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WO2006123266A1
WO2006123266A1 PCT/IB2006/051386 IB2006051386W WO2006123266A1 WO 2006123266 A1 WO2006123266 A1 WO 2006123266A1 IB 2006051386 W IB2006051386 W IB 2006051386W WO 2006123266 A1 WO2006123266 A1 WO 2006123266A1
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Jørgen LARSEN
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B21/00—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards
    • A47B21/03—Tables or desks for office equipment, e.g. typewriters, keyboards with substantially horizontally extensible or adjustable parts other than drawers, e.g. leaves
    • A47B21/0314—Platforms for supporting office equipment
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G06—COMPUTING OR CALCULATING; COUNTING
    • G06F—ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING
    • G06F1/00—Details not covered by groups G06F3/00 - G06F13/00 and G06F21/00
    • G06F1/16—Constructional details or arrangements
    • G06F1/1613—Constructional details or arrangements for portable computers
    • G06F1/1632—External expansion units, e.g. docking stations

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  • the invention relates generally to holders for devices such as a laptop computer that is typically used on or at a table and more specifically to such holders provided with means for protecting a device housed in or supported on the holder against theft,
  • laptop computers are often used in the same manner as stationary computers are being used, for instance in the office.
  • a so-called docking station is applied, which connects the laptop computer with the network (LAN) of the office and hence external communication networks such as the Internet and with the display screen, computer mouse, keyboard or other external devices.
  • the laptop computer is now used in the same manner and substantially with the same functionalities as the stationary computer.
  • the laptop computer is often placed on the user's desk together with the docking station and a number of cables and hence occupies a not inconsiderable amount of space on the desktop, which is a distinct disadvantage to the user
  • the laptop or other device is when not in use removed from a traditional position on the tabletop of for instance a desk to a position beneath the tabletop in such a manner that it takes up as limited a space beneath the tabietop as possible, hence not interfering with for instance the legs of a person seated at the desk.
  • a holder and support member for holding/accommodating and supporting a laptop computer or other device, said member being connected to said carrier system such that the holder and support member by extension/retraction of the carrier system can be displaced relative to said tabletop, between a retracted position where the holder and support member is located at least partly below the tabletop and an extended or drawn out position where the holder and support member is entirely free of the tabletop;
  • pivot means pivotally connecting said carrier system and said holder and support member, whereby the holder and support member can be brought from a substantially vertical orientation to a substantially horizontal orientation when the carrier system is in its extended or drawn out position.
  • a cover or lid member which together with a handle member makes access to the computer or other device in the holder system impossible when the holder system is in its retracted position totally or at least partly beneath the tabletop.
  • the laptop computer will not inconvenience the user as it is not placed under the desk but is in stead suspended in the holder system at an end of the desk.
  • a shorter desk may hence for instance be applied without the person sitting at the desk being annoyed by the presence of the computer, for instance in a drawer below the tabletop.
  • the laptop computer or the holder and support member itself can be used as an extra table when the holder is placed in a horizontal position-
  • the laptop computer can be secured against theft or unauthorised usage when it is suspended below the desk.
  • Figure 1 shows a holder system according to a first embodiment of the invention shown in a retracted, vertical position under the tabletop of a desk or table;
  • Figure 2 shows the holder system of figure 1 shown in an extended state, but with the holder still in the vertical position;
  • Figure 3 shows various details of the holder system of figure 1 ;
  • Figure 4 shows a detail of the holder system of figure 1
  • Figure 5 shows the holder system of figure 1 with the holder brought to a horizontal position parallel with the tabletop
  • Figure 6 shows further details of the holder system of figure 1 ;
  • Figure 7 shows the holder system of figure 1 with a handle member rotated to an open state providing access to a laptop computer placed on the holder;
  • Figure 8 shows a laptop computer supported by the holder system of the invention
  • Figure 9 shows various members of the holder system of the invention used to secure the holder in the horizontal position
  • Figures 10 and 11 show the holder system of figure 1 and attachment and support means for a laptop computer
  • Figures 12, 13 and 14 show a cover portion used to cover the holder and laptop computer when the holder system is in its retracted, vertical position;
  • Figures 15, 16, 17 and 18 show attachment means for attaching the holder system according to the invention to a tabletop;
  • Figures 19(a) and 19(b) show a second embodiment of the holder system according to the invention.
