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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 06, 2016
Filed:
Jul. 22, 2014
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Mark Gerlovin, Lexington, MA (US);
Sonos, Inc., Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments for a base and an assembly of a device and the base are provided. The assembly includes a device having at least one device alignment magnet along a surface of the device, and a base having, along an upper surface of the base, at least one base alignment magnet configured to act on the at least one device alignment magnet to align the device on top of the base, and at least one insert orthogonally plungable through the upper surface of the base. In a first position, the insert is below the upper surface of the base. In a second position, the insert protrudes the upper surface of the base and is contact with the device.