Multi-position adjustable support assembly suspended from an elevated horizontal edge for securing such as a book, smartphone or tablet style computer

• US 9,764,841 B2
• Filed: 11/12/2015
• Issued: 09/19/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Robin C. Ferris
• Original Assignee: Robin C. Ferris
• Inventors: Ferris, Robin C.
• Primary Examiner(s): MCNURLEN, SCOTT THOMAS
• Application Number:
  US14/939,954
• Publication Number:
  US 20160257404A1
• Time in Patent Office: 677 Days
• Field of Search: 224275, 224564-566, 224282, 224502, 224553, 224929-930, 2482941, 248308, 248398, 248371, 248166, 2481888, 24818891, 248242, 403 79, 403 72, 403 70, 403 94
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 23/02 releasably mounted on the bedstead or another item of furniture
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0015 Back-rests
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0294 Apparatus with multi-functionalities, e.g. radio and telephone
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 7/043 mounted on or under a seat
• CPC Class Codes: B64D 11/00152 Seat back fixtures for removable monitors, e.g. tablet computers
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• 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 13/022 repositionable
• 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: Y10S 224/929 Article carrier for electrical device

Abstract

An assembly for supporting a device from a structural location exhibiting an upper horizontal edge. A main support body has front and rear faces, a bottom support ledge projecting from the front face and being adapted to receive a bottom extending edge of the device. A top support ledge extends from the rear face and is adapted to engage the upper horizontal edge of the structural location. A variant of the assembly incorporates a height adjustable component secured to the main support body and exhibiting a further ledge support location adapted to engage a top extending edge of the device. An angularly adjustable arm supporting component is secured to a lower rear face location of the main support body and is adjustable to establish a desired angle or tilt of the main support body and supported device.

Claims

1. An assembly for supporting a device from a structural location exhibiting an upper horizontal edge, said assembly comprising:

a main support body having front and rear faces, a bottom support ledge projecting from said front face and adapted to receive a bottom extending edge of the device, at least one top support ledge extending from said rear face and adapted to engage the upper horizontal edge;

a height adjustable component secured to said main support body and exhibiting a further ledge support location adapted to engage a top extending edge of the device;

said height adjustable component further including a three sided construction with a pair of ribbed and parallel extending elongated legs interconnected by an inter-extending top having an edge engaging location defined by an extending ledge terminating in a downwardly angled lip;

pluralities of spaced apart ribs associated with each of said extending legs and which are configured to abut in a biasing fashion inside closed perimeter edges configured in spaced apart upper end locations of said main support body, these located proximate to said front face and extending through said top ledges and defining apertures through which said legs are resistively and ratchet-adjustably mounted; and

an angularly adjustable arm supporting component secured to a lower rear face location of the main support body and adjustable to establish a desired angle or tilt of the main support body and supported device.

2. The assembly as described in claim 1, said at least one top support ledge further comprising a pair of upper and opposite extending suspending supports provided by downwardly angled lips which respectively extend from said top ledges which extend in spaced apart fashion from top edges of said main support body in a direction away from said rear face.

3. The assembly as described in claim 1, each of said bottom and top support ledges further comprising an extending ledge portion terminating in an angled lip and exhibiting a generally “

U”

shape in cross section.

4. The assembly as described in claim 1, further comprising a spacing between each pair of said ribs being equivalent to an upper end thickness of said main support ledges.

5. The assembly as described in claim 4, further comprising each of said legs having a length dimension not exceeding a height of said main support body, such as in order to accommodate easy storage in the fully retracted position.

6. The assembly as described in claim 1, said angularly adjustable arm supporting component further comprising a pair of multi-positional arms separated by a crosswise extending base, a pair of support locations associated with said main support body exhibiting arcuate lobes extending from spaced apart and lower edge proximate locations of said rear face and to which said arms are pivotally secured.

7. The assembly as described in claim 6, each of said pivotally supported arms further comprising spaced apart mounting portions at base mounting ends, a pin extending between each pair of said mounting portions and which are mounted in coaxial fashion through a width extending recess in each of said lobes.

8. The assembly as described in claim 7, further comprising a plurality of ribbed locations configured in circumferentially offsetting fashion about a projecting arcuate edge of each of said lobes, end abutting locations of each leg being configured to seat against an arcuate portion separating each pair of circumferentially offset ribs.