Movable Accessory Mount for Ergonomic Laptop Display Expansion
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional article mounting approaches for consumer electronics devices, such as laptops, often fail to provide ergonomic and efficient attachment of accessory items, limiting user productivity and comfort due to constraints in display size and portability.
Innovation Solution
An article mounting apparatus with a main body and a movably attached article attachment body, featuring retention members that allow for selective and ergonomic positioning of accessory items, including additional visual displays, cameras, and other devices, enabling increased visual display area and functional accessibility.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Area of moving object
If the display size of laptop computers is increased, then the visual display area is improved, but the portability deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The display system is segmented into a main laptop display and a separate accessory display that can be independently attached or removed. This allows the visual display area to be expanded without permanently increasing the size or weight of the laptop itself, maintaining portability while providing larger display capability when needed.
Solution Approach 2:
The accessory display is positioned in a different spatial dimension relative to the laptop, extending the visual display area outward rather than expanding the laptop chassis. This dimensional approach allows display area expansion without compromising the compact form factor and portability of the laptop.
2Adaptability or versatility
If accessory items are added to laptop computers, then functionality is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting apparatus is designed with universal retention members that can accommodate multiple types of accessory items (displays, cameras, microphones, speakers) through a single standardized interface. This allows the laptop to gain diverse functionalities without requiring separate mounting mechanisms for each accessory type, thereby limiting the increase in device complexity.
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting apparatus incorporates movable and adjustable components that allow accessories to be dynamically positioned and repositioned. This dynamic capability enables the system to adapt to different functional needs without requiring multiple fixed mounting structures, maintaining simplicity while enhancing versatility.
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AI summary
An article mounting system comprises an article mounting apparatus and an article (e.g., accessory item) including a first article mount integral therewith. The article mounting apparatus comprises a main body and a first article attachment body. The first article attachment body is movably attached to the main body for enabling the first article attachment body to be moved between a first use position relative to the main body and a second use position relative to the main body. The first article attachment body includes set of retention members engageable with a set of mating retention members of the first article mount. Such engagement provides for the first article mount to be releasably retain in a selected one of a plurality of available mounting positions relative to the first article attachment body.