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Vehicle mounting system for mobile computing devices

  • US 9,944,236 B2
  • Filed: 04/09/2015
  • Issued: 04/17/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/27/2007
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mounting system, comprising:

  • a cradle configured to be coupled to a seat of a vehicle;

    a primary adapter comprising a plurality of primary lips extending outward from an inner surface of the primary adapter and forming a primary recess in the primary adapter, wherein the cradle is shaped and dimensioned to receive the primary adapter;

    a door pivotally attached to one of the primary lips;

    a connection port that matingly receives an electrical connector of a first computing device, wherein the connection port is disposed on the door, and the door pivots away from the one of the primary lips,wherein the door is substantially parallel to the inner surface of the primary adapter when pivoted away from the one of the primary lips; and

    a secondary adapter comprising a plurality of secondary lips extending outward from an inner surface of the secondary adapter and forming a secondary recess in the secondary adapter,wherein the primary recess is shaped and dimensioned to receive the first computing device directly into the primary recess when the secondary adapter is not mounted in the primary recess, and receive the secondary adapter directly into the primary recess when the first computing device is not mounted in the primary recess,wherein the secondary recess is shaped and dimensioned to receive a second computing device having a smaller size than the first computing device,wherein the cradle, the primary adapter, the secondary adapter, the first computing device, and the second computing device are separable from each other.

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