  • Figure 20 shows the holder system of figure 19 in an extended, vertical position
  • Figure 21 shows the holder system of figure 19 in an extended, horizontal position
  • Figure 22 shows the holder system of figure 19 with the cover in an open state
  • Figure 23 shows an alternative view of the holder system as shown in figure 22; and Figures 24 to figure 33 show a third embodiment of the holder system according to the invention depicted in various operational states.
  • FIG 1 there is thus shown a first embodiment of the holder system according to the invention generally indicated by reference numeral 1.
  • the holder system is shown in its retracted, vertically extending position under the tabletop 2 of for instance a desk.
  • the holder system comprises basically a holder and support part 3 for holding and supporting a laptop computer 4.
  • This holder and support part 3 is attached to the bottom surface of the tabletop by means of an extendable/retractable carrier system to be described in detail in the following by means of which system the holder and support member 3 can be displaced between the retracted position under the tabletop as shown in figure 1 and an extended position, where the holder and support member is free of the tabletop and thereby able to undergo a rotational movement bringing it to a substantially horizontal position parallel with the tabletop.
  • Figure 1 furthermore shows a pull handle 7 for pulling the holder and support member 3 outwardly into the extended position free of the tabletop and a lock 5 for locking the holder and support member 3 in its retracted position under the tabletop as shown in figure 1.
  • the holder system is furthermore in the shown embodiment provided with a docking station 6 for the computer, although the provision of a docking station is to be regarded as an option.
  • the holder system according to this embodiment comprises a shield or cover 10, which in the retracted position shown in figure 1 surrounds the holder and support member 3 and the laptop computer 4,
  • the holder system is furthermore provided with a pivotal handle member 8, which when in the position shown in figure 1 prevents the laptop computer 4 from being drawn out of the cover 10 in a manner to be described in more detail in the following.
  • the extendable/retractable carrier system is attached to the bottom surface of the tabletop via a frame portion 50 (not shown in figure 1 but visible for instance in figures 3, 4, 18 or 19 among others) to be described in some more detail in the following.
  • FIG 2 there is shown the holder system of figure 1 in a state where the holder and support member 3 has been extended or drawn out to an extended state free of the tabletop 2.
  • the laptop computer 4 is in this state supported by the central portion 16 of the handle member 8 and rests furthermore on abutment means 9, for instance rubber blocks.
  • FIG 3 there is shown the holder and support member 3 in the extended/drawn out state seen from the bottom side of this member in order to show various constructional details of the system.
  • the holder and support member itself comprises basically side portions 13 and a central support portion 14 upon which the laptop computer 4 may rest for instance during application hereof.
  • the holder and support member 3 is pivotally (as symbolically indicated by reference numeral 17) connected to a system of rails 1 1 , 12, such that the holder and support member can be rotated about a longitudinal axis X from the shown vertical position to the horizontal position shown in the following.
  • FIG. 14 Between the central portion of the support portion 14 and the rail member 12 there is provided a gas cylinder or compression spring member 15, which on rotating the holder and support member 3 from the vertical to the horizontal position aids this movement and which tends to prevent a sudden, unintentional rotation of the holder and support member 3 from the horizontal back to the vertical position.
  • the figure furthermore depicts the pull handle 7, which is partly used for pul ⁇ ng out the holder and support member 3 to its extended state, but which also performs a locking function as described in connection with figure 6 below.
  • the pull handle 7 continues in a rod member comprising sections T, 7", T" and 7"", but other designs would be possible also.
  • the rail member 11 is according to this embodiment formed as a telescopic member comprising sections 1 1' and 11 " and serves to provide vertical stability/rigidity of the rail system 11, 12 at any degree of extension of the holder and support member 3 from its initial position as shown for instance in figure 1 ,
  • the rait member 1 1 is mounted on a further rail member 12, which when the holder and support member 3 is being extended or drawn out slides against a fixed abutment means.
