Patent Abstract:
A fixation device includes a base assembly including a suction disk and a base; a horizontal rotating assembly pivoted to the base assembly and rotating pivotally along a central axis of the base assembly; a first angle adjusting assembly pivoted to the horizontal rotating assembly and rotating pivotally along an axis perpendicular to the central axis of the base assembly; and a second angle adjusting assembly pivoted to the first angle adjusting assembly and rotating pivotally along an axis perpendicular to the rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly. The suction disk includes a disk arm extending upward and the base has a supporting column extending upward. The supporting column and disk arm pivotally joint with a locking tab. By flicking the locking tab, the suction disk is capable of sucking on and disengaging from a plane surface.

Full Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The present invention relates generally to a fixation device, particularly relates to a fixation device for communication equipments that is able to suck on a plane surface and adjust the horizontal angle, the vertical angle and the axial height. Thus, the communication equipments are placed in the most appropriate direction, height and angle. 
         [0003]    2. The Prior Arts 
         [0004]    The recent communication equipments such as mobile phones, PDAs and GPS provide convenient communicating functions. Users may use the communication equipments anytime and anywhere. However, how to dispose the communication equipments when the users are taking the conveyance or using another tools at the same time is a big problem. Although the conventional fixation device for the communication equipments provides the function for fixing the communication equipments on the conveyance, but due to the frame of the communication equipments are fixed, the users may not do any adjustment on the fixation device. Therefore, the conventional fixation device is inconvenient to operate which is against the ergonomics and the habit. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    A primary objective of the present invention is to provide a fixation device for the communication equipments, which is able to suck on a plane surface and adjust the horizontal angle, the vertical angle and the axial height. Therefore, the communication equipments are placed on the fixation device with the most appropriate direction, height and angle. 
         [0006]    According to the primary objective described above, the present invention provides a fixation device comprising a base assembly, a horizontal rotating assembly pivoted to the base assembly, a first angle adjusting assembly pivoted to the horizontal rotating assembly and a second angle adjusting assembly pivoted to the first angle adjusting assembly. The base assembly includes a suction disk, a locking tab and a base. The suction disk includes a disk arm. The disk arm is disposed at the center thereof, telescoped into a base spring and then the base from the bottom of the base, and pivotally jointed to the locking tab by a positioning pin. The suction disk is sucked on the plane surface when the locking tab is in a first position, and the suction disk disengages from the plane surface when the locking tab is in a second position. In addition, the base has a base cap with a first toothed portion arranged in horizontal and circular on the top surface thereof. The horizontal rotating assembly is pivoted to the top of the base by a connecting bar and a connecting screw and rotates horizontally. The horizontal rotating assembly includes at least one elastic piece for engaging with the first toothed portion. The horizontal rotating assembly is fixed in place by the engagement between the elastic pieces and the first toothed portion when the horizontal rotating assembly rotates relative to the base assembly. The horizontal rotating assembly further includes two stop members respectively disposed at two opposite sides thereof and moved vertically. A first elastic member is telescoped fit on each stop member. When the stop members move, the first elastic members are deformed. When the stop members are released, the first elastic members push them back to their initial position. The first angle adjusting assembly is pivoted to the horizontal rotating assembly and rotates pivotally along an axis perpendicular to a central axis of the base assembly. Part of the first angle adjusting assembly is a cylindrical structure and the cylindrical axis is the rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly. The first angle adjusting assembly includes a second toothed portion arranged at the bottom surface thereof and engaged with the stop members when the first angle adjusting assembly connects with the horizontal rotating assembly. A second angle adjusting assembly is pivoted to the first angle adjusting assembly and rotates pivotally along an axis perpendicular to the rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly. The second angle adjusting assembly comprises a third toothed portion and connects to the first angle adjusting assembly by a second screw, a second elastic member and a positioning member. The second angle adjusting assembly is fixed in place when the positioning member engages with the third toothed portion. The second angle adjusting assembly is rotatable when the positioning member disengages from the third toothed portion. 
