Device for retaining a smart device to exercise equipment

Abstract

A device for retaining a mobile device on exercise equipment without screws or tape and gravity alone. The retaining device may include a platform for accessibly supporting the smart device along an upper surface of the platform. The upper surface provides a sliding shelf that can be selectively secured to different locations along a longitudinal axis of the platform. A lower surface of the platform may provide spaced apart rearward and forward notches for removably securing the platform to one of various exercise equipment, wherein the forward notches are selectively exchangeable and the rearward notch has large radius of curvature to substantially engage more planar portions of the exercise equipment.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A mobile device retainer assembly for an exercise equipment, the retainer assembly, comprising:
 a platform having an upper surface and an opposing surface;   a shelf slidable along the longitudinal axis of the upper surface in such a way that the shelf selectively engages one of a plurality of stopped conditions;   