  • An embodiment of such means is shown in figure 4 where the top portion 12' of the rail member 12 during displacement of the rail member 12 remains in engagement with tap members or rollers 8 (that may be fixed).
  • tap members or rollers 8 that may be fixed.
  • Other guide systems could also be envisaged.
  • the holder and support member 3 is now swung as indicated by the arrow A from its vertical position shown in the preceding figures to its horizontal position shown in figure 5.
  • the gas cylinder or compression spring member 15 aids this movement as described previously,
  • the pull handle 7 and associated rod members T, 7" T" and 7'" lock the holder and support member in the horizontal position. This is accomplished by the means shown in figure 6.
  • FIG 6 shows the rod portion 7"" of the rod system associated with the pull handle 7 passed through a mounting member 22.
  • a compression spring 20 urging the distal end of the rod portion 7"" against a plate member 18 fixed to the frame portion 50, i.e. to the attachment structure by which the holder system is attached to the tabletop.
  • the plate member 18 is provided with an opening for engagement with the distal end portion of the rod 7'",
  • the distal rod end 7" is brought out of engagement with the opening 19 and the holder and support member 3 can be swung back to its vertical position.
  • the holder and support member 3 is now in the position where the laptop computer 4 can be used or where either the upper surface of the computer or of the holder and support member 3 itself can be used as an extension of the tabletop 2.
  • the handle member 8, 16 is rotated as shown in figure 7, whereby the screen portion 26 of the computer 4 can be opened as shown in figure 8.
  • this state of the system (and of the computer) it is advantageous to prevent unintentional release of the holder and support system 3 caused by accidentally pulling the pull handle 7.
  • the docking station 6 can be secured to the surface of the holder and support member by various means for instance by means of a Velcro strip 27.
  • the surface of the holder and support member can furthermore be provided with abutment means for instance a pair of rubber blocks 9 as shown in figures 10 and 11.
  • cover portion 10 used to cover the holder and support member 3 and the laptop computer 4 when the holder system is in its retracted, vertical position, as shown for instance in figure 1.
  • the cover 10 according to this embodiment comprises curved or planar side portions 10' that may be provided with a pattern of through apertures, the side portions 10' being connected by a bottom portion 29-
  • the structure thus formed is laterally flexible, thus facilitating mounting and/or removal of the cover 10 to/from the holder system.
  • the cover 10 is at the upper portion of the side portions provided with inwardly extending edge portions 10" provided with openings 28 for attachment means for instance screws for the cover 10,
  • Attachment of the holder and support system 3 and of the cover portion 10 to the tabletop 2 is according to a specific embodiment accomplished by means of an attachment member 30 that may be attached to the bottom surface of the tabletop 2 by screws as schematically shown in figures 13 and 14.
  • the mounting of the frame portion 50 of the holder system by means of attachment member 30 is probably most apparent from figures 15, 17 and 18 that shows the holder and support member 3 in its extended, vertical state, free of the tabletop 2 and of the cover 10.
  • the attachment member 30 is shown in more detail in figures 16 and 17 and comprises a central portion and lateral edge portions 32, the surface of which is displaced relative to the surface of the central portion,
  • Figure 18 shows mounting of the holder system according to the invention on the tabletop 2 by means of the attachment member 30, 32.
  • the cover portion 10 can be attached to the edge portions 32 by screws or other means through the openings 28 in the edge portions 10" of the cover 10.
  • FIG. 34 a second embodiment of the holder system according to the invention generally indicated by reference numeral 34.
  • the cover 10 which in the first embodiment described above was attached to the tabletop by means of the attachment member 30, 32 and hence to the bottom surface of the tabletop is in this embodiment replaced by the lid portion 35 pivotally attached to the holder and support member 3 partly via a pivotable rod member 37 ⁇ preferably one on either side of the lid portion, but only one of these being visible in figure 19) and partly via the handle member 8, which in this embodiment is pivotally attached to the lid 35 as indicated by reference numeral 51 (most apparent in figure 22).
  • the upper frame portion 50 used for attaching the holder system to the tabletop as described previously is according to the second embodiment provided with a retainment member or plate 36 for preventing the lid portion 35 from being opened, when the holder and support member 3 is in its retracted position under the tabletop.
