Cell phone mount with slidable jaws

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11117526-B2
Application number	US-202016887682-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 29, 2020
Priority date	Oct 28, 2018
Publication date	Sep 14, 2021
Grant date	Sep 14, 2021

Abstract

A personal electronic device mount has a mounting bracket with a left jaw, a right jaw and a central support. The mount, which can be used for large cell phones, permits the device to be held in either a “portrait” orientation or a “landscape” orientation. Each of the left jaw, right jaw and central support has an engagement plate with plural corrugations that constrain the left and right jaws to horizontal sliding movement. The corrugations form surfaces on each of the engagement plates which interface with corresponding surfaces on each of the other engagement plates. The engagement plates of the left and right jaws move with respect to each other and with respect to the engagement plate of the central support. A left jaw clamp and a right jaw clamp independently affix the left jaw engagement plate and the right jaw engagement plate to the central support engagement plate at positions as desired by the user.

First claim

I claim:

1. A mount for a personal electronic device, the mount comprising:
a base;
a mounting bracket supported by the base and coupled thereto by a connector, the mounting bracket comprising a central support joined to the connector, a left jaw and a right jaw;
the central support having a central support engagement plate, the central support engagement plate having a left jaw engagement surface and a right jaw engagement surface, each engagement surface of the central support engagement plate having a plurality of horizontally elongate; central support corrugations;
the right jaw having a right jaw engagement plate that is operable to slide horizontally with respect to the central support engagement plate, the right jaw engagement plate having a central support engagement surface and a left jaw engagement surface, each engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate having a plurality of horizontally elongate, right jaw corrugations;
the left jaw having a left jaw engagement plate that is operable to slide horizontally with respect to the central support engagement plate and the right jaw engagement plate, the left jaw engagement plate having a central support engagement surface and a right jaw engagement surface, each engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate having a plurality of horizontally elongate, left jaw corrugations;
wherein ones of the right jaw corrugations are operable to slide along ones of the central support corrugations, wherein others of the right jaw corrugations are operable to slide along ones of the left jaw corrugations, and wherein ones of the left jaw corrugations are operable to slide along ones of the central support corrugations, thereby permitting the independent sliding adjustment of the left jaw with respect to the central support and the right jaw with respect to the central support in order to fit to a predetermined length of the electronic device; and
at least one clamp for affixing the left jaw to the central support and for affixing the right jaw to the central support.

2. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the right, aw and the left jaw may be slidably adjusted to fit either a predetermined length of the personal electronic device or a predetermined width of the personal electronic device.

3. The mount of claim 1 , wherein said at least one clamp is one of first and second clamps, the first clamp affixing the left jaw to the central support, the second camp affixing the right jaw to the central support.

4. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the corrugations of the central support, the right jaw and the left jaw each include at least one rib and at least one groove.

5. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the central support engagement plate is disposed to the rear of the right jaw engagement plate, the central support engagement plate having a front face, the right jaw engagement plate having a rear face, the right jaw engagement surface of the central support plate being a portion of the front face of the central support engagement plate.

6. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the central support engagement plate is disposed to the rear of the left jaw engagement plate, the left jaw engagement plate having a rear face, the central support engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate being a portion of the rear face, the central support engagement plate having a front face, the left jaw engagement surface of the central support plate being a first portion of the front face of the central support engagement plate.

7. The mount of claim 6 , wherein the central support engagement plate is disposed to the rear of the right jaw engagement plate, the right jaw engagement plate having a rear face, the right jaw engagement surface of the central support engagement plate being a second portion of the front face of the central support engagement plate, the second portion being different from the first portion, the central support engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate operable to slide along the second portion of the front face of the central support engagement plate.

8. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the right jaw engagement plate is disposed forwardly of the central support engagement, plate, the right jaw engagement plate having a rear face and the central support engagement plate having a front face, the central support engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate being a portion of the rear face of the right jaw engagement plate, the central support engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate operable to slide horizontally along the front face of the central support engagement plate.

9. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the right jaw engagement plate is disposed rearwardly of the left jaw engagement plate, the right jaw engagement plate having a front face and the left jaw engagement plate having a rear face, the right jaw engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate being a portion of the rear face of the left jaw engagement plate, the right jaw engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate operable to slide horizontally along the from face of the right jaw engagement plate.

10. The mount of claim 9 , wherein the right jaw engagement plate is disposed forwardly of the central support engagement plate, the right jaw engagement plate having a rear face opposed to the front face of the right jaw engagement plate, the central support engagement plate having a front face, the central support engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate being fort ed on the rear face of the right jaw engagement plate, the central support engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate operable to slide horizontally along the front face of the central support engagement plate.

11. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the left jaw engagement plate is disposed forwardly of the central support engagement plate, the left jaw engagement plate having a rear face, the central support engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate being a portion of the rear face of the left jaw engagement plate, the central support engagement plate having a front face, the left jaw engagement surface of the central support engagement plate being a portion of the front face of the central support engagement plate, the central support engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate operable to slide horizontally along the front face of the central support engagement plate.

12. The mount of claim 1 , wherein the left jaw engagement plate is disposed forwardly of the right jaw engagement plate, the left jaw engagement plate having a rear face, the right jaw engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate being a first portion of the rear face, the right jaw engagement plate having a front face, the left jaw engagement surface of the right jaw engagement plate being formed on the front face of the right jaw engagement plate, the right jaw engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate operable to slide horizontally along the front face of the right jaw engagement plate.

13. The mount of claim 12 , wherein the left jaw engagement plate is disposed forwardly of the central support engagement plate, the central support engagement plate having a front face, the left jaw engagement surface of the central support engagement plate formed on a portion of the front face of the central support engagement plate, the central support engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate being a second portion of the rear face of the left jaw engagement plate, the second portion being different from the first portion, the central support engagement surface of the left jaw engagement plate operable to slide horizontally along the front fa

Assignees

• Macneil Ip Llc

Inventors

• Iverson David S

Classifications

• B60R2011/0087

  around two axes · CPC title

• H04B1/3888

  Arrangements for carrying or protecting transceivers · CPC title

• B60R2011/0084

  with adjustment by linear movement in their operational position · CPC title

• B60R11/02 Primary

  for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof · CPC title

• B60R11/0241 Primary

  for telephones · CPC title