Adjustable Clamp Presentation Mount for Variable-Size Display Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
There is a need for a versatile and secure system to present and hold portable display devices of various sizes, including mobile devices and books, in a manner that allows for adjustable orientations and secure attachment to different surfaces, particularly to prevent damage during use by children.
Innovation Solution
A portable-device presentation system featuring a substantially-planar substrate with a first clamp and a second clamp that can be slidably positioned to securely hold devices of different sizes, with optional features like suction cups for surface attachment, adjustable stands for non-horizontal display, and securement to furniture or activity centers.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed clamp system is used to hold display devices, then the device structure is simple, but it cannot accommodate portable devices of different sizes
Solution Approach 1:
The clamp system employs a slidable mechanism where the second clamp can move along the substrate to adjust its position relative to the first clamp. This dynamic adjustment capability allows the clamps to accommodate display devices of various sizes while maintaining a relatively simple overall structure, resolving the contradiction between adaptability and complexity.
2Reliability
If a secure attachment system is used to prevent device falls, then device safety is improved, but the ease of operation for adjusting device position is reduced
Solution Approach 1:
The hand-operated securing member enables dynamic control of the clamp's gripping force. Users can easily adjust the device position by operating the securing member to release or tighten the clamp, achieving both secure attachment and ease of operation without compromising either requirement.
3Object-affected harmful factors
If projecting capturing features are added above the display device, then device protection during falls is improved, but the device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The projecting capturing features extend above the display device to contact the floor first during a fall, providing protective cushioning before the device itself impacts the ground. This design protects the device from damage while adding minimal structural complexity, as the projecting features are integrated into the existing clamp structure.
Data Source
AI summary
Apparatus and associated methods relate to a portable-device presentation system having a substantially-planar substrate; a first clamp coupled to the substrate; and a second clamp slidably coupled to the substrate, each of the first and second clamps having respective opposing contact surfaces that have substantially no curvature along axes substantially parallel to the substantially-planar substrate at a contact elevation above the substantially-planar substrate, wherein when a user slides the second clamp to a maximum display-size position and lays a display device on the substantially-planar substrate between the first clamp and the second clamp, the user may then secure the display device to the presentation system by sliding the second clamp to sandwich the display device between the two respective opposing contact surfaces and securing the second clamp using a hand-operated securing member. In various embodiments, a presentation system may secure portable display devices of many different sizes.