The invention relates to stands and more particularly to a folding stand for an electronic device (e.g., computer monitor, keyboard, tablet computer, or mobile phone).
Mobile electronic devices (e.g., tablet computers and smart phones) are used by people in daily lives. For watching video more comfortably, a stand is provided on a bottom of an electronic device as support.
A user may need to move the stand with the hands. When the user needs to place the electronic device on the table, the user may use one hand to hold the body of the electronic device, and the other hand to moves the stand in order to change position. However, it is inconvenient in use because the stand is not foldable.
Thus, the need for improvement still exists.
It is therefore one object of the invention to provide a folding stand comprising a panel including two cavities adjacent to two sides of a bottom respectively, two wells in front and rear ends of the cavity respectively; and two legs each including a short part, an elongated part formed with the short part, a recess between the short part and the elongated part, two pivots extending forwardly and rearward from the short part respectively, the pivots being rotatably disposed in the wells respectively, and two mounts put on the pivots and releasably secured to the cavities respectively wherein the leg is configured to retract into the cavity or extend out of the cavity by pivoting with respect to the wells.
The above and other objects, features and advantages of the invention will become apparent from the following detailed description taken with the accompanying drawings.
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The panel 1 includes two cavities 11 adjacent to two sides of a bottom respectively, two wells 12 in front and rear ends of the cavity 11 respectively, and a tray 13 retractably disposed between the cavities 11.
The leg 2 include a short part 11, an elongated part 22 formed with the short part 11, an open recess 23 between the short part 21 and the elongated part 22, two pivots 24 extending forwardly and rearward from the short part 21 respectively, the pivots 24 being rotatably disposed in the wells 12 respectively, and two mounts 25 put on the pivots 24 and releasably secured to the cavities 11 respectively. Thus, the leg 2 may retract into the cavity 11 or extend out of the cavity 11 by pivoting with respect to the wells 12.
In a folded position, the legs 2 are disposed in the cavities 11 and in a use position, the legs 2 are extended.
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While the invention has been described in terms of preferred embodiments, those skilled in the art will recognize that the invention can be practiced with modifications within the spirit and scope of the appended claims.
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