Granted Patent B2

US 12,228,238 · App. 18/328,145 · Granted Feb 18, 2025

Inventors: Carlo Edoardo Ferraris (Chiasso, CH); Lorenzo Filiberto Ferraris (Casciago, IT)

Assignee: FERRARIS GROUP S.A.G.L.

F16M11/06F16M11/041F16M13/022F16B2200/83

Abstract

Claims (14)

1. A supporting device for a portable processing and/or telecommunication apparatus or an accessory, comprising a first portion adapted to be supported by a supporting structure and a second portion comprising magnetic elements for retaining said portable processing and/or telecommunication apparatus or said accessory, wherein the first and second portions are joined together in a pivotable manner through at least one hinge that allows a rotation of one portion of the first and second portions with respect to the other portion around a hinge axis, whereby the supporting device is adapted to take on a first configuration of minimum size, in which said second portion is superimposed on the first portion, and at least a second configuration of use in which said second portion is rotated at a selectable angle with respect to the first portion,

wherein said first portion and said second portion are hinged along portions of a respective edge that are mutually parallel and parallel to the hinge axis so that the supporting device opens like a book from the first configuration of minimum size to a selected configuration of use,

wherein said first portion and said second portion are made as plate elements, each of which comprises a rigid main body comprising a plurality of seats adapted to receive respective magnetic elements, and a pair of covering elements applied on opposite faces of the rigid main body at the magnetic elements, not interfering with a magnetic field generated by said magnetic elements, and

wherein each covering element comprises a first layer of rigid material adapted to stably adhere to the rigid main body of a respective plate element and a second layer of soft material adapted to receive in contact said portable processing and/or telecommunication apparatus or said accessory.

2. The supporting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second portions respectively include a first plurality and a second plurality of magnetic elements of equal number, said magnetic elements being symmetrically arranged with respect to the hinge axis so that symmetrically corresponding magnetic elements of the first and second portions are arranged facing each other in the first configuration of minimum size of the supporting device.

3. The supporting device of claim 2 , wherein said first portion includes an arrangement of first magnetic elements having a same first polarity, and said second portion includes a symmetrical arrangement of first magnetic elements having a same second polarity, opposite to said first polarity of the arrangement of first magnetic elements of the first portion;

and wherein said first portion includes an arrangement of second magnetic elements each having a respective polarity, and said second portion includes a symmetrical arrangement of second magnetic elements each having a respective polarity coincident with the polarity of symmetrically corresponding magnetic elements of the arrangement of second magnetic elements of the first portion.

4. The supporting device of claim 3 , wherein the magnetic elements of said arrangements of first magnetic elements of the first and second portions of the supporting device are arranged circumferentially.

5. The supporting device of claim 3 , wherein the magnetic elements of said arrangements of second magnetic elements of the first and second portions of the supporting device are arranged in a checkerboard or quincunx pattern.

6. The supporting device of claim 2 , wherein said first portion includes at least a third magnetic element having a first polarity and said second portion includes at least a third magnetic element arranged symmetrically to the third magnetic element of the first portion, having a second polarity, opposite to said first polarity of the third magnetic element of the first portion.

7. The supporting device of claim 1 , wherein said first and second portions have a congruent shape, and portions of a respective edge on an opposite side to the hinge have corresponding notches facing each other in the first configuration of minimum size of the supporting device so as to form a recess adapted to facilitate an engagement of a finger of a user.

8. The supporting device of claim 1 , further comprising a fixing plate for securing the supporting device on an area of said supporting structure, the fixing plate being magnetically couplable to said first portion or said second portion and comprising a flat metal body having a first face bearing an adhesive material configured to stably adhere to said supporting structure and a second, opposite face bearing at least one protruding alignment formation.

9. The supporting device of claim 8 , wherein said first portion comprises an alignment hole adapted to receive said at least one protruding alignment formation of the fixing plate in a magnetic coupling configuration of the first portion of the supporting device with the fixing plate.

10. The supporting device of claim 1 , wherein the rigid main body of at least said second portion in proximity of the hinge axis comprises a region of reduced thickness that defines a recess in a surface of at least said second portion facing away from the first portion in the first configuration of minimum size.

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