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US 12,357,115 · App. 19/097,843 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Enhanced stand for portable electronic device

Inventors: Sudeep Balkrishna Agalgaonkar (Jamestown, NC); Riley Edvin Lynch (Greensboro, NC)

Assignee: Pioneer Square Brands, Inc.

A47F9/04 G06Q20/341 A47F2009/041

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Patent No.: US 12,357,115
App. No.: 19/097,843
Granted: Jul 15, 2025
Kind: B1

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Abstract

Systems involve a device stand system for a portable electronic device and a payment card reader including a platform structure including a first side, a second side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side, a third side extending perpendicularly with respect to the second side, a fourth side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side, a portable electronic device holder assembly couplable with the portable electronic device, and a payment card reader holder assembly couplable with the payment card reader; and a stand assembly coupled with the platform structure. Other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the present disclosure.

Claims (111)

1. A device stand system for a portable electronic device and a payment card reader, the device stand system comprising:

(I) a platform structure including

(A) a first side,

(B) a second side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(D) a fourth side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(E) a portable electronic device holder assembly couplable with the portable electronic device, and

(F) a payment card reader holder assembly couplable with the payment card reader; and

(II) a stand assembly coupled with the platform structure,

wherein the portable electronic device holder assembly includes:

a base,

a first side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, extending parallel with the first side of the platform structure, and positioned closer to the first side of the platform structure than to the third side of the platform structure,

a second side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, extending parallel with the second side of the platform structure, and positioned closer to the second side of the platform structure than the fourth side of the platform structure,

a third side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, extending parallel with the third side of the platform structure, and positioned closer to the third side of the platform structure than to the first side of the platform structure,

and

a fourth side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, extending parallel with the fourth side of the platform structure, and positioned closer to the fourth side of the platform structure than to the second side of the platform structure,

wherein the second side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the third side wall parallelly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the fourth side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall, and

wherein the device holder assembly is sized and shaped to couple with the portable electronic device.

2. The device stand system of claim 1 ,

wherein the payment card reader holder assembly includes:

a base,

a first side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base,

a second side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, and

a third side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base,

wherein the second side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the third side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall, and

wherein the payment card reader holder assembly is sized and shaped to couple with the payment card reader.

3. The device stand system of claim 2 ,

wherein the third side wall of the payment card reader holder assembly extends parallel with the second side wall of the portable electronic device holder, and

wherein the third side wall of the payment card reader holder assembly is positioned closer to the second side wall of the portable electronic device holder than the fourth side wall of the portable electronic device holder.

4. The device stand system of claim 2 ,

wherein the payment card holder assembly includes an access opening positioned opposite from the first side wall across the base of the payment card holder assembly.

5. The device stand system of claim 4 ,

wherein the third side of the platform structure includes the access opening.

6. The device stand system of claim 4 ,

wherein the access opening of the payment card holder assembly includes has an electrically activated engagement indicator.

7. The device stand system of claim 2 ,

wherein the payment card holder assembly includes at least one magnet to magnetically couple with a first portion of the payment card reader, and

and an electrical interface to electrically couple with a second portion of the payment card reader.

8. A device stand system for a portable electronic device and a payment card reader, the device stand system comprising:

(I) a platform structure including

(A) a first side,

(B) a second side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(D) a fourth side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(E) a portable electronic device holder assembly couplable with the portable electronic device, and

(F) a payment card reader holder assembly couplable with the payment card reader; and

(II) a stand assembly coupled with the platform structure,

wherein the stand assembly includes a stand lower member having a lower portion and an upper portion extending from the lower portion at a first angle,

wherein the stand assembly includes a includes a stand upper front member coupled with the upper portion of the stand lower member and extending from the upper portion of the stand lower member at a second angle, and

wherein the sum of the first angle and the second angle is greater than ninety degrees.

9. The device stand system of claim 8

wherein the first angle and the second angle of the stand assembly are oblique angles.

10. A device stand system for a portable electronic device and a payment card reader, the device stand system comprising:

(I) a platform structure including

(A) a first side,

(B) a second side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(D) a fourth side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(E) a portable electronic device holder assembly couplable with the portable electronic device, and

(F) a payment card reader holder assembly couplable with the payment card reader,

wherein the portable electronic device holder assembly includes:

a base,

and

wherein the second side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the third side wall parallelly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the fourth side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall, and

wherein the device holder assembly is sized and shaped to couple with the portable electronic device,

wherein the payment card reader holder assembly includes:

a base,

a first side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base,

a second side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, and

a third side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base,

wherein the second side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the third side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall, and

wherein the payment card reader holder assembly is sized and shaped to couple with the payment card reader.

11. The device stand system of claim 10 ,

wherein the third side wall of the payment card reader holder assembly extends parallel with the second side wall of the portable electronic device holder, and

12. The device stand system of claim 10 ,

wherein the payment card holder assembly includes an access opening positioned opposite from the first side wall across the base of the payment card holder assembly.

13. The device stand system of claim 12 ,

wherein the third side of the platform structure includes the access opening.

14. A device stand system for a portable electronic device and a payment card reader, the device stand system comprising:

(I) a platform structure couplable with the portable electronic device, the platform structure including

(A) a first side,

(B) a second side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side,

(D) a fourth side extending perpendicularly with respect to the first side, and

(E) a payment card reader holder assembly couplable with the payment card reader; and

(II) a stand assembly coupled with the platform structure,

wherein the payment card reader holder assembly includes:

a base,

a first side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base,

a second side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base, and

a third side wall extending perpendicularly with respect to the base,

wherein the second side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall,

wherein the third side wall perpendicularly extends with respect to the first side wall, and

wherein the payment card reader holder assembly is sized and shaped to couple with the payment card reader.

15. The device stand system of claim 14 ,

wherein the second side wall of the payment card reader holder assembly extends parallel with the second side of the platform structure, and

wherein the second side wall of the payment card reader holder assembly is positioned closer to the second side of the platform structure than the fourth side of the platform structure.

16. The device stand system of claim 14 ,

wherein the payment card holder assembly includes an access opening positioned opposite from the first side wall across the base of the payment card holder assembly, and

wherein the third side of the platform structure includes the access opening.

Assignments (1)

ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2025

From: AGALGAONKAR, SUDEEP BALKRISHNA; LYNCH, RILEY EDWIN

To: PIONEER SQUARE BRANDS, INC.

Reel/Frame 070807/0137 →

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