Patent Application
20240310871
Laptop computers have been a huge benefit for people who like to have the ability of a personal computer wherever they are. Whether it be for work, study, or entertainment, the portability of laptop computers has been very advantageous. However, the tradeoff for laptop computers portability has always been the size of the display screen. The bigger the display, the bigger the laptop computer and the less portable it becomes. Therefore, there is a need for a device which allows for the laptop computer display to be expanded. There is also a need for a device that allows for the laptop computer display to be expanded and may be added onto the laptop computer easily and is also compact and portable.
An example embodiment relates to an accessory display device for a computer. The device includes a first portion having a first engagement portion, a first rail, and a first display movable from a stowed position to a use position. The first engagement portion is configured to engage a lateral side of a primary display device. The device further includes a tensioning member coupled to the first portion
Another example embodiment relates to an accessory display device for a computer. The device includes a first portion having a first rail, a first engagement portion, and a first display. The device further includes a second portion having a second rail, a second engagement portion, and a second display. The device further includes a tensioning member coupled to the first portion and the second portion. The tensioning member is configured to pull the first portion and the second portion towards each other.
Another example embodiment relates to an accessory display device for a computer. The device includes a first portion having a first set of one or more rails and a first engagement portion. The device further includes a second portion having a second set of one or more rails and a second engagement portion. The device further includes a tensioning member coupled to the first portion and the second portion. The first set of one or more rails and the second set of one or more rails are configured to allow the system to be coupled to primary display devices of varying widths. The tensioning member is configured to pull the first portion and the second portion toward each other.
In addition to the foregoing, other aspects are described in the claims, drawings, and text forming a part of the disclosure set forth herein. The foregoing is a summary and thus may contain simplifications, generalizations, inclusions, and/or omissions of detail; consequently, those skilled in the art will appreciate that the summary is illustrative only and is NOT intended to be in any way limiting. Other aspects, features, and advantages of the devices and/or processes and/or other subject matter described herein will become apparent in the disclosures set forth herein.
The use of the same symbols in different drawings typically indicates similar or identical items unless context dictates otherwise.
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In accordance with an example embodiment, elastic band 140 may be replaced with any type of suitable tensioning member, including but not limited to a spring, a rubber band, resilient plastic portions, etc. These tensioning members may be coupled to housing portions 170 and 175 in any of a variety of ways including but not limited to with glue, by melting, by tying or sewing, by clipping, etc. In one example, the elastic band 140 may be threaded through a cutout on each portion of housing 130. Once threaded through the cutout, a blocking piece which does not fit through the cutout is affixed to the band so the band does not slip back through the cutout and maintains tension on the band. Any of a variety of ways may be used to attach the tensioning member to the two housing portions without departing from the scope of the invention.
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Once housing 130 is affixed to a computer or other display, a user may pull either or both of two displays 120 and 125 from a stowed position to a use position as depicted in
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Triangular guiding slide 410 also serves as a stopper to prevent the screen from falling out of rail 185 as display 125 is extended. Triangular guiding slide 410 also acts as a stopper on the other end of female rail 185 so that display 125 doesn't fall out the rail internally when display 125 is stowed.
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It should be noted that the device described may be formed of a number of different materials and formed in a variety of shapes without departing from the scope of the invention. Also, it should be noted that embodiments of the accessory device are designed to couple to the display device, such as but not limited to a laptop computer display, in a manner that is secure enough to carry the laptop computer with the accessory device attached thereto. In this way the portability of a device, such as a laptop computer is not compromised.
In some instances, one or more components may be referred to herein as “configured to,” “configured by,” “configurable to,” “operable/operative to,” “adapted/adaptable,” “able to,” “conformable/conformed to,” etc. Those skilled in the art will recognize that such terms (e.g. “configured to”) generally encompass active-state components and/or inactive-state components and/or standby-state components, unless context requires otherwise.
While particular aspects of the present subject matter described herein have been shown and described, it will be apparent to those skilled in the art that, based upon the teachings herein, changes and modifications may be made without departing from the subject matter described herein and its broader aspects and, therefore, the appended claims are to encompass within their scope all such changes and modifications as are within the true spirit and scope of the subject matter described herein. It will be understood by those within the art that, in general, terms used herein, and especially in the appended claims (e.g., bodies of the appended claims) are generally intended as “open” terms (e.g., the term “including” should be interpreted as “including but not limited to,” the term “having” should be interpreted as “having at least,” the term “includes” should be interpreted as “includes but is not limited to,” etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is intended, such an intent will be explicitly recited in the claim, and in the absence of such recitation no such intent is present. For example, as an aid to understanding, the following appended claims may contain usage of the introductory phrases “at least one” and “one or more” to introduce claim recitations. However, the use of such phrases should not be construed to imply that the introduction of a claim recitation by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim recitation to claims containing only one such recitation, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an” (e.g., “a” and/or “an” should typically be interpreted to mean “at least one” or “one or more”); the same holds true for the use of definite articles used to introduce claim recitations. In addition, even if a specific number of an introduced claim recitation is explicitly recited, those skilled in the art will recognize that such recitation should typically be interpreted to mean at least the recited number (e.g., the bare recitation of “two recitations,” without other modifiers, typically means at least two recitations, or two or more recitations). Furthermore, in those instances where a convention analogous to “at least one of A, B, and C, etc.” is used, in general such a construction is intended in the sense one having skill in the art would understand the convention (e.g., “a system having at least one of A, B, and C” would include but not be limited to systems that have A alone, B alone, C alone, A and B together, A and C together, B and C together, and/or A, B, and C together, etc.). It will be further understood by those within the art that typically a disjunctive word and/or phrase presenting two or more alternative terms, whether in the description, claims, or drawings, should be understood to contemplate the possibilities of including one of the terms, either of the terms, or both terms unless context dictates otherwise. For example, the phrase “A or B” will be typically understood to include the possibilities of “A” or “B” or “A and B.”
With respect to the appended claims, those skilled in the art will appreciate that recited operations therein may generally be performed in any order. Also, although various operational flows are presented in a sequence(s), it should be understood that the various operations may be performed in other orders than those which are illustrated, or may be performed concurrently. Examples of such alternate orderings may include overlapping, interleaved, interrupted, reordered, incremental, preparatory, supplemental, simultaneous, reverse, or other variant orderings, unless context dictates otherwise. Furthermore, terms like “responsive to,” “related to,” or other past-tense adjectives are generally not intended to exclude such variants, unless context dictates otherwise.
This application claims the priority benefit of United States of America patent application Ser. No. 18/157,074, filed Jan. 20, 2023, which claims the priority benefit of United States of America patent application Ser. No. 17/074,632, filed Oct. 20, 2020 and issued Feb. 7, 2023 as United States of America U.S. Pat. No. 11,573,596, which claims the priority benefit of United States of America patent application Ser. No. 16/673,920, filed Nov. 4, 2019 and issued Oct. 20, 2020 as United States of America U.S. Pat. No. 10,809,762.
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| Parent | 18157074 | Jan 2023 | US |
| Child | 18670255 | US | |
| Parent | 17074632 | Oct 2020 | US |
| Child | 18157074 | US |
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| Parent | 16673920 | Nov 2019 | US |
| Child | 17074632 | US |
