Ventilation-mounted holder, in particular for electronic devices

• US 10,308,191 B2
• Filed: 10/31/2017
• Issued: 06/04/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 11/15/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Harald Richter
• Original Assignee: Harald Richter
• Inventors: Richter, Harald
• Primary Examiner(s): Newhouse, Nathan J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Vanterpool, Lester L
• Application Number:
  US15/798,485
• Publication Number:
  US 20180134231A1
• Time in Patent Office: 581 Days
• Field of Search: 224483
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/00 Arrangements for holding or mounting articles, not otherwise provided for
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0241 for telephones
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0252 for personal computers, e.g. laptops, notebooks
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0008 Ventilation grilles
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0059 using clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/007 using magnetic means
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0089 around three axes, i.e. universally mounted

Abstract

A ventilation-mounted holder for attachment on a ventilation lamella assembly in vehicles for mounting electronic devices or other articles includes a carrier body onto which a holding bracket for engagement over a ventilation lamella is arranged on the backside, and a holding device for a smartphone or a tablet is arranged on the front side. The carrier body is configured as an elongated carrier arm. The holding bracket and at least one further holding bracket are each arranged rotatably and spaced apart from one another on an end region of the carrier arm, and the holding device is arranged on the opposite end region of the carrier arm.

Claims

1. Ventilation-mounted holder for attachment on a ventilation lamella assembly in vehicles for mounting electronic devices or other articles, the holder comprising:

a carrier body configured as an elongated carrier arm having a length and a first end region and a second end region opposite said first end region, and

having a front side and a back side,

at least two holding brackets each for engagement over a ventilation lamella being arranged on the backside of the carrier body,

said at least two holding brackets being arranged on said first end region of the carrier arm and being spaced from each other along the carrier arm, said at least two brackets each being rotatably arranged on the carrier arm, and each of the at least two holding brackets is disposed to be displaceable by a small distance in a longitudinal direction of the carrier arm, and a holding device for an electronic device or other article, said holding device being arranged on the front side of the carrier body and on said second end region of the carrier arm,

said holding device being arranged on said second end region of the carrier arm.

2. Ventilation-mounted holder according to claim 1, wherein the holding device is connected to the carrier arm by means of a universal joint.

3. Ventilation-mounted holder according to claim 1, wherein the carrier arm is configured as a half-shell construction.

4. Ventilation-mounted holder according to claim 1, wherein each holding bracket is associated with an actuating mechanism comprising a small hand wheel the rotational movement of which is translated into an axial movement of a stem by means of a threaded engagement, wherein the actuating mechanism, in cooperation with the ends of the two holding bracket elements of each holding bracket, opens the holding bracket upon axial movement of the stem in one direction, and closes the bracket upon axial movement of the stem in the other direction.

5. Ventilation-mounted holder according to claim 4, wherein the holding brackets are replaced with holding hooks, and the holding hooks are in each case moveable between a release position and a holding position by means of the small hand wheel via the axially moveable stem.