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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 22, 2007
Filed:
Jul. 13, 2005
Dean Depay, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Abraham, Cupertino, CA (US);
Frederic Frappereau, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ray Gradwohl, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jacques Gagne, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Dean Depay, San Jose, CA (US);
Benjamin Abraham, Cupertino, CA (US);
Frederic Frappereau, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Ray Gradwohl, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Jacques Gagne, Los Gatos, CA (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A clamping device for rigidly securing a web camera, or other object, to a monitor. The clamping device includes a body portion and a clamping portion. Springs are provided within the device that allow the clamping portion to be slid away from the body portion against the bias of the springs. A first flipper is mounted to one side of the body portion and a second flipper is mounted to an opposite side of the body portion. The clamping device is positioned on the top edge of the monitor so that a front support portion of the clamping portion is positioned against a front surface of the monitor above the screen and the flippers are positioned against a back panel of the monitor. The spring tension between the clamping portion and the flippers rigidly secures the clamping device to the monitor.