BACKGROUND
1. Technical Field
The present disclosure relates to an electronic device with a rotatable supporter.
2. Description of Related Art
Generally, portable electronic devices, such as digital photo frames (DPF), have supporters that generally have only one position available to support the DPF, and users cannot adjust the supporter to obtain a different viewing angle according to personal preference.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
The components of the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the present disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout several views.
FIG. 1 is an isometric view of an electronic device when a rotatable supporter is folded to a main body of the electronic device, in accordance with an exemplary embodiment.
FIG. 2 is an exploded isometric view of the electronic device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 3 is an enlarged isometric view of the rotatable supporter of the electronic device of FIG. 1.
FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line IV-IV of FIG. 1.
FIG. 5 is similar to FIG. 4, but showing the rotatable supporter rotated to another position to support the main body of the electronic device of FIG. 1.
DETAILED DESCRIPTION
Referring to FIGS. 1 and 2, an electronic device 1 includes a main body 10 and a rotatable supporter 20. The main body 10 includes a housing 101 and other necessary components, such as a display unit 102. The device 1 further includes an elastic element 30 fixed to the inner surface of the housing 101 with one or more fasteners 301.
As shown in FIG. 3, one end of the rotatable supporter 20, which connects to the device 1, includes a shaft 201 and a positioning element 202. The positioning element 202 includes at least two engaging surfaces each adjacent two of which are at an angle to each other. In this exemplary embodiment, the positioning element 202 includes two engaging surfaces, namely, a first surface 203 and a second surface 204. The housing 101 includes a groove 102 and a through slot 103. The shaft 201 of the rotatable supporter 20 is placed into the groove 102 to connect the rotatable supporter 20 to the housing 101. The positioning element 202 passes through the through slot 103 to contact the elastic element 30.
The elastic element 30 includes at least one elastic tab 302. When the first surface 203 contacts the elastic tab 302 in parallel, as shown in FIG. 4, the rotatable supporter 20 is folded to the main body 10. When the supporter 20 is rotated under an external force, the positioning element 202 deforms the elastic tab 302. When the supporter 20 is rotated to make the second surface 204 contact the elastic tab in parallel, as shown in FIG. 5, the supporter 20 is extended out the main body 10 and can maintain a predetermined angle with respect to the rotatable supporter 20, to support the body 10 at desired viewing angle.
In other embodiments, more than two surfaces can be configured for the positioning element 202 so that rotatable supporter 20 can be oriented and maintained in more than two positions to give users a plurality of viewing angles to choose from.
Although, the present disclosure has been specifically described on the basis of preferred embodiments, the disclosure is not to be construed as being limited thereto. Various changes or modifications may be made to the embodiment without departing from the scope and spirit of the disclosure.
Patent Application
20120120563
