Patent Publication Number: US-10780840-B1

Title: Cellphone stand drawer apparatus

Description:
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     BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     (1) Field of the Invention 
     The disclosure relates to cellphone holders and more particularly pertains to a new cellphone holder for supporting a cellphone in a vehicle. 
     (2) Description of Related Art Including Information Disclosed Under 37 CFR 1.97 and 1.98 
     The prior art relates to cellphone holders. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     An embodiment of the disclosure meets the needs presented above by generally comprising a housing having a housing left side, a housing right side, a housing top side, a housing bottom side, an open housing front side, and a housing back side defining a housing interior. A drawer track is coupled to the housing and comprises a left track and a right track coupled to the housing left side and the housing right side, respectively, within the housing interior. A pair of drawer sides is coupled to the drawer track. The pair of drawer sides comprises a left drawer side and a right drawer side slidably coupled to the left track and the right track, respectively. The pair of drawer sides slide between a closed position within the housing interior and an open position extending from the housing front side. A drawer front is coupled to the pair of drawer sides. The drawer front is perpendicularly coupled to a distal end of each of the pair of drawer sides. The drawer front conforms to the housing front side to cover the housing interior with the drawer sides in the closed position. A brace is coupled to the pair of drawer sides. The brace is perpendicularly coupled between the left drawer side and the right drawer side. An opener arm is coupled to the brace and the housing and extends from the housing back side to the brace and is telescopic and spring-loaded. The opener arm moves the pair of drawer sides from the closed position to the open position. A touch latch is coupled to the housing and the drawer front. The touch latch comprises a male engagement member coupled within the housing interior proximal the housing front side and a female engagement member coupled to an inner face of the drawer front. The male engagement member and the female engagement member are selectively engageable to secure the pair of drawer sides in the closed position. A cradle axle is coupled to the pair of drawer sides. The stand axle perpendicularly extends between the left drawer side and the right drawer side proximal the respective distal ends. A pair of cradle arms is coupled to the cradle axle. Each of the pair of cradle arms has a tubular portion and an extension portion. The tubular portion is slidably and pivotably coupled around the cradle axle. The extension portion extends from the tubular portion. The pair of cradle arms pivots on the cradle axle between a down position with the extension portion of each cradle arm parallel with the drawer track and an up position with the extension portion of each cradle arm perpendicular with the drawer track. The pair of cradle arms is configured to secure a cellphone. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the disclosure in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the disclosure that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     The objects of the disclosure, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the disclosure, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWING(S) 
       The disclosure will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an isometric view of a cellphone stand drawer apparatus according to an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  is an in-use view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 3  is a front elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 4  is a side elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  is a top plan view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
         FIG. 6  is a side elevation view of an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 6  thereof, a new cellphone holder embodying the principles and concepts of an embodiment of the disclosure and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 6 , the cellphone stand drawer apparatus  10  generally comprises a housing  12  having a housing left side  14 , a housing right side  16 , a housing top side  18 , a housing bottom side  20 , an open housing front side  22 , and a housing back side  24  defining a housing interior  26 . The housing  12  is configured to be installed into a dash panel of a vehicle or to be mounted within the vehicle interior of the vehicle. A drawer track  28  is coupled to the housing  12 . The drawer track  28  comprises a left track  30  and a right track  32  coupled to the housing left side  14  and the housing right side  16 , respectively, within the housing interior  26 . A pair of drawer sides  34  is coupled to the drawer track  28 . The pair of drawer sides  34  comprises a left drawer side  36  and a right drawer side  38  slidably coupled to the left track  30  and the right track  32 , respectively. The pair of drawer sides  34  slide between a closed position  40  within the housing interior  26  and an open position  42  extending from the housing front side  22 . The drawer sides  34  may slidingly contact the housing bottom side  20 . A drawer front  44  is coupled to the pair of drawer sides  34 . The drawer front  44  is perpendicularly coupled to a distal end  46  of each of the pair of drawer sides  34 . The drawer front  44  conforms to the housing front side  22  to cover the housing interior  26  with the drawer sides  34  in the closed position  40 . The drawer front  44  comprises a medial portion  48  and a pair of lateral portions  50 . The medial portion  48  is pivotably coupled to a bottom edge  52  of the drawer front  44 . The medial portion  48  pivots between a folded position  54  aligned with the pair of lateral portions  50  and an extended position  56  hanging below the bottom edge  52 . An outer face  58  of the drawer front  44  is rounded. 
