Patent ID: 8233269

Claim:
An apparatus for securing at least one electronic device within a vehicle, comprising: an enclosure defining an inner volume and including a first aperture for receiving the electronic device into, and removing the electronic device from, the inner volume; and a housing containing the enclosure and including a second aperture at least one window disposed on the housing and the enclosure such that information displayed on the at least one electronic device is viewable therethrough, wherein the enclosure is rotatable within the housing about an axis of rotation, such that: (i) in at least one first rotation position the first and second apertures are in registration with one another and the electronic device may be received within and removed from the inner volume through both apertures, (ii) in at least one second rotation position, different from the first rotation position, the first and second apertures are not in registration with one another and the electronic device may not be received within or removed from the inner volume through both apertures, and (iii) the window faces a direction parallel to the axis of rotation of the enclosure within the housing.