U.S. patent application number 11/140372 was filed with the patent office on 2006-12-14 for fixing seat.
Invention is credited to Eagle Fan.
Application Number | 20060278788 11/140372 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 37523307 |
Filed Date | 2006-12-14 |
United States Patent
Application |
20060278788 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Fan; Eagle |
December 14, 2006 |
Fixing seat
Abstract
A fixing seat includes a foundation bed and two clamping arms
arranged on opposite sides of the bed, respectively. At least one
of the clamping arms is movable transversely. A longitudinal slide
channel is formed in each clamping arm to movably receive at least
a protruding clamping portion that is movable along the slide
channel, whereby the longitudinal and transverse distances between
the clamping portions are both adjustable.
Inventors: |
Fan; Eagle; (Chu-Pei City,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
LIN & ASSOCIATES INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
P.O. BOX 2339
SARATOGA
CA
95070-0339
US
|
Family ID: |
37523307 |
Appl. No.: |
11/140372 |
Filed: |
May 27, 2005 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/309.1 ;
248/231.21 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F16M 2200/028 20130101;
F16M 13/02 20130101; F16M 11/041 20130101; F16M 13/00 20130101;
B60R 2011/0071 20130101; B60R 11/02 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/309.1 ;
248/231.21 |
International
Class: |
A47F 5/00 20060101
A47F005/00; A47B 96/06 20060101 A47B096/06; E04G 5/06 20060101
E04G005/06 |
Claims
1. A fixing seat, comprising: a foundation bed having opposite
sides; two clamping arms arranged on the sides of the foundation
bed, respectively, one of the clamping arms being transversely
movable with respect to the foundation bed, each clamping arm
defining a longitudinally extending slide channel along which a
protruding clamping portion is movable.
2. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein two clamping
portions, which are movable transversely, are arranged respectively
on two sides of the foundation bed.
3. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein an inverted
T-shaped check block is formed at the bottom portion of each
clamping portion and choked at the bottom edge of the slide channel
such that each clamping portion can only slide along the slide
channel without departing from it.
4. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein each clamping arm
comprises two clamping portions.
5. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 4, wherein the clamping
portions of the clamping arm are bent to face each other in an
arcuate curve.
6. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein an upwardly
protruded stop block is disposed on one side of the foundation
bed.
7. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 6, wherein a transverse
support rod is arranged in the bottom portion of the stop block and
plugged in the foundation bed to enable the stop block to move
transversely.
8. The fixing seat as claimed in claim 1, wherein a rotatable stop
block is arranged on one side of foundation bed such that the stop
block can protrude over the top surface of the foundation bed when
the stop block swivels up.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
[0001] 1. Field of the Invention
[0002] The present invention relates to a fixing seat especially
suitable for holding a small-size electronic product of various
shapes and/or measurements decently.
[0003] 2. The Prior Arts
[0004] To crop up as fast as the bamboo shoots after a spring rain,
so many small-size electronic products, such as MP3 portable
player, MP4 AV player, handy game player, cellular phone, and PDA,
are presented to the market one after another. For easy holding in
vehicle or another reason whatsoever, theoretically, an exclusive
fixing seat made for a mating product, namely one for one, is
preferred, however, for simplification, an average fixing seat is
commonly configured such that an electronic product can be fixedly
clamped by two clamping pieces having their width adjustable either
by one single or two movable clamping wings. The clamping pieces of
the fixing seat are such defective that they are immobile in
longitudinal direction. It is all right for the clamping pieces to
hold a cellular phone for example, because they are supposed to
clamp at the phone on two sides in a middle portion; however, a
lower half portion may be clamped this time in the case of a narrow
long handy game player or other AV player that does not seem stable
enough. Yet, a button disposed on a side surface of some electronic
product for a special purpose may be triggered unexpectedly.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
[0005] The primary object of the present invention is to provide a
fixing seat whose longitudinal clamping position is adjustable in
addition to the adjustable transverse clamping position, so that an
optimum clamping position is available for holding an electronic
product of diversified shapes or different measurements.
[0006] Another object of the present invention is to provide a
fixing seat suitable to clamp more kinds of electronic product
without causing impairments, in which the clamping position of
clamping portions may be adjusted for clamping products of specific
shapes; and it is possible to avert any accidental touch or damage
to switches by adjusting the clamping portions in longitudinal
direction.
[0007] Yet, another object of the present invention is to provide a
fixing seat with two rotatable stop blocks, which can be turned
flat to enable the fixing seat to clamp an electronic product at
its two sides of middle portion, and the foundation bed of the
fixing seat may be turned from a usual longitudinal state into a
transverse state to hence broaden the scope of usable products.
[0008] In order to realize above objects, a clamping arm is
arranged respectively on two corresponding sides of a foundation
bed of the present invention, in which at least a clamping arm is
movable transversely; a slide channel is provided to each clamping
arm at an edge thereof longitudinally; at least a protruding
clamping portion is formed slidable on the slide channel such that
a user may change the clamping position in the longitudinal
direction when necessary.
