Abstract:
A support for video playback devices includes a headwear device, a support mechanism, and a holding mechanism. The support mechanism is connected to the headwear device. The holding mechanism is connected to the support mechanism, and is used to hold a video playback device. Viewing distance and angle of the video playback device is adjusted by varying relative positions of the headwear device and the support mechanism and by varying relative positions of the support mechanism and the holding mechanism. The structure of the support for video playback devices is simple. The support for video playback devices is useful when a user lies down, thus improving the user&#39;s sense of experience.

Description:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION 
       [0001]    This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610358437.1, filed May 26, 2016, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in the entirety. 
       FIELD 
       [0002]    The present disclosure relates to supports for video playback devices. 
       BACKGROUND 
       [0003]    Conventional supports for video playback devices are adapted to be placed on a horizontal surface. The conventional supports for video playback devices are useless when a user lies down, thus causing inconvenience to the user and reducing the user&#39;s sense of experience. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0004]    Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views. 
           [0005]      FIG. 1  is a schematic perspective view of a support for video playback devices of the present disclosure. 
           [0006]      FIG. 2  is a schematic exploded perspective view of the support for video playback devices of  FIG. 1 . 
           [0007]      FIG. 3  is a schematic exploded perspective view of the support for video playback devices of  FIG. 1  shown in another viewing direction. 
           [0008]      FIG. 4  is an enlarged view of IV in  FIG. 2 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0009]    It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the exemplary embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the exemplary embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the exemplary embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure. 
         [0010]    The term “comprising” means “including but not limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series, and the like. 
         [0011]    With reference to  FIG. 1 , an exemplary embodiment of a support  1  is adapted to support a video playback device  2  for facilitating viewing of the video playback device  2  by a user. The video playback device  2  may be a smart phone, tablet, MP4, and so on. The support  1  includes a headwear device  11 , a support mechanism  12 , and a holding mechanism  13 . The support mechanism  12  is connected between the headwear device  11  and the holding mechanism  13 . The holding mechanism  13  is used to hold the video playback device  2 . Viewing distance and angle of the video playback device  2  is adjusted by varying relative positions of the headwear device  11  and the support mechanism  12  and by varying relative positions of the support mechanism  12  and the holding mechanism  13 . 
         [0012]    With further reference to  FIG. 2 , the holding mechanism  13  includes a holder  131 , two positioning members  132 , and a space  1313 . The holder  131  has a body  1311 , two baffles  1312 , and a plurality of slots  1314 . The body  1311  has an inner surface and an outer surface. The baffles  1312  extend perpendicular from the inner surface of the body  1311 . The slots  1314  are formed through at least one of the baffles  1312 . The two positioning members  132  are respectively inserted into two of the slots  1314 . The space  1313  is defined between the body  1311 , the baffles  1312 , and the positioning members  132 , and is adapted to receive the video playback device  2 . The two positioning members  132  may be inserted into different slots  1314  to adjust a size of the space  1313  so as to hold different sized video playback devices  2  in the space  1313 . In the present exemplary embodiment, the holder  131  is integrally molded from polypropylene. The body  1311  is rectangular and has two long sides and two short sides. The two baffles  1312  respectively extend perpendicular from the two long sides of the body  1311 . The width of each slot  1314  is 4 mm. 
         [0013]    With further reference to  FIG. 3 , in the present exemplary embodiment, each slot  1314  is formed through the at least one baffle  1312  and the body  1311 . Each positioning member  132  is integrally molded from polypropylene, and includes an insertion portion  1321 , a holding portion  1322 , and an operating portion  1323 . The holding portion  1322  is adapted to hold the video playback device  2 , and has an inner surface and an outer surface. The insertion portion  1321  is formed on the inner surface of the holding portion  1322 , and is inserted into the slot  1314 . The operating portion  1323  is formed on the outer surface of holding portion  1322 , and is provided for the user to insert the insertion portion  1321  into the slot  1314 . The contact area between the holding portion  1322  and the video playback device  2  may be adjusted by changing the width of the holding portion  1322 , thereby ensuring that the video playback device  2  is securely held by the holding portion  1322 . 
         [0014]    In the present exemplary embodiment, the body  1311  has two holes  13111 . The holding mechanism  13  further includes a shaft  133 . The shaft  133  is mounted on a middle portion of the outer surface of the body  1311 , and has two holes  1330 , and two ends. The two holes  1330  of the shaft  133  respectively align with the two holes  13111  of the body  1311 . Two screws respectively pass through two groups of aligned holes  1330 ,  13111  of the shaft  133  and body  1311  to secure the shaft  133  to the body  1311 . The two ends of the shaft  133  respectively protrude from the two short sides of the body  1311 . The support mechanism  12  includes two support rods  121  and two first screws  122 . Each support rod  121  is integrally molded from polypropylene, and has a plurality of holes  1211  along its longitudinal direction. The two ends of the shaft  133  are respectively inserted into two holes  1211  of the two support rods  121 . The two first screws  122  respectively pass through the two ends of the shaft  133  to secure the shaft  133  to the two support rods  121 . The two ends of the shaft  133  may be inserted into different holes  1211  of the two support rods  121  to vary the relative positions of the holding mechanism  13  and the support mechanism  12  so as to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device  2 . In another exemplary embodiment (not shown), the support mechanism  12  includes two support rods  121 . Each support rod  121  has a chute. The holding mechanism  13  further includes two sliders at its opposite sides. The two sliders are respectively received in the chutes of the two support rods  121 . The two sliders may slide in the chutes of the two support rods  121  to vary the relative positions of the holding mechanism  13  and the support mechanism  12  so as to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device  2 . In still another exemplary embodiment (not shown), the support mechanism  12  includes two support rods  121 . Each support rod  121  has a groove with teeth. The holding mechanism  13  further includes a shaft  133  having two ends. The two ends of the shaft  133  are respectively inserted into the grooves of the two support rods  121 . The shaft  133  may be moved along the grooves of the two support rods  121  to vary the relative positions of the holding mechanism  13  and the support mechanism  12  so as to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device  2 . In still another exemplary embodiment (not shown), the headwear device  11  may be connected to the support mechanism  12  by the connection structure of the holding mechanism  13  and the support mechanism  12  described in the exemplary embodiments above, and the relative positions of the headwear device  11  and the support mechanism  12  may be varied to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device  2 . 
