Patent ID: 8827222

Claim:
An apparatus for mounting a tablet personal computer or other portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a mounting means connected to a hanger by a connector element, wherein the hanger comprises a rod and wherein said connector element comprises a block, wherein said block comprises a means for holding the rod so that the rod passes through one or more apertures in said block so that said rod is rotatable about its longitudinal axis and a central portion of the rod is housed inside a substantially hollow area of the block, wherein said mounting means comprises a dome fixedly attached to said connector element and a suction cup attached to a distal end of a dowel that passes through an aperture in said dome so that said dome substantially covers said suction cup and said dowel rotates about its longitudinal axis, and wherein said dowel comprises a terminal knob at a proximal end of said dowel, and wherein said terminal knob engages a lift block connected to a lever assembly attached to said dome so that pushing down on a lever of said lever assembly causes said lift block to engage and push against said terminal knob so that said suction cup is drawn towards said dome until said dome abuts said suction cup substantially tightly; and wherein the apparatus further comprises cordage descending vertically from the rod and attaching to a four-sided frame, said cordage having an effective length corresponding to a distance between the hanger and the frame; an adjustment means for adjusting the effective length of the cordage, the adjustment means comprising two spools, one of said spools residing near each of two ends of the rod, where each of said spools is attached to an end portion of the cordage; at least one horizontally oriented pair of clips, comprising two opposing clips for holding the tablet personal computer or other portable electronic device between them, said horizontally oriented pair of clips being attached on opposite lateral sides of the frame; at least one vertically oriented clip for supporting a bottom edge of the tablet personal computer or other portable electronic device, said vertically oriented clip being attached to the bottom side of the frame, and, a reversible shaft-locking means alternatively preventing and allowing rotation of the rod about its longitudinal axis.