     
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0007]    The present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art by reading the following detailed description of a preferred embodiment thereof, with reference to the attached drawings, in which: 
           [0008]      FIG. 1  is an assembly view showing a fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0009]      FIG. 2  is an exploded view of the fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0010]      FIG. 3  is a front cross-sectional view showing the fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0011]      FIG. 4  is a side cross-sectional view showing the fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0012]      FIG. 5  is an exploded view of a base assembly of the fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0013]      FIG. 6A  is a side view and a front cross-sectional view showing the base assembly of the fixation device in an initial condition in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0014]      FIG. 6B  is side view and a front cross-sectional view of the base assembly of the fixation device in an operational condition in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0015]      FIG. 7A  is an exploded view showing a horizontal rotating assembly in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0016]      FIG. 7B  is a schematic view showing a rotating direction of the horizontal rotating assembly in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0017]      FIG. 8  is a top cross-sectional view showing the horizontal rotating assembly of the fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0018]      FIG. 9  is an exploded view showing a connecting part and stop members of the fixation device in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0019]      FIG. 10A  is a schematic view showing a first angle adjusting assembly in rotating condition in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0020]      FIG. 10B  is a side cross-sectional view showing the first angle adjusting assembly in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0021]      FIG. 11  is an exploded view showing a positioning member and a second crew of a second adjusting assembly in accordance with the present invention; 
           [0022]      FIG. 12A  is a side cross-sectional view showing the second angle adjusting assembly in accordance with the present invention; and 
           [0023]      FIG. 12B  is a front view showing the second angle adjusting assembly in rotating condition in accordance with the present invention. 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT 
       [0024]    Referring to  FIG. 1 , a fixation device in accordance with an embodiment of the present invention comprises a base assembly  10 , a horizontal rotating assembly  20  pivoted to the base assembly  10  and rotating along an central axis of the base assembly  10 , a first angle adjusting assembly  30  pivoted to the horizontal rotating assembly  20  and rotating pivotally along an axis perpendicular to the axis of the base assembly  10  and a second angle adjusting assembly  40  pivoted to the first angle adjusting assembly  30  and rotated pivotally along an axis perpendicular to the rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly  30 . 
         [0025]    With reference to  FIGS. 2-4 , the base assembly  10  comprises a base  11  with a hollow supporting column  110  disposed at the center thereof and having a column recess  111  on a sidewall of the supporting column  110 . The base assembly  10  further comprises a base cap  12  having a base opening at a side surface and covering on the base  11 . A first toothed portion  120  is provided on the top surface of the base cap  12  and arranged in circularly and horizontal. The base assembly  10  further comprises a suction disk  13  made of a tenacious material. The suction disk  13  is provided with a disk arm  130  extended upward at the center of the suction disk  13 . Upper section of the disk arm  130  has a pinhole  131 . A base spring  14  is installed around the disk arm  130 . The base assembly  10  further comprises a positioning pin  16  and a locking tab  15  having two lugs  150 . Each of the lugs  150  has a lughole  151  and a projection  152  under the lug  150 . The disk arm  130  is installed into the supporting column  110  from the bottom of the base  11  through the base spring  14 . The positioning pin  16  pivotally joints with the supporting column  110 , the disk arm  130  and the locking tab  15  through the lugholes  151 , the column recess  111  and the pinhole  131 . When the suction disk  13  is placed on a plane surface and the locking tab  15  is flicked to a first position (flicked downward), the projections  152  is pressed on the base  11  and the disk arm  130  is raised upward by the lugs  150 . Accordingly, the suction disk  13  is sucked on the plane surface due to the negative pressure between the bottom of the suction disk  13  and the plane surface. Otherwise, the projections  152  disengage from the base  11  when the locking tab  15  is flicked to the second position (flicked upward). The disk arm  130  moves downward by the lugs  150  to release the suction disk  13  from the plane surface. 
         [0026]    The horizontal rotating assembly  20  of the present invention comprises a rotating base  21  with two stop member connecting parts  210 , having two first elastic members  211  telescoped thereby. At least one elastic piece  26  is disposed on the bottom of the rotating base  21 . The horizontal rotating assembly  20  connects to the base cap  12  by inserting a connecting screw  25  into a connecting bar  24 , the rotating base  21  and then the top of the base cap  12 . A rotating cap  22  comprises a cap opening  224  at the center, two cap recesses  221  and two cap holes  220 , and connects with the rotating base  21  by a cap-fixing pin  222 . Two stop members  23  are telescoped to the stop member connecting parts  210  on the rotating base  21  by passing through the cap recesses  221  of the rotating cap  22 . The stop members  23  move along an axial direction of the rotating base  21 . 