         [0015]    In the present exemplary embodiment, the headwear device  11  includes a housing  111 , a head pad  112 , a neck pad  113 , two ear pads  114 , an earphone  115 , and two covers  116 . The housing  111  is integrally molded from polypropylene, is hollow to form a chamber  1113  therein. The chamber  1113  is adapted to receive the head of the user. The head pad  112  and the neck pad  113  are made of a soft material such as foam, and are attached to an inner surface of the housing  111 . The thickness of the head pad  112  is 8 mm, and the thickness of the neck pad  113  is 20 mm, to achieve a better user experience. The housing  111  has two side walls  1111  and a connecting wall  1112  between the side walls  1111 . The chamber  1113  is defined between the side walls  1111  and the connecting wall  1112 . A middle of an outer surface of the connecting wall  1112  is a flat surface  11121 . The headwear device  11  can be securely placed on a horizontal surface because of the flat surface  11121 . Each side wall  1111  has a receiving member  1114  at its outer surface. The earphone  115  has two speakers  1151 , a first wire  1152 , a second wire  1153 , and a plug  1154 . The two speakers  1151  are respectively received in the receiving members  1114  of the two side walls  1111 . The two covers  116  respectively cover openings of the two receiving members  1114  to hold the speakers  1151  in the receiving members  1114 . The two ear pads  114  are respectively attached to inner surfaces of the two side walls  1111 , and respectively correspond to the two speakers  1151 . The ear pads  114  are used in conjunction with the speakers  1151  to achieve a better sound effect. 
         [0016]    In the present exemplary embodiment, each receiving member  1114  has four holes  1116  at its four corners, and each cover  116  has four protrusions  1161  corresponding to the four holes  1116  of the receiving member  1114 . The protrusions  1161  of the two covers  116  are respectively inserted into the holes  1116  of the two receiving members  1114  to secure the covers  116  to the receiving members  1114 . Each cover  116  further has a hole  1160 . The first wire  1152  has two ends respectively passing through the holes  1160  of the two covers  116  to connect the two speakers  1151 . The second wire  1153  has two ends, one of the ends of the second wire  1153  is connected to one of the ends of the first wire  1152 , and the other end of the second wire  1153  is connected to the plug  1154 . The plug  1154  is connected to the audio jack  21  of the video playback device  2  such that the user can listen to the audio signal of the video playback device  2  through the speakers  1151 . 
         [0017]    With reference to  FIGS. 2 and 4 , in the present exemplary embodiment, each cover  116  is made of aluminum alloy, and has a plurality of screw holes  1162 . Each support rod  121  has an end portion  1212  secured to the headwear device  11 , and a plurality of projections  123  extending therefrom adjacent to the end portion  121 . The end portion  1212  has a hole  12121 . Each projection  123  has at least one hole  1231 . The support mechanism  12  further includes a plurality of second screws  124 . Two second screws  124  respectively pass through the holes  12121  of the end portions  1212  of the two support rods  121  and respectively pass through two screw holes  1162  of the two covers  116  to secure the end portions  1212  of the support rods  121  to the covers  116 , another two second screws  124  respectively pass through the holes  1231  of two projections  123  of the two support rods  121  and respectively pass through another two screw holes  1162  of the two covers  116  to secure the projections  123  of the end portions  1212  to the covers  116 , such that the support rods  121  are fixedly mounted to the covers  116 . The two second screws  124  may pass through the holes  12121  of the end portions  1212  of the two support rods  121  and pass through different screw holes  1162  of the two covers  116 , and the another two second screws  124  may pass through the holes  1231  of different projections  123  of the two support rods  121  and pass through different screw holes  1162  of the two covers  116 , to vary the relative positions of the headwear device  11  and the support mechanism  12 , so as to adjust the viewing angle of the video playback device  2 . 
         [0018]    In use, the video playback device  2  is placed in the space  1313  of the holding mechanism  13 , and the insertion portions  1321  of the positioning members  132  are inserted into the slots  1314  of the holder  131  such that the video playback device  2  is held by the holding portions  1322  of the positioning members  132 . The two ends of the shaft  133  are inserted into different holes  1211  of the two support rods  121 , and are secured by the first screws  122 , to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device  2 . The two second screws  124  pass through the holes  12121  of the end portions  1212  of the two support rods  121  and pass through different screw holes  1162  of the two covers  116 , and the another two second screws  124  pass through the holes  1231  of different projections  123  of the two support rods  121  and pass through different screw holes  1162  of the two covers  116 , to adjust the viewing angle of the video playback device  2 . 
         [0019]    The exemplary embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a support for video playback devices. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the exemplary embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.