Patent ID: 8979041
Filing Date: 2015-03-17
Classification: F16M,G06F

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for supporting a tablet, comprising: a case configured to receive the tablet, the case having a receiving plate; a swivel comprising a socket and a ball disposed and retained in the socket, the ball being rotatable relative to the socket and having a stud extending from a surface of the ball, a distal end of the stud being coupled to the receiving plate; a mounting post extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the first end being coupled to the swivel; a mounting bar extending along a longitudinal axis between a first end and a second end, the mounting bar defining an elliptical outer surface in a cross sectional plane perpendicular to the longitudinal axis, the mounting bar being hollow and having an inside diameter and an outside diameter, the mounting bar having a through hole proximate to the second end, the second end of the mounting post being received in the through hole and releasably fixed relative thereto, the mounting bar defining a mounting slot, the mounting slot comprising: the mounting bar further comprising a first clamping mechanism, a portion of which extends into the first end of the mounting bar towards the first radius of curvature of the mounting slot; wherein the first clamping mechanism is configured to engage an item having an elliptical outer surface positioned in the mounting slot, thereby urging the elliptical outer surface of the item against the first radius of curvature to releasably fix the mounting bar relative to the item by urging the item against the bearing edges and the leading edge.