         [0027]    The first angle adjusting assembly  30  comprises a first angle adjusting base  31  having a second angle adjusting assembly recess  34  on the top surface thereof, a second toothed portion  310  on the bottom surface thereof, and a cavity  311  and a cavity  312  disposed on the opposite side thereof. The teeth of the second toothed portion  310  are arranged in a direction parallel to a rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly  30 . Two through holes  313  and  314  are arranged in the cavities  311  and  312  respectively. The first angle adjusting assembly  30  connects with the horizontal rotating assembly  20  by a connecting part  32  and a first screw  33 . 
         [0028]    The second angle adjusting assembly  40  of the present invention comprises a second angle adjusting base  41  having a third toothed portion  410  disposed circularly on both side surfaces thereof and connects with the second angle adjusting assembly recess  34  of the first angle adjusting assembly  30  by a second screw  44 , a second elastic member  45 , and positioning members  42  and  43 . 
         [0029]    As show in  FIG. 5 , the positioning pin  16  connects the suction disk  13 , the base  11  and the locking tab  15  by passing through the lugholes  151  of the locking tab  15 , the column recess  111  on the supporting column  110  and the pin hole  131  on the disk arm  130 . The suction disk  13  is in contact with the ground when the locking tab  15  is in the second position (as show in  FIG. 6A ). The suction disk  13  is disengaged from the surface plane. When the locking tab  15  is pressed to the first position (as show in  FIG. 6B ), the projections  152  are pressed on the base  11 , the positioning pin  16  drives the disk arm  130  upward, and the disk arm  130  pull the center of the suction disk  13  upward. There is a negative pressure between the suction disk  13  and the plane surface. Thus the fixation device sucks on the plane surface. 
         [0030]    As shown in  FIG. 7A , the rotating base  21  connects to the base assembly  10  by the connecting bar  24  and the connecting screw  25 . As shown in  FIGS. 7B and 8 , the horizontal rotating assembly  20  is rotatable along the central axis of the base assembly  10  after the rotating base  21  connects to the base assembly  10 . The elastic pieces  26  and the first toothed portion  120  are engaged thereby ensuring the horizontal rotating assembly  20  stops at the desired position. 
         [0031]    As shown in  FIG. 9 , the first angle adjusting assembly  30  connects with the horizontal adjusting assembly  20  by the connecting part  32  and the first screw  33 . The stop members  23  are disposed at a lateral surface of the horizontal rotating assembly  20 . The stop members  23  move along the axial direction of the rotating base  21  and are pushed back to an initial position by the first elastic members  211  when they are released. As shown in  FIGS. 10A and 10B , the second toothed portion  310  disengages from the stop members  23  when the stop members  23  move downward to leave the initial position. Therefore, the angle of the first angle adjusting assembly  30  is adjustable. The stop members  23  engage with the second toothed portion  310  of the first angle adjusting base  31  when the first elastic members  211  push the stop member  23  back to the initial position. Thus, the angle of the first angle adjusting assembly  30  is fixed. Lower part of the first angle adjusting assembly  30  is a cylindrical structure. A cylindrical axis is the rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly  30  and is perpendicular to the central axis of the base assembly  10 . 
         [0032]    As shown in  FIGS. 11 ,  12 A and  12 B, the second angle adjusting base  41  of the second angle adjusting assembly  40  is disposed in the second angle adjusting assembly recess  34  of the first angle adjusting assembly  30  by the second screw  44 , the second elastic member  45  and the positioning members  42  and  43 . The positioning member  42  moves outward with the second screw  44  when the positioning member  43  is pressed. The position member  42  disengages from the third toothed portion  410 . Therefore, the second angle adjusting assembly  40  is free to rotate as shown in  FIG. 12B . The positioning member  42  is pushed back to its initial position and engaged with the third toothed portion  410  by the second elastic member  45  when the positioning member  43  is released. Lower part of the second angle adjusting assembly  40  is a cylindrical structure. A cylindrical axis is the rotation axis of the second angle adjusting assembly  40  and is perpendicular to the rotation axis of the first angle adjusting assembly  30 . 
         [0033]    As mentioned, the fixation device described above with the communication equipments installed on the second angle adjusting assembly  40  is sucked on a surface by the suction disk  11  of the base assembly  10 . The rotation of the horizontal rotating assembly  20 , the first angle adjusting assembly  30  and the second angle adjusting assembly  40  achieves the purposes for user&#39;s ergonomics, habits and the convenient operation. 
         [0034]    Although the present invention has been described with reference to the preferred embodiment thereof, it is apparent to those skilled in the art that a variety of modifications and changes may be made without departing from the scope of the present invention which is intended to be defined by the appended claims.

Technology Classification (CPC): 1