1, wherein the receiving section includes a first rotation support that has a second support surface that contacts a second contact surface on the rear side of the mobile device when the mobile device has been rotated toward the second support surface.

3. The mobile device mounting system of claim 2, wherein the second support surface is curved such that a part of the second contact surface that is in contact with the second support surface changes as the mobile device is rotated around the first rotation support.

4. The mobile device mounting system of claim 3, wherein the curve of the second support surface decreases in radius with increasing distance away from the first support surface.

5. The mobile device mounting system of claim 2, wherein the receiving section includes a second rotation support that is mechanically coupled to the first rotation support, the second rotation support having a third support surface that contacts a third contact surface on the rear side of the mobile device when the mobile device has been rotated away from the first support surface and the second support surface and towards the third support surface.

6. The mobile device mounting system of claim 1, further comprising:

a magnetic support that extends along the first direction.