  • the retainment member 36 is either a separate member attached to the upper frame portion 50 or formed as an integral part of the upper frame portion 50.
  • Figures 24 and 25 thus illustrate the holder system 38 positioned in its retracted, vertical position below the tabletop 2 and basically comprising a cover 41 , a holder and support member 3 and rail members 1 1 , 12 for allowing extension and retraction of the holder and support member 3 in a manner similar to the one described previously in connection with the first embodiment.
  • the cover 41 can not be opened as it is locked by the tongue member 39, which is fixedly attached to the attachment means used for attaching the holder system 38 to the tabletop 2.
  • the holder and support member 3 is prevented from being displaced to the drawn out position shown in figures 26 and 27 by a locking member 42.
  • the inner surface of the cover 41 is provided with a sheet of resilient material 43 such as foam rubber.
  • a sheet (of sufficient thickness) of resilient material also provides for the possibility of the holder to accommodate laptop computers of different thickness.
  • the holder with the laptop is now shown in a drawn out position relative to the tabletop.
  • the holder and support member 3 is carried by a system of displaceable rail members 1 1 , for instance forming a telescopic configuration, i.e. the various individual rail members are accommodated within each other, although other arrangements of displaceabie rail members may also be conceived and fall within the scope of the present invention.
  • the holder and support member 3 is locked in the shown vertically suspended state by the handle member 44, but by releasing/drawing out this handle member 44, the holder and support member 3 can rotate about a hinge portion 51 (figure 29) to the horizontally extending state shown in the following figures.
  • the holder and support member 3 with the laptop computer 4 is now shown rotated to an elevated horizontal position, where the upper surface of the cover 41 can extend in parallel with the tabletop 2 although the upper surface may also extend at an angle relative to the tabletop.
  • the upper surface of the cover 41 may extend substantially at the same vertical level as the upper surface of the tabletop 2 or at other levels if desired.
  • the holder and support member 3 is brought to the horizontal position by releasing/drawing out the handle member 44 as explained above.
  • a spring member 45 or gas cylinder as previously described facilitates the rotation of the holder and support member 3 from the initial vertical position to the final horizontal position.
  • the handle member 44 automatically locks the holder and support member 3 in this position.
  • the supporting or locking rod 46 provided between the bottom portion of the holder and support member 3 and the above mentioned system of rail members 1 1, 12 will approach a final supporting position, thus extending in a direction of for instance 45 degrees relative to the vertical plane, thereby providing extra support for the holder and support member 3 in the horizontal position.
  • the cover 41 is opened by activation of a snap fastener 48 or other equivalent means.
  • Abutment members 9 are positioned for maintaining the laptop computer 4 in place on the holder and support member 3. The laptop computer 4 can now be operated from all sides.
  • the holder system 38 according to this embodiment of the invention is shown with the laptop computer 4 removed from the docking station 6.
  • the docking station 6 can be formed as an integral part of the holder or as a separate component attached to the holder by appropriate means such as Velcro tape 27, in which case the docking station 6 may be removed from the holder for alternative uses.
  • the holder system according to the invention in the preceding has been shown and described comprising a docking station for a laptop computer, this is not considered a limitation of the invention, and the holder system according to the invention may be used without a docking station. It may furthermore also be used for housing and supporting other objects or devices than the laptop computer described above attaining the same advantages with regard to space requirements under a tabletop and security against theft.

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Système support pour ordinateur portable ou autre, qui comprend : - un premier support extensible/rétractable à cadre destiné à être fixé à une surface de table ; - un second support tenant et/ou accueillant et/ou soutenant un ordinateur portable ou autre, et - un pivot reliant en pivot les deux supports décrits, le second pouvant passer d'une orientation sensiblement verticale à une orientation sensiblement horizontale lorsque le premier support est en position étendue ou étirée. Le système support considéré est équipé d'une poignée de traction et d'un mécanisme de tige associé permettant le verrouillage du second support en position horizontale par enclenchement libérable entre une extrémité distale du mécanisme de tige et un système d'enclenchement correspondant établi sur le cadre du système support.
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