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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2015
Filed:
Jul. 16, 2012
Amy Prescott, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lawrence Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Roger Widner, Farmington, MN (US);
Farhad Nourbakhsh, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kris Verstockt, Taipei, TW;
Pei-yun Yang, Taipei, TW;
Amy Prescott, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Lawrence Zhou, Shanghai, CN;
Roger Widner, Farmington, MN (US);
Farhad Nourbakhsh, Apple Valley, MN (US);
Kris Verstockt, Taipei, TW;
Pei-Yun Yang, Taipei, TW;
BBY Solutions, Inc., Richfield, MN (US);
Abstract
A device and method is presented that attaches a tablet computer to a vehicle headrest. A two-piece mount has a headrest coupling and a tablet housing. The tablet housing has a rigid core attached to a flexible rim portion that secures the tablet computer within the tablet housing. The rigid core has a circular cavity in the rear. The headrest coupling mounts to headrest posts in a vehicle using hinged arms and locking clips. The headrest coupling further has a circular attachment disk that fits within the circular cavity of the tablet housing. Retractable tabs in the circumference of the attachment disk fit within tracks in the walls of the circular cavity. The tabs prevent accidental separation of the tablet housing from the headrest coupling, and allow rotation of the tablet housing when attached to the headrest coupling.