Patent ID: 6171127
Filing Date: 2001-01-09
Classification: H02J,Y10S

Abstract:
A holder for a portable electronic device including a retention mechanism therebetween, the holder having a body defining an opening extending into a cavity for receiving the device, and a shutter rotatably mounted with respect to the body and resiliently biased towards a closed position in which said opening is substantially blocked by the shutter from an open position in which the opening is substantially unblocked by the shutter so as to expose said cavity, the retention mechanism comprising complementary formations provided respectively on the holder and the device, and pivot members adapted to locate the device with respect to the holder and in use cooperating to allow pivoting of the device in relation to the holder between an unlocked condition and a locked condition in which the complementary formations interengage, wherein said shutter is arranged to urge the device about the pivot members from said unlocked condition towards said locked condition.