Presentation device

• US 9,714,528 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2015
• Issued: 07/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 01/13/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Gripzo B.V.
• Original Assignee: Gripzo B.V.
• Inventors: Van Balen, Robert
• Primary Examiner(s): KWIECINSKI, RYAN D
• Application Number:
  US14/595,416
• Publication Number:
  US 20150300050A1
• Time in Patent Office: 924 Days
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0087 movable around an axis
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 5/0861 Anti-theft means therefor
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/024 with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal show cases with devices for prevention of theft A47F3/002; devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal E05B73/0017
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/0246 for rectangular articles, e.g. books, cassettes on the article itself E05B73/0023
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0071 using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/00 Devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal; Miscellaneous locking devices motorcycle helmets A42B3/0413; supporting arrangements specially adapted for fastening helmets B62J11/24; gun racks A47B81/005; showcases with theft protection A47F3/002; anti-theft means for peg-boards, grids or rods for hanging merchandise A47F5/0861; show stands, hangers, shelves with provision against unauthorised removal A47F7/024; for self-service hand-carts A47F10/04; locking skis A63C11/004; locking bolts, nuts or pins F16B41/00
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0082 for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: H04M 1/04 Supports for telephone transmitters or receivers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

The invention relates to a presentation device for presenting a hand-held electronic media display unit, comprising:

• • a support comprising a foot provided with a support surface;
  • a number of frame parts mounted on the support and provided with hooks, wherein the support surface and the hooks of the frame parts together form an enclosing space in which the unit can be held, wherein the frame parts extending along one side of the enclosing space take a displaceable form;
  • a guide which is embodied to guide the displacement of the displaceable frame parts, wherein the guide is embodied to guide the displaceable frame parts between a first, closed state in which the display unit is non-removable and a second, open state in which the display unit can be easily placed in the device and can be easily removed again therefrom, wherein the position of the respective hooks of the frame parts in the opened state and the position thereof in the closed state are spatially remote from each other both in a direction in the plane of the support surface and in a direction transversely of the support surface.

Claims

1. A presentation device for presenting a portable, hand-held electronic media display unit, the presentation device comprising:

a support for supporting the display unit, the support comprising a foot which is provided with a support surface and which is to be attached to or placed on a base surface;

a number of frame parts mounted on the support and provided with integral hooks, each hook comprising an upright stop part and a lying stop part, wherein the support surface and the upright stop parts and lying stop parts of the hooks of the number of frame parts together form an enclosing space in which the display unit can be held, wherein the enclosing space has sides, and wherein at least one of the frame parts extending along one of the sides of the enclosing space is an at least one displaceable frame part and takes a displaceable form relative to the support surface of the support;

a guide which is configured to slidingly guide the displacement of the at least one displaceable frame part, from a first, closed state of the presentation device in which the at least one hook of the at least one displaceable frame part is positioned over an edge of the display unit and the display unit is non-removable from the enclosing space, along a path in which the at least one hook of the at least one displaceable frame part is configured to move outward parallel to the support surface as well as transversely to the support surface in the direction of the foot to a second, opened state of the presentation device, the second, opened state being configured to place the display unit in the presentation device and to remove the display unit therefrom; and

an adjusting mechanism for adjusting the position of the at least one of the number of frame parts relative to the support surface so as to make the presentation device suitable for display units with differing dimensions, wherein the adjusting mechanism is arranged so as to be inaccessible when the presentation device is in the first, closed state and a fitting display unit is enclosed in the device.

2. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the enclosing space forms a substantially flat rectangular space.

3. The presentation device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the at least one displaceable frame part is arranged along one of the four sides of the enclosing space.

4. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein only the at least one displaceable frame part arranged along one side of the enclosing space is displaceable via the guide.

5. The presentation device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the number of frame parts except the at least one displaceable frame part remain stationary during opening or closing of the enclosing space.

6. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, comprising:

a locking mechanism for locking the at least one displaceable frame part in the first, closed state of the presentation device.

7. The presentation device as claimed in claim 6, wherein the locking mechanism is configured to come into operation during displacement of the at least one displaceable frame part to bring the presentation device into the first, closed state.

8. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one displaceable frame part is displaceable via the guide in a first movement in the plane of the support surface and in a second movement transversely to the plane of the support surface.

9. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the at least one displaceable frame part is displaceable via the guide in a combined movement in the plane of the support surface and transversely to the plane of the support surface.

10. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein one or more spring units are arranged in the support surface for the purpose of pressing the display unit under spring force against the lying stop parts of the hooks of the frame parts.

11. The presentation device as claimed in claim 10, wherein the spring unit comprises a tongue pushed upward from the support surface by a compression spring.

12. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the foot comprises a first and a second foot part, wherein a pivoting unit is arranged between the first and second foot parts for the purpose of pivoting the support surface and fixing thereof in a desired position.

13. The presentation device as claimed in claim 12, wherein the pivoting unit is embodied to rotate the support surface with enclosing space over at least one axis, whereby the angle of a display unit present in the device can be changed.

14. The presentation device as claimed in claim 1, comprising a biasing member for biasing the at least one displaceable frame parts to bring the presentation device in the second, opened state.