Patent Grant
10484771
This application claims priority to Chinese Patent Application No. 201610358437.1, filed May 26, 2016, the contents of which are incorporated by reference in the entirety.
The present disclosure relates to supports for video playback devices.
Conventional supports for video playback devices are adapted to be placed on a horizontal surface. The conventional supports for video playback devices are useless when a user lies down, thus causing inconvenience to the user and reducing the user's sense of experience.
Many aspects of the disclosure can be better understood with reference to the following drawings. The components in the drawings are not necessarily drawn to scale, the emphasis instead being placed upon clearly illustrating the principles of the disclosure. Moreover, in the drawings, like reference numerals designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.
It will be appreciated that for simplicity and clarity of illustration, where appropriate, reference numerals have been repeated among the different figures to indicate corresponding or analogous elements. In addition, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the exemplary embodiments described herein. However, it will be understood by those of ordinary skill in the art that the exemplary embodiments described herein can be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, methods, procedures, and components have not been described in detail so as not to obscure the related relevant feature being described. Also, the description is not to be considered as limiting the scope of the exemplary embodiments described herein. The drawings are not necessarily to scale and the proportions of certain parts may be exaggerated to better illustrate details and features of the present disclosure.
The term “comprising” means “including but not limited to”; it specifically indicates open-ended inclusion or membership in the so-described combination, group, series, and the like.
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In the present exemplary embodiment, the body 1311 has two holes 13111. The holding mechanism 13 further includes a shaft 133. The shaft 133 is mounted on a middle portion of the outer surface of the body 1311, and has two holes 1330, and two ends. The two holes 1330 of the shaft 133 respectively align with the two holes 13111 of the body 1311. Two screws respectively pass through two groups of aligned holes 1330, 13111 of the shaft 133 and body 1311 to secure the shaft 133 to the body 1311. The two ends of the shaft 133 respectively protrude from the two short sides of the body 1311. The support mechanism 12 includes two support rods 121 and two first screws 122. Each support rod 121 is integrally molded from polypropylene, and has a plurality of holes 1211 along its longitudinal direction. The two ends of the shaft 133 are respectively inserted into two holes 1211 of the two support rods 121. The two first screws 122 respectively pass through the two ends of the shaft 133 to secure the shaft 133 to the two support rods 121. The two ends of the shaft 133 may be inserted into different holes 1211 of the two support rods 121 to vary the relative positions of the holding mechanism 13 and the support mechanism 12 so as to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device 2. In another exemplary embodiment (not shown), the support mechanism 12 includes two support rods 121. Each support rod 121 has a chute. The holding mechanism 13 further includes two sliders at its opposite sides. The two sliders are respectively received in the chutes of the two support rods 121. The two sliders may slide in the chutes of the two support rods 121 to vary the relative positions of the holding mechanism 13 and the support mechanism 12 so as to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device 2. In still another exemplary embodiment (not shown), the support mechanism 12 includes two support rods 121. Each support rod 121 has a groove with teeth. The holding mechanism 13 further includes a shaft 133 having two ends. The two ends of the shaft 133 are respectively inserted into the grooves of the two support rods 121. The shaft 133 may be moved along the grooves of the two support rods 121 to vary the relative positions of the holding mechanism 13 and the support mechanism 12 so as to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device 2. In still another exemplary embodiment (not shown), the headwear device 11 may be connected to the support mechanism 12 by the connection structure of the holding mechanism 13 and the support mechanism 12 described in the exemplary embodiments above, and the relative positions of the headwear device 11 and the support mechanism 12 may be varied to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device 2.
In the present exemplary embodiment, the headwear device 11 includes a housing 111, a head pad 112, a neck pad 113, two ear pads 114, an earphone 115, and two covers 116. The housing 111 is integrally molded from polypropylene, is hollow to form a chamber 1113 therein. The chamber 1113 is adapted to receive the head of the user. The head pad 112 and the neck pad 113 are made of a soft material such as foam, and are attached to an inner surface of the housing 111. The thickness of the head pad 112 is 8 mm, and the thickness of the neck pad 113 is 20 mm, to achieve a better user experience. The housing 111 has two side walls 1111 and a connecting wall 1112 between the side walls 1111. The chamber 1113 is defined between the side walls 1111 and the connecting wall 1112. A middle of an outer surface of the connecting wall 1112 is a flat surface 11121. The headwear device 11 can be securely placed on a horizontal surface because of the flat surface 11121. Each side wall 1111 has a receiving member 1114 at its outer surface. The earphone 115 has two speakers 1151, a first wire 1152, a second wire 1153, and a plug 1154. The two speakers 1151 are respectively received in the receiving members 1114 of the two side walls 1111. The two covers 116 respectively cover openings of the two receiving members 1114 to hold the speakers 1151 in the receiving members 1114. The two ear pads 114 are respectively attached to inner surfaces of the two side walls 1111, and respectively correspond to the two speakers 1151. The ear pads 114 are used in conjunction with the speakers 1151 to achieve a better sound effect.
In the present exemplary embodiment, each receiving member 1114 has four holes 1116 at its four corners, and each cover 116 has four protrusions 1161 corresponding to the four holes 1116 of the receiving member 1114. The protrusions 1161 of the two covers 116 are respectively inserted into the holes 1116 of the two receiving members 1114 to secure the covers 116 to the receiving members 1114. Each cover 116 further has a hole 1160. The first wire 1152 has two ends respectively passing through the holes 1160 of the two covers 116 to connect the two speakers 1151. The second wire 1153 has two ends, one of the ends of the second wire 1153 is connected to one of the ends of the first wire 1152, and the other end of the second wire 1153 is connected to the plug 1154. The plug 1154 is connected to the audio jack 21 of the video playback device 2 such that the user can listen to the audio signal of the video playback device 2 through the speakers 1151.
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In use, the video playback device 2 is placed in the space 1313 of the holding mechanism 13, and the insertion portions 1321 of the positioning members 132 are inserted into the slots 1314 of the holder 131 such that the video playback device 2 is held by the holding portions 1322 of the positioning members 132. The two ends of the shaft 133 are inserted into different holes 1211 of the two support rods 121, and are secured by the first screws 122, to adjust the viewing distance of the video playback device 2. The two second screws 124 pass through the holes 12121 of the end portions 1212 of the two support rods 121 and pass through different screw holes 1162 of the two covers 116, and the another two second screws 124 pass through the holes 1231 of different projections 123 of the two support rods 121 and pass through different screw holes 1162 of the two covers 116, to adjust the viewing angle of the video playback device 2.
The exemplary embodiments shown and described above are only examples. Many details are often found in the art such as the other features of a support for video playback devices. Therefore, many such details are neither shown nor described. Even though numerous characteristics and advantages of the present technology have been set forth in the foregoing description, together with details of the structure and function of the present disclosure, the disclosure is illustrative only, and changes may be made in the detail, especially in matters of shape, size, and arrangement of the parts within the principles of the present disclosure, up to and including the full extent established by the broad general meaning of the terms used in the claims. It will therefore be appreciated that the exemplary embodiments described above may be modified within the scope of the claims.
| Number | Date | Country | Kind |
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| 2016 1 0358437 | May 2016 | CN | national |
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| 20120175394 | Keune | Jul 2012 | A1 |
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| 20170347176 A1 | Nov 2017 | US |
