RU2738123C1 - Stand for mobile device - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: hand or travelling articles.

SUBSTANCE: invention relates to accessories for mobile devices, namely supports for smartphones and tablets. Stand comprises support plate (1) with holes (2 and 3), which is attached to body (4) or case of mobile device, or in case are made holes, and on rotary segment (5) of base (6) and on support bar (7) there are fastening elements (8) forming together with support plate (1) with holes or case with holes mechanisms of detachable attachment of support to mobile device in its working unfolded and folded states. Fastening elements (8) of support bar (7) are located on it and on segment installed as capable of rotation in form of connecting bar (9). It is possible to mount the stand in two ways: by means of segment (5) and connecting bar (9) or only by means of connecting bar (9) with support of housing (4) on base (6).

EFFECT: achieved technical result consists in considerable increase in the inclination angle range of the mobile device, which provides convenient viewing of the display and possibility of using the camera in the timer mode when the camera lens is aimed at the subject from high, medium and low positions of the mobile device, as well as in using the stand due to its compactness as a constant attachment to the mobile device.

4 cl, 16 dwg

Description

The invention relates to the field of accessories for mobile devices, namely stands for smartphones and tablets.

The presence of a large number of various stands: a selfie tripod, a magnetic stand on the table, a case with a folding leg, a case with a smartphone holder used as a stand, a case in the form of a folding book-stand, presented on the Internet, reflects the real need of users for them, but analysis shows that their functionality is limited. In particular, there is practically no combination of such characteristics of the stand, such as its ability to provide the possibility of taking pictures when working with the camera without the participation of an unauthorized person using the lens shutter timer at various tilt angles of the mobile device, including greater than 90 degrees, i.e. the ability to perform the function of a selfie stand and its portability, lightness and the possibility of permanent attachment to the smartphone, without causing inconvenience to the user. Either these devices are bulky and heavy, or the tilt angle is not adjustable, and you can take a picture with the lens turned down, using the timer, only by placing your smartphone or tablet high, for example, on a cabinet lid. Or this function can be used, but only in one position, for example, landscape.

Known patent N92494660, published 10.10.2013, Bulletin N928, IPC А45С 11/00 (2006.01) "Auxiliary device with magnetic fastening". In it, the protective cover contains segments that are folded in such a way that a magnetic attachment is formed between the magnetically attractive insert and the magnet, forming the structure used to support the tablet computer. The disadvantage of this design is the impossibility of adjusting the tilt of the computer tablet.

Known patent N92564988, published on 10.10.2015, bulletin N928, IPC N04M 1 \ 11 (2006.01), H05K 5 \ 00 (2006.01), A45C 11 \ 00 (2006.01) "Case-transformer for tablet computers or mobile phones) ). In it, the cover contains a housing, a rear wall and a front one, which are connected by a movable frame and a support frame with a stop. Such a case allows the tablet to tilt at an angle of more than 90 degrees, but is very complicated, bulky, inconvenient to use and not universal.

The closest is a portable stand for a mobile device Quikstand Mobite Device Stand, presented on the Internet on the website of the American manufacturer Nite lze: https: //www.niteize.com/product/QuikStand.asp; date of creation of the publication on the site May 13, 2019 (screenshot of the site page with the date is attached), on-line. The support contains a base, at one end of which there is a rotatable segment, and at the other end, a support bar is rotatably located, which with its end freely fits all the way into the opening of the support plate, the lower part of which is rotatably fixed on the base. The body of the mobile device rests on the base and is fixed on both sides by a pivoting segment and a base plate with the possibility of turning the body. When the support bar rests on various holes in the support plate, the tilt angles of the mobile device change.

The disadvantage of this model is the narrow range of change in the angle of inclination of the smartphone or tablet, approximately from 45 to 90 degrees, which not only limits the optimal viewing conditions for the display, but also makes it impossible to install the mobile device at angles greater than 90 degrees, in which, due to the lack of fastening of the support strips to the base plate, they are disconnected and the mobile device overturns, which means that it is impossible to take photographs using the timer from low positions, for example, from a table, chair, hemp of a tree, floor, ground, beach sand, etc. In addition, this stand, despite its small size, is not attached to a smartphone, but is contained separately in a wallet or in a business card book and is carried in a bag, which creates inconvenience to use.

The aim of the invention is to expand the functionality of the stand for mobile devices. The technical result consists in a significant increase in the range of the angle of inclination of the mobile device, which provides convenient viewing in portrait and landscape orientation (horizontal or tilted in the plane of the mobile device) by a wide range of users and the possibility of using the camera in the timer mode when pointing the camera lens at the subject from high, medium and low positions of the mobile device, as well as in the use of the stand due to its compactness as a permanent attachment to the mobile device, which does not cause inconvenience to the user.

