IP Library Granted Patent US 6,840,791
Granted Patent B2
US 6,840,791 · App. 10/123,282 · Granted Jan 11, 2005

Supporting frame structure configured to support a portable electronic device

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Patent No.
US 6,840,791
App. No.
10/123,282
Granted
Jan 11, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A support frame structures for supporting a portable electronic device. The device includes a support frame and a lifting frame that are connected by hinges and supporting a revolving axis on a base. The supporting frame and the lifting frame are assembled onto the base, and are connected by the hinges. When the supporting frame rotates upwards and moves the hinges, and the hinges further move the lifting frame to slide along a sliding track groove to a fixed angle and secure the lifting frame and the supporting frame, which uplifts the supporting frame and allows the portable device to be placed on the base at an upright angle.

Claims (14)

1. A supporting frame structure configured to support a portable electronic device, comprising:

a base comprising a pair of supporting revolving axis holes and a sliding track groove;

a supporting frame having two arms each including a supporting revolving axis at a front end thereof to be placed in a respective one of said supporting revolving axis holes;

a lifting frame connected with said supporting frame and including a sliding pivot at another end of said supporting frame and configured to be placed in said sliding track groove; and

wherein said base further includes a supporting frame storage groove formed on an upper surface of said base, said supporting frame storage groove receives said supporting frame when said supporting frame is collapsed onto the upper surface of said base.

2. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said supporting revolving axis further includes a revolving axis tenon which is used to securely fasten in a respective one of said supporting revolving axis holes.

3. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at where said lifting frame connected with said supporting frame further includes a hinge frame.

4. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said hinge frame comprises a pair of hinges.

5. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein each of said hinges includes a pivot.

6. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein said hinges are placed in a pair of hinge grooves when said lifting frame is assembled with said supporting frame.

7. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein said pivots are placed in a pair of pivot fastening holes.

8. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said supporting frame is lifted up and secured at an angle by the use of said lifting frame sliding in said sliding track groove.

9. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said base further includes a storage trough.

10. The supporting frame structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said base further includes a display unit.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 7, 2008
From: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: GUAN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 020403/0630 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 4, 2008
From: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORP.
To: GUAN TECHNOLOGIES, LLC
Reel/Frame 020317/0552 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 27, 2007
From: LEE, JUNG HSIU
To: SILITEK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020158/0888 →
CORRECTIVE CHANGE OF NAME TO CORRECT THE NATURE OF CONVEYANCE TO A MERGER. DOCUMENT PREVIOUSLY RECORDED AT REEL 014154 FRAMES 0800-0804. Recorded Oct 30, 2007
From: SILITEK CORPORATION
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 020052/0087 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 26, 2003
From: SILITEK CORPORATION
To: LITE-ON TECHNOLOGY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014154/0799 →