     A brace  60  is coupled to the pair of drawer sides  34 . The brace  60  is perpendicularly coupled between the left drawer side  36  and the right drawer side  38 . An opener arm  62  is coupled to the brace  60  and the housing  12 . The opener arm  62  extends from the housing back side  24  to the brace  60  and is telescopic and spring-loaded. The opener arm  62  moves the pair of drawer sides  34  from the closed position  40  to the open position  42 . A touch latch  64  is coupled to the housing  12  and the drawer front  44 . The touch latch  64  comprises a male engagement member  66  coupled within the housing interior  26  proximal the housing front side  22  and a female engagement member  68  coupled to an inner face  70  of the drawer front  44 . The male engagement member  66  and the female engagement member  68  are selectively engageable to secure the pair of drawer sides  34  in the closed position  40 . The male engagement member  66  may have a rectangular body portion  70 , a rectangular neck portion  72 , and a pair of curved latch arms  74  extending from within the body portion  70  through the neck portion  72 . The female engagement member  68  may have a pair of attachment arms  76  perpendicularly extending from the inner face  70  and a catch  78  perpendicularly coupled to the pair of attachment arms  76 . When the drawer front  44  is pressed the male engagement member  66  and the female engagement member  68  disengage to allow the opener arm  62  to move the pair of drawer sides  34  to the open position  42 . 
     A cradle axle  80  is coupled to the pair of drawer sides  34 . The cradle axle  80  perpendicularly extends between the left drawer side  36  and the right drawer side  38  proximal the respective distal ends  46 . A pair of cradle arms  82  is coupled to the cradle axle  80 . Each of the pair of cradle arms  82  has a tubular portion  84  and an extension portion  86 . The tubular portion  84  is slidably and pivotably coupled around the cradle axle  80 . The extension portion  86  extends from the tubular portion  84 . The pair of cradle arms  82  pivots on the cradle axle  80  between a down position  88  with the extension portion  86  of each cradle arm  82  parallel with the drawer track  28  and an up position  90  with the extension portion  86  of each cradle arm  82  perpendicular with the drawer track  28 . 
     Depending upon placement of the apparatus  10  within the vehicle, the pair of cradle arms  82  in the up position  90  may not be fully perpendicular. The tubular portion  84  of each of the pair of cradle arms  82  has a spring  92 . The spring  92  of each cradle arm  82  moves the pair of cradle arms  82  from the down position  88  to the up position  90 . The pair of cradle arms  82  is configured to secure a cellphone. The extension portion  86  of each of the pair of cradle arms  82  has a squared U-shape profile and is configured to secure a cellphone front and a cellphone back of the cellphone. A cradle stop  94  is coupled to the pair of drawer sides  34 . The cradle stop  94  perpendicularly extends between the left drawer side  36  and the right drawer side  38  proximal the drawer front  44 . The cradle stop  94  contacts the extension portion  86  of each of the pair of cradle arms  82  in the up position  90 . A charger  96  is coupled to the housing  12 . The charger  96  has a charger contact  98  integrated into the pair of cradle arms  82  and a DC power plug  100  configured to connect to a cigarette lighter of the vehicle. The charger contact  98  may be a power cord or a wireless charging pad. 
     In use, the user pushes outer face  58  of the drawer front  44  to disengage the touch latch  64  allowing the opener arm  62  to move the pair of drawer sides  34  from the closed position  40  to the open position  42 . The pair of cradle arms  82  is adjusted to receive the cellphone in the desired position. The medial portion  48  of the drawer front  44  is moved to the extended position  56  to allow access to the cellphone. The pair of cradle arms  82  may then be folded back to the down position  88  and the pair of drawer sides  34  moved to the closed position  40  to store the cellphone within the apparatus  10 . 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of an embodiment enabled by the disclosure, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by an embodiment of the disclosure. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the disclosure. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the disclosure to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the disclosure. In this patent document, the word “comprising” is used in its non-limiting sense to mean that items following the word are included, but items not specifically mentioned are not excluded. A reference to an element by the indefinite article “a” does not exclude the possibility that more than one of the element is present, unless the context clearly requires that there be only one of the elements.