The technical result is due to the attachment of a separate element of the stand to the mobile device, the presence of detachable attachment elements on the rotary segments of the supporting parts of the structure and the use of their various positional combinations when attaching the stand to its separate element on the mobile device, namely, it is achieved by the fact that the base plate with holes for in the portrait and landscape arrangement of the smartphone is attached (for example, glued) to the body or case of the mobile device, or holes are made in the case itself, and the fastening elements are located on the pivoting segment of the base, the support bar and its segment mounted with the possibility of pivoting at its free end, which together with the base plate with holes or a case with holes form mechanisms for detachable fastening of the stand to the mobile device in its working unfolded and folded state.

This makes it possible to mount the stand in two ways: using the base and support bar segments or only using the support bar segment, which significantly increases the tilt range of the mobile device. In the first method, the angle changes from 15 to 85 degrees, and in the second from 60 to 140 degrees, because when only a segment of the support bar is attached to the support plate or case with holes, the lower end of the mobile device body can move freely along the base with support on it. This allows the camera to be used in self-timer mode at high, middle and low positions.

In addition, in the folded state, all of its movable elements are located in one plane, and their fasteners enter the holes of the base plate or case, and the contour of each movable structural element, except for the base, is limited by the inner contour of the element to which it is attached. Thanks to this, the stand is compact and can be used as a permanent attachment to a mobile device without causing any inconvenience to the user.

The release mechanism can be of various types, for example, mechanical or magnetic. Of greatest interest from the point of view of practical execution and operation are magnetic fastening mechanisms, consisting of magnets protruding above the surface of the structural elements to which they are attached, to the thickness of the base plate or case with holes, and a magnetically attractive insert located between the base plate with holes and the body of the mobile device or its case, or between the body of the mobile device and the case with holes, and the segment of the support strip is made in the form of a connecting strip with two magnets installed with the possibility of rotation.

The magnet of the rotary base segment is attached by magnetic force to the magnet located at the free end of the connecting strip, thus forming a rigid triangle-shaped stand, which is retained when the stand is detached from the smartphone, which is convenient in operation, for example, when moving the smartphone from the book position in landscape or stand-alone position on the table. Also, the rigid shape of the magnetic stand in the form of a triangle allows the smartphone to be installed in landscape orientation high above the supporting surface with the upper magnet of the stand on one of the holes in the center of mass of the smartphone, providing access to the bottom end button and the ability to tilt the smartphone in its plane parallel to the eye line of the user lying on the side.

The description of the invention is illustrated by drawings, which are illustrative materials:

FIG. 1 - location of the base plate with holes on the smartphone body, general view;

FIG. 2 - unfolded inoperative position of the stand on the plane, general view;

FIG. 3 - folded stand on the smartphone body, general rear view;

FIG. 4 - stand folded on the smartphone body, general side view;

FIG. 5 - mechanism for detachable fastening of the base segment, the support bar and the connecting bar with the support plate, section, enlarged scale;

FIG. 6 is a stand attached to the base plate by means of the base and the base plate, general view;

FIG. 7 is a stand attached to the support plate by means of a support bar with the smartphone support in the book position on the base, general view;

FIG. 8 is a stand attached to the case by means of a base and a support bar, general view;

FIG. 9 - mechanism for detachable fastening of the base segment, support strip and connecting strip with a case, section, enlarged scale;

FIG. 10 - stand in working position, in which only the lower magnet of the connecting strip is inserted into the upper opening of the case, general view;

FIG. 11 - stand in an inverted position, general view;

FIG. 12 - landscape position of the smartphone when attaching two magnets of the connecting strip to it, general view;

FIG. 13 - landscape position of the smartphone when attaching the upper magnet of the connecting strip to the hole 2, general view;

FIG. 14 - landscape position of the smartphone when attaching the upper magnet of the connecting strip to the lower hole 3, general view;

FIG. 15 - stand attached to the case by means of a support bar with a smartphone support in a book position on the base, general view;

FIG. 16 - stand attached to the case by means of a support bar with a smartphone support in landscape position on the base, general view.

FIG. 1 shows the location of the base plate with holes on the smartphone body, general view. The base plate 1, made, like other parts of the stand, of plastic, with holes 2 (for portrait orientation of the smartphone) and 3 (for landscape orientation) is attached, for example, glued to the body 4 of the smartphone. In the same way, the base plate 1 can be attached not only to the body, but also to the smartphone case.

FIG. 2 shows the unfolded inoperative position of the stand on the plane, general view. On the pivoting segment 5, which is pivotally located (for example, on an axis) at one end of the base 6, and at the free end of the support bar 7, which can be rotated (for example, on an axis) at the other end of the base 6, there are fastening elements for the magnets 8 The fastening element at the free end of the support bar 7 is located on a segment, which is a connecting bar 9 with two magnets 8, pivotally mounted (for example, on an axis).

