Various mountings are disclosed for holding a portable screen device in an attitude for hands-free viewing. The mountings are particularly, but not exclusively, useful for supporting portable screen devices (522, FIG. 5A) from the seat-back trays (528) found in passenger vehicles, when the trays are in the “up” position. Each mounting comprises a pair of hooked members (510), each hooked member having a spine (515) provided with first and second hook portions (512, 514) arranged on opposite sides of the spine to face in mutually opposed directions. Each hook portion (512, 514) comprises an open end and a closed end bounded by outer and inner, mutually opposed sides of the hook portion. Various embodiments are disclosed that are also capable of supporting portable screen devices when seat-back trays are in the “down” position, see e.g., FIG. 5B. In most embodiments, both hook portions (512, 514) are unitary with the spine (515), which comprises the inner side of both hook portions, but embodiments are also proposed in which the first hook portion (612, FIG. 6) is formed separately from the spine (615) and is selectively positionable thereon. When in use as a mounting, the hooked members 510, FIG. 5A) are spaced apart from each other and the second hook portions (514) receive the screen device (522), which spans the distance between the hooked members.
Tablet PC and Smartphone Mount
13.12.2018
Patent
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
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