Patent ID: 9680317
Date: 2017-06-13
CPC Classifications: A45C,A47B,F16M,G06F,H02J,H04B,H04M,H05K

Claim:
1. A storage and management assembly for a plurality of portable electronic devices comprising: a vertical tower assembly for housing and locating a plurality of electronic cables for supplying power and transferring electronic data to a plurality of portable electronic devices; the tower assembly defining a cable management channel portion and a plurality of shelf portions coupleable to the channel portion in a stacked vertical array, each shelf portion providing a storage bay defined by a bottom portion and opposed edge portions extending upwardly along opposed sides of the bottom portion for supporting and retaining a portable electronic device on the shelf portion for storage and charging, at least one of the channel portion and of the shelf portions further defining a plurality of first cable support apertures for support of and entry and exit of electronic cables to and from the channel portion and the shelf portions and between the channel portion and each shelf portion, the plurality of first cable support apertures each providing electronic cable access for at least one electronic device supported by each of the shelf portions at spaced locations on the channel portion; the tower assembly further including a locking assembly having opposed first and second sidewalls, and a top wall coupled to the first and second sidewalls to overlap a topmost shelf portion of the tower assembly, at least one of the first and second sidewalls being coupleable to any one of the plurality of shelf portions and the channel portion, the locking assembly further providing at least one door pivotally coupleable to at least one of the first sidewall and the second sidewall and movable between an open position for permitting user access to the shelf portion storage bays and a closed position for selectively limiting access to the storage bays, the at least one door being engageable with a locking member on the tower assembly to selectively retain the at least one door in the closed position to secure electronic devices within the shelf portions for storage and charging.