Patent ID: 8360373
Filing Date: 2013-01-29
Classification: A47F,F16M,H05K

Abstract:
1. A display apparatus for portable GPS units, comprising: a base having a lockable panel that conceals an interior space at least partially defined by the base; a plurality of mounting sleeves coupled to the base; a plurality of mounting posts lockingly engaged with the mounting sleeves in the interior space at least partially defined by the base; a plurality of mounting brackets secured to the plurality of mounting posts, each of the mounting brackets fixedly retaining a respective portable GPS unit of a plurality of portable GPS units so that the respective portable GPS unit is rigidly secured relative to the base; and a power supply unit concealed in the base and having a plurality of power ports shaped to receive automotive accessory power plugs from the plurality of portable GPS units fixedly retained in the mounting brackets; wherein: each of the plurality of mounting posts extends upwardly from the corresponding one of the plurality of mounting sleeves through and upwardly beyond the top surface of the base.