FIG. 3 shows a folded stand on a smartphone body, a general rear view. The outer contour of each structural element, except for the base 6, whose dimensions are equal to the dimensions of the base plate 1, is limited by the inner contour of the element to which it is attached. Therefore, when folded, the entire structure is a compact rectangle within the area of the base 6. On the support bar 7 near the axis of the base 6, there is a magnet 8, which participates in attaching the stand to the smartphone only in its folded state. The holes 2 in the base plate 1 are made in such a way that all the magnets 8 coincide with them, forming the fastening mechanisms in the folded state of the stand.

The folded side view of the stand is shown in FIG. 4.

FIG. 5 shows a typical mechanism for detachable fastening of a base segment, a support strip and a connecting strip with a support plate in section and on an enlarged scale. The magnets 8 protrude above the surface of the structural elements to which they are attached (pressed) by the thickness of the base plate 1 with holes equal to 1.5 ... 2 mm. Magnetically attractive inlay 10, which is a thin sheet with a thickness of 0.3 mm or ferroshite (soft iron), is equal in size to the dimensions of the base plate 1 and is located between the base plate 1 with holes and the body 4 of the smartphone and is rigidly attached to them (glued) ... The protruding parts of the magnets freely enter the holes of the base plate 1 close to the magnetically attractive tab 10, which ensures maximum attraction of the fastening elements and prevents the stand elements from moving relative to the smartphone body.

FIG. 6 shows a stand attached to the base plate by means of a base and a support bar, general view. In the working unfolded state of the stand, the magnets 8 of the connecting strip 9, which freely enter the holes of the base plate 1 and are attracted to the magnetically attractive tab 10, resist the detachment of the support bar 7 from the base plate 1, and the magnet 8 of the rotary segment 5 of the base 6 is attached due to magnetic force to the magnet 8 located at the free end of the connecting strip 9, while a rigid form of the stand in the form of a triangle is formed, which is retained when the stand is detached from the smartphone, and when supported without attachment, the angle of the smartphone is 15 degrees. When attaching the swivel segment 5 and the connecting strip 9 to different holes 2, the angle of inclination of the smartphone will change from 30 to 85 degrees. Fastening the stand to the smartphone by means of two of its elements ensures stable fixation of the body 4 on the supporting surface.

FIG. 7 shows the stand attached to the support plate by means of the support bar with the smartphone support in the book position on the base, general view. When attaching to the base plate 1 only the free end of the support bar 7 by means of the connecting bar 9, the lower end of the housing 4 has the ability to move freely along the base 6 with support on it, while the angle of inclination of the housing 4 can be set from 60 degrees and more than 90 degrees to 140, those. The smartphone camera can be used in timer mode when set to high, middle and low positions. For a stable inclined position of the body 4, the surface of the base 6 is coated, for example, with a rubber paint to increase the friction between the body and the base.

FIG. 8 shows a general view of the stand attached to the case by means of a base and a support bar, general view. In this embodiment, the base plate is not used. Its role is played by the case 11, in which holes are made (for example, punched out), as in the base plate 1. In this case, as shown in FIG. 9, which shows a typical mechanism for detachable fastening of a base segment, a support strip and a connecting strip with a case in section and on an enlarged scale, the magnetically attractive tab 10 is located between the smartphone body 4 and its case 11, and its length for this option is equal to the distance between the bottom end case and the camera lens window (Fig. 8). In this case, the stand, the elements of which are made of plastic with a thickness of 2 ... 3 mm, becomes even more compact by the thickness of the base plate.

This stand option is the most efficient in terms of compactness and convenience and works as follows. If it is necessary to install the stand for viewing the display, the edge of its base 6 (Fig. 3) is squeezed out by the user, the magnetic fasteners of the pivoting segment 5 and the support bar 7 are detached from the case 4, except for the magnets of the connecting bar 9. The base 6 and the support bar 7 rotate around the axes, and the magnet 8 of the pivoting segment 5 is applied to the magnet of the connecting strip 9 (FIG. 8). Because the lower magnet works for separation, and the upper one for the clamp, then it is sufficient to insert only the lower magnet of the connecting strip 9 into the hole, for example, as shown in FIG. 10, where the lower magnet is inserted into the uppermost opening of the case. In this position, the connecting strip 9 forms a smartphone tilt angle of 30 degrees. In this case, due to the fact that the length of the magnetically attracting tab 10 reaches the lens window, the upper magnet is also attracted to it, which is convenient, for example, when carrying a smartphone in the suspended position of the stand. When leaning on the detached stand, the angle of the smartphone is 15 degrees. Than in the lower holes the magnets of the connecting strip 9 are installed, the greater the angle of inclination the smartphone will acquire (up to 45 degrees).

