Patent ID: 11877634
Assignee: SPECULATIVE PRODUCT DESIGN, LLC
Field: Other consumer goods (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 0:
1. A support apparatus for an article, comprising:
a first channel comprising: two long edges, wherein each of the two long edges comprises a side tab channel;
a second channel disposed below the first channel such that a top portion of the second channel and a bottom portion of the first channel are coincident, the second channel comprising:
an upper long edge;
a lower long edge; and

a deployable stand disposed in the first channel, comprising:
a first panel comprising:
a first magnet oriented in a first direction;
two side edges;
a side tab extending from each of the two side edges into the corresponding side tab channel;
a first panel bottom edge;

a second panel comprising:
a top edge hingedly connected to the first panel bottom edge;
a second panel bottom edge;
a second magnet oriented in a first direction;

a third panel comprising:
a top edge that is that is hingedly attached to the second panel bottom edge;
a third panel bottom edge that is hingedly attached to a lower edge of the first channel;

a shuttle disposed in the second channel, such that a top of the shuttle is coplanar with the bottom portion of the first channel, the shuttle comprising:
a third magnet oriented in a first direction;
a fourth magnet oriented in a second direction;

wherein the shuttle is adapted to translate in the second channel from:
a first position characterized by the third magnet being disposed under the first channel in proximity to the second magnet, thereby generating a magnetically attractive force constraining the deployable stand to an undeployed position, to
a second position characterized by the fourth magnet being disposed under the first channel in proximity to the second magnet, thereby generating a magnetically repulsive force resulting in the second panel translating outwardly to the first channel, to
a third position characterized by the third magnet being disposed under the first channel in proximity to the first magnet, thereby generating a magnetically attractive force which urges the deployable stand into a deployed position, and holds the deployable stand in the deployed position.