[0009] For more detailed information regarding advantages or
features of the present invention, at least one example of
preferred embodiment will be described below with reference to the
annexed drawings.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0010] The related drawings in connection with the detailed
description of the invention to be made later are described briefly
as follows, in which:
[0011] FIG. 1 is a perspective view of a fixing seat of the present
invention;
[0012] FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing the fixing seat of the
present invention under maximum extension;
[0013] FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view of the fixing seat of
the present invention;
[0014] FIG. 4 is a perspective view of another embodiment of the
present invention;
[0015] FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing another embodiment of
the present invention under maximum extension; and
[0016] FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing the present invention
under a practical application.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0017] As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, a fixing seat of the present
invention comprises a foundation bed 1 having a clamping arm 2, 3
disposed on each of two sides respectively. At least one clamping
arm is movable transversely by means of a pushbutton 11 arranged on
one side of the foundation bed 1 as well as the inside structure of
the fixing seat such that the clamping arm(s) can be moved
outwardly to change the distance between them for clamping an
electronic product of different widths. In the present invention,
since both the clamping arms 2, 3 are movable transversely, namely,
a dual-side clamping way is taken as understood in a similar
conventional interaction mechanism, hence it wouldn't be reiterated
herein.
[0018] Compared with a conventional fixing seat, each clamping arm
2, 3 is formed with a longitudinal slide channel 21, 31 having at
least an upwardly protruded clamping portion, while there are two
upwardly protruded clamping portions arranged on each clamping arm
in this preferred embodiment, namely: the clamping portion 22, 23,
32, and 33. Every clamping portion can be moved longitudinally
along the slide channel to which this clamping portion belongs in
order to change the clamping position in the longitudinal direction
so that a longer-size electronic product can be fastened stably,
and an accidental touch to an ON/OFF switch or button can be thus
averted effectively.
[0019] As shown in FIG. 3, each pair of correspondent clamping
portions 22, 23 or 32, 33 is arc-shaped, and is combined to form a
semicircle. However, the shape of a clamping portion is not so
limited, it may be formed in any shape whatever desired. Moreover,
the surface of inner side of each clamping portion is attached with
a shaped sponge 221, 231, 321, and 331 for preventing a clamped
object from being scratched. In addition, an inverted T-shaped
check block 222, 322 is formed on the bottom end of each clamping
portion 22, 32 (also, the same on the bottom end of the clamping
portion 23, 33). To assemble, each check block is descended through
a larger central opening 211, 311 then moved longitudinally and
checked at the bottom end of a correspondent slide channel 21, 31
such that the check block is allowed to slide along the channel
without departing from it.
[0020] In this embodiment, two sides of the bottom edge of the
foundation bed 1 are pivotally jointed with a rotatable stop block
5, respectively, such that the stop blocks 5 are rotated upwardly
to protrude over the top surface of the foundation bed 1 to prevent
an electronic product held thereon from being slid down as shown in
FIG. 2, or the stop blocks 5 may be rotated to lay horizontally as
shown in FIG. 1 for holding a long and narrow product. The detailed
structure is shown in FIG. 3, where the bottom end of each stop
block 5 is sheathed around a protruding pin 12 at the bottom edge
of the foundation bed 1 through a spring 13, and each stop block 5
is rotatably locked to the protruding pin 12 by means of a bolt 14.
Due to the interposed spring 13, each the stop block 5 is fastened
with a proper tension, so that it can be rotated and fixed then and
there wherever desired.
[0021] FIGS. 4 and 5 show another embodiment of the present
invention for improving a stop block 6 at the bottom edge of the
foundation bed 1. In this embodiment, two stop blocks 6 are
vertically disposed to protrude over the foundation bed 1, and a
support rod 61 arranged in the bottom end of the stop blocks can be
plugged in the foundation bed 1 such that the stop blocks 6 can be
moved outwardly a proper distance respectively according to
requirements for holding an electronic product of different widths
or specific shapes.
[0022] An electronic product may be used in diversified forms. For
example, it could be held vertically for normal use while
transversely for viewing video images, or the length thereof may be
far longer than the width. Referring to FIG. 6, a product 7 may be
held by laying the stop blocks 5 flat, then, clamping the middle
part of the product on two sides with the clamping portions 22, 23
of the clamping arm 2 and the clamping portion 32, 33 of the
clamping arm 3, and by so doing, it is possible to dodge some
pushbuttons. If it is so required to handle the product
transversely for appreciating video images, all a user has to do is
turn the entire foundation bed to the direction where the clamping
arm 2, 3 are located at a top and a bottom position, respectively,
and of course, under this situation, the foundation bed 1 has to be
fixed to a rotatable auxiliary sucker or any other auxiliary fixing
supporter.
[0023] In the above described, at least one preferred embodiment
has been described in detail with reference to the drawings
annexed, and it is apparent that numerous changes or modifications
may be made without departing from the true spirit and scope
thereof, as set forth in the claims below.
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