Patent ID: 8611076

Claim:
A multi-positional stand and under cabinet mount for a tablet computer comprising: (a) a mounting plate of rigid material and being substantially flat and of sufficient size for temporarily joining to the back of a tablet computer, (b) a means for temporarily joining said mounting plate to the center of the back surface of said tablet computer whereby a user can easily detach or re-attach said tablet computer to or from said mounting plate without requiring a tool, (c) a hinge member having a top portion and a bottom portion, (d) a means for rotationally joining said mounting plate to the front of said top portion of said hinge member whereby allowing a user to manually rotate the face of said attached tablet computer about an axis running perpendicular to and centered on said face of said tablet computer thereof, (e) a base member having a front end and a flat bottom surface, (f) 2 partially-threaded locking pins, (g) a hinge pin about which said hinge member can rotate, (h) 2 lock washers which provide friction between said hinge member and said base member, (i) a means for pivotably connecting the bottom portion of said hinge member to the front end of said base member whereby said base member remains in a fixed position while said hinge member can be in anyone of an infinite number of angular positions with respect to said base member within a predetermined range of motion rotating about said hinge pin whereby the recline angle of an attached tablet computer can be changed, (j) 2 cam-actuated handles, (k) a means for manually locking and unlocking the position of said hinge member with respect to said base member in anyone of an infinite number of angular positions within said range of motion of said hinge member and said base member by the manipulation of said 2 cam-actuated handles whereby the screen of said attached tablet computer can be viewed, touched, rotated, pivoted and angularly locked in ways and in positions that are useful to a user, (l) a base mount having a top edge and a bottom surface, (m) a means for fixedly attaching said top edge of said base mount to the bottom of a flat surface, such as a shelf, or, the bottom or side of a cabinet, (n) a means for temporarily, rotationally, and slide-ably mounting said bottom surface of said base member of said stand to said bottom surface of said base mount whereby said attached tablet computer can be viewed, manipulated, rotated, pivoted, tilted, swung forward, fully retracted under a cabinet or shelf and angularly locked in ways and in positions that are useful to a user.