Patent ID: 8996777
Filing Date: 2015-03-31
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A mobile device dock comprising a base, a cradle formed to include a compartment sized to receive a mobile device, the cradle coupled to the base for movement from a home position to a first input position relative to the base in response to a user input force being applied to the cradle, a sensor unit coupled to the base and configured to detect movement of the cradle from the home position to the first input position, and return means for creating a haptic feedback force, opposite the user input force, in response to the user input force being applied to the cradle so that a user applying the user input force feels the haptic feedback force during movement of the cradle from the home position to the first input position and so that the cradle moves back to the home position from the first input position when the user input force is removed from the cradle.