FIG. 11 shows the stand in an inverted position, general view. To set even larger angles of inclination, the stand is turned over by the user with the base 6 up and the support bar 7 down. With this position of the stand, the same happens: the lower the holes the magnets of the connecting strip 9 are installed, the greater the angle of inclination the smartphone will acquire (from 45 to 85 degrees).

FIG. 12 shows the landscape position of the smartphone when two magnets of the connecting strip are attached to it, general view. To move the smartphone from the portrait position to the landscape position, the stand is attached by magnets to the connecting strip 9 in the holes 3 (Fig. 1), while the smartphone rests on its side end.

Holes 3 and hole 2 located between them are made on the axis of the center of mass of the smartphone (Fig. 1). Therefore, the stand can be attached to the smartphone in landscape position with one magnet. FIG. 13 shows the landscape position of the smartphone when attaching the upper magnet of the connecting strip to the hole 2, general view. If it is necessary to often operate the button 12 located on the bottom of the smartphone with one hand, the stand must be attached with the upper magnet of the connecting strip 9 by inserting it into hole 2, creating a gap between the bottom end of the smartphone case 11 and the supporting surface. Also, the stand can be attached with the upper magnet of the connecting strip 9 to the lower hole 3, as shown in FIG. 14. At the same time, the high position above the supporting surface allows you to significantly tilt the smartphone body 4 in its plane parallel to the user's eye line, which is convenient for sick people lying on their side, or for those who like to watch videos while lying on their side on a sofa.

FIG. 15 shows a stand attached to the case by means of a support bar with a smartphone support in a portrait position on the base, general view. If it is necessary to use a smartphone camera in the timer mode, the stand is attached to the smartphone by means of a connecting strip 9 with the installation of its two magnets in such holes of the case 11, in which the axis connecting the support strip 7 with the base 6 is below the bottom end of the case 11, by about 5 ... 6 mm, which makes it possible to move the bottom end along the base 6 with support on its surface in such a position of the smartphone, at which its tilt angle is set from 60 to 140 degrees, which allows shooting in timer mode from high, middle and low positions.

The installation of the smartphone on the stand in the landscape position for taking pictures with the camera in the timer mode is shown in Fig. 16, in which the stand is turned by the free end of the strap 9 upwards so that it does not interfere with the movement of the lower end of the case 11 along the base 6.

Information sources

1. Patent for invention No. 2494660, published 10.10.2013, Bulletin No. 28, IPC А45С 11/00 (2006.01) "Auxiliary device with magnetic fastening".

2. Patent for invention No. 2564988, published on 10.10.2015, bulletin No. 28, IPC Н04М 1/11 (2006.01), Н05K 5/00 (2006.01), А45С 11/00 (2006.01) "Case-transformer for tablet computers or mobile phones ”.

3. Portable stand for a mobile device Quikstand Mobite Device Stand, presented on the Internet on the website of the American manufacturer Nite lze: https: //www.niteize.com/product/QuikStand.asp; date of creation of the publication on the site May 13, 2019 (screenshot of the site page with the specified date is attached), on-line.

Claims (4)

1. A stand for a mobile device, consisting of a base with an element for fastening the body of a mobile device, at one end of which a pivoting segment is located, and at the other end of which a support bar is rotatably located, and a support plate with holes, characterized in that the support plate with holes is attached to the body or case of the mobile device, or holes are made in the case itself, and the fastening elements are located on the rotary segment of the base, on the support bar and its segment mounted with the possibility of pivot at its free end, which form together with the support plate with holes or the case with holes mechanisms for detachable fastening of the stand to a mobile device in its working unfolded and folded states. 2. A stand for a mobile device according to claim 1, characterized in that when only a segment of a support bar is attached in a deployed working state to a support plate or a case with holes, the lower end of the mobile device body can move freely along the base with support thereon. 3. A stand for a mobile device according to claim 1, characterized in that in the folded state, all of its movable elements are located in one plane, and their fasteners enter the holes of the base plate or case, and the contour of each movable structural element, except for the base, is limited to the inner the outline of the element to which it is attached. 4. Stand for a mobile device according to PP. 1-3, characterized in that the detachable fastening mechanism is made in the form of magnets protruding above the surface of the structural elements to which they are attached, to the thickness of the base plate or case with holes, and a magnetically attractive tab located between the base plate with holes and the case the mobile device or its case, or between the case of the mobile device and the case with holes, and the segment of the support strip is made in the form of a connecting strip with two magnets.

Images