Motorized mount for seating system
View Patent ↗The present disclosure illustrates a motorized mount with a plurality of degrees of freedom coupled to a seating system. The motorized mount assembly can include an attachment assembly configured to attach to a seating assembly. A vertical control assembly can be connected to the attachment assembly with an arm having a first end attached to vertical control assembly by a first hinge. A mounting assembly can be attached to a second end of the arm. The mounting assembly can configured to receive a personal computing device. A linear actuator may be attached to the vertical control assembly to raise and lower the arm and mounting assembly. A first motor can be configured to attach to the arm. A second motor can be configured to attach between the arm and the mounting assembly.
1. A motorized mount comprising;
an attachment assembly configured to attach to an armrest of a seating assembly;
an arm having a first end attached to the attachment assembly by a first hinge, the first hinge configured to allow the arm to rotate in a horizontal plane;
a mounting assembly attached to a second end of the arm by a second hinge, the second hinge configured to allow the mounting assembly to rotate in a vertical plane to adjust the tilt of mounting assembly, the mounting assembly configured to receive a personal computing device;
a first motor configured to attach to the arm and configured to move the arm in a horizontal plane; and
a second motor configured to attach between the arm and the mounting assembly and configured to adjust a tilt position of the mounting assembly; and
an electrical control unit operatively connected to a linear actuator, the first motor and the second motor, the control unit configured to control the linear actuator, the first motor, and the second motor.
2. The motorized mount of claim 1 further comprising; an input switch configured to control the linear actuator, the first motor and the second motor, and the arm and computer device to a deployed position or a retracted position.
3. The motorized mount of claim 2 , wherein the switch is a single throw double pole switch, a single push button switch, two separate push button switches, a head array switch, a sip and puff switch, a brain-controlled interface, a voice recognition switch, a gesture recognition switch, or a touch screen interface.
4. The motorized mount of claim 3 , wherein the mounting assembly is configured to attach to a wheelchair, furniture, or bed.
5. The motorized mount of claim 4 , wherein the mounting assembly comprises a spring loaded quick release mounting bracket.
6. The motorized mount of claim 1 , wherein the computer device is a tablet, smartphone, camera, laptop, or alternative or augmentative communication device.
7. The motorized mount of claim 1 , wherein a battery power source integral to the seating assembly is connected to the electrical control unit to provide power to the electrical control unit.
8. The motorized mount of claim 1 , further comprising a mounting arm coupled to the attachment assembly, wherein the arm is pivotably coupled to the mounting arm.
9. The motorized mount of claim 8 , further comprising a parallel four-bar linkage connected to the attachment assembly and the mounting arm, wherein a linear actuator is attached to the four-bar linkage to raise and lower the arm and mounting assembly.
10. The motorized mount of claim 9 , further comprising; an input switch configured to control the linear actuator, the first motor and the second motor, and configured to move the four-bar linkage, the arm and computer device to a deployed position or a retracted position.
11. The motorized mount of claim 10 , wherein the switch is a single throw double pole switch, a single push button switch, two separate push button switches, a head array switch, a sip and puff switch, a brain-controlled interface, a voice recognition switch, a gesture recognition switch, or a touch screen interface.
12. The motorized mount of claim 11 , wherein the linear actuator is configured to move the mounting assembly in a first degree of freedom in a deploying manner, wherein the first degree of freedom comprises the vertical movement along a vertical axis.
13. The motorized mount of claim 12 , wherein the first motor is configured to move the arm in a second degree of freedom along a horizontal plane having about a 360 degree rotation movement around a vertical axis formed at the first hinge.
14. The motorized mount of claim 13 , wherein the second motor is configured to move the mounting assembly in a third degree of freedom along a vertical plane having about a 360 degree rotation movement around a horizontal axis formed by the arm.