Holder for detachably fastening a flat device to a motor vehicle seat

US11813989B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kinetix AG · CH

Inventors

• Michael Andreas Keller · Cannon Beach, US
• Wojtek Dyczka · Simmersfeld, DE
• Jürgen Heidinger · Munich, DE
• Peter Spang · Gau-Bickelheim, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: May 2, 2022
• Grant date: Nov 14, 2023
• Expiry date: May 2, 2042

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B60R2011/0087
• WIPO field: Transport
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

The invention relates to a holder (10) for detachably fastening a flat, approximately rectangular device—such as a tablet computer or a smartphone—to a motor vehicle seat (20), wherein the holder has a fastening device (12) for the detachable plug-in fastening of the holder to a plug-in receptacle (18) allocated to the motor vehicle seat, and wherein the holder has a holding device (24) for detachably holding the device to the holder, wherein the fastening device and the holding device are connected to one another via a coupling element (36), wherein the coupling element is connected to the fastening device via a first joint and to the holding device via a second joint, wherein the joints are designed as swivel joints with a first swivel joint (42) and a first swivel axis (38) and with a second swivel joint (44) and a second swivel axis (40), wherein the first swivel axis and the second swivel axis are oriented parallel to one another.