Patent ID: 9150164
Filing Date: 2015-10-06
Classification: B60R

Abstract:
1. A vehicle entertainment system adapted to be mounted to a vehicle, and comprising a mounting bracket adapted for coupling to one of a dashboard of a vehicle, a vehicle seat, its headrest if present, and mounting posts for such a headrest, and into an arm-rest for a vehicle seat; a mounting arm mounted for rotation relative to the mounting bracket about a main axis arranged in use to extend generally horizontally; a monitor unit, having a front side and a rear side; the monitor unit having at least one structure enabling access to entertainment for a user, the structure being selected from the group comprising at least one of a monitor screen on said front side, controls for an audio system on said front side, controls for an audio system on said rear side, and a slot adapted for a tablet computer to dock therein both physically and electronically with the screen of the tablet computer exposed on the rear side; and the monitor unit being mounted to the mounting arm for rotation with the mounting arm about the main axis for adjustment of the angle of presentation of its front or rear side to suit a user; the monitor unit being coupled to the mounting arm by a pivot defining a pivot axis extending substantially at 45° to the main axis for rotation of the monitor unit relative to the mounting arm about said pivot axis, thereby enabling a user to select between presentation to the user when present, of a monitor screen on said front side, controls for an audio system on said front side, controls for an audio system on said rear side, and the screen of a tablet computer docked in said slot on the rear side of the monitor unit, in each case in a selected one of portrait and landscape modes.