Patent ID: 8701953

Claim:
An electronic flight bag mounting system comprising: a cockpit mounting member operable to mount to a console configured in the cockpit of an aircraft; and an electronic flight bag mounting member operable to mount to an electronic flight bag and releasably coupled to the cockpit mounting member through two or more coaxially-aligned pins of a plurality of pins, the electronic flight bag mounting member rotatable along a vertical axis formed by the two or more coaxially-aligned pins from a deployed position in which the display of the electronic flight bag faces a cockpit seat configured in the cockpit to a storage position in which the electronic flight bag faces away from the cockpit seat; wherein the electronic flight bag mounting member is removable from the cockpit mounting member by removal of another one of the plurality of pins from holes in both the cockpit mounting member and the electronic flight bag mounting member; and wherein the removal of the another one of the plurality of pins from holes in both the cockpit mounting member and the electronic flight bag mounting member enables rotation of the electronic flight bag mounting member about the vertical axis, relative to the cockpit mounting member.