Accessory holders
View Patent ↗In an example, an accessory holder may include an expandable loop movable between a stowed position within a housing of a device chassis and a deployed position. When in the deployed position, the expandable loop may extend out of the housing to receive and hold a device accessory. The example accessory holder may further include a bias member to urge the expandable loop towards the stowed position.
1. An accessory holder, comprising:
an expandable loop movable between a stowed position within a housing of a device chassis and a deployed position, extending out of the housing to receive and hold a device accessory; and
a bias member to urge the expandable loop towards the stowed position,
wherein an outer end of the expandable loop is attached to a door of the device chassis such that, upon the door being opened, the door is to pull the expandable loop from the stowed position to the deployed position.
2. The accessory holder of claim 1 , wherein the expandable loop is to be coiled within the housing in the stowed position and is to be uncoiled and is to extend out of an exterior wall of the housing in the deployed position.
3. The accessory holder of claim 1 , further comprising a loop module disposed within the housing, the loop module to house the bias member and the expandable loop.
4. The accessory holder of claim 3 , wherein the expandable loop is to be coiled within the loop module in the stowed position.
5. The accessory holder of claim 1 , wherein the bias member is a spiral spring, the expandable loop to unwind the spiral spring upon being disposed in the deployed position.
6. A device chassis, comprising:
a housing to enclose an electronic device component, the housing having an accessory opening in an external wall of the housing; and
an accessory holder, comprising:
a loop module disposed within the housing adjacent the accessory opening;
an expandable loop housed within the loop module and movable between a stowed position within the loop module and a deployed position, extending out of the external wall;
a bias member to urge the expandable loop towards the stowed position; and
a door engaged with the external wall adjacent the accessory opening and movable between an open position and a closed position, the door attached to an outer end of the expandable loop such that, upon the door being opened, the door is to pull the expandable loop from the stowed position to the deployed position.
7. The device chassis of claim 6 , wherein the expandable loop has a lock hook at an inner end of the expandable loop and wherein the external wall of the device chassis includes a lock tab adjacent the accessory opening to engage with the lock hook of the expandable loop when the expandable loop is in the deployed position so as to retain the expandable loop in the deployed position.
8. The device chassis of claim 6 , wherein the expandable loop is to receive and hold a device accessory when in the deployed position.
9. The device chassis of claim 6 , wherein the door is to be flush with the external wall when in the closed position.
10. An electronic device, comprising:
a device chassis having a housing to enclose an electronic device component; and
an accessory holder disposed within the housing adjacent an accessory opening in an external wall of the housing, comprising:
a loop module;
an expandable loop housed within the loop module and movable between a stowed position within the loop module and a deployed position, extending out of the accessory opening;
a spiral spring to urge the expandable loop towards the stowed position; and
a door pivotably engaged with the loop module and movable between an open position and a closed position, the door attached to an outer end of the expandable loop so as to pull the expandable loop from the stowed position to the deployed position upon being opened.
11. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the expandable loop is to unwind the spiral spring upon being moved to the deployed position.
12. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the spiral spring is a first spiral spring disposed on a first side of the expandable loop within the loop module, and the accessory holder further comprises a second spiral spring disposed on a second side of the expandable loop within the loop module, the expandable loop to unwind the first and second spiral springs upon being moved to the deployed position.
13. The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the expandable loop is to receive and hold device accessory when in the deployed position.