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Device mounting system with locking lever

  • US 9,532,474 B2
  • Filed: 01/21/2015
  • Issued: 12/27/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mounting system for removably mounting a portable electronic device to an object, the mounting system comprising:

  • a base for connecting to an object on which the portable electronic device will be mounted, the base having a central aperture, wherein the base includes a lower wall with an object connector surface positioned thereon, the object connector surface having an adhesive coating;

    a mount including—

    a device connector for connecting to the portable electronic device, anda coupler includinga shaft that may be at least partially received within the central aperture of the base, andfirst and second tabs protruding from the shaft; and

    a locking component integrated with the base and shiftable between a locked mode in which it retains the coupler in the base and an unlocked mode in which it allows the coupler to be released from the base, the locking component including—

    a ring positioned in the central aperture of the base, the ring including an outer band with a first detent,a first catch configured to engage the first detent when the locking component is in the locked mode, anda lever coupled to the ring, the lever configured to receive a force that rotates the ring and shifts the locking component between the locked mode and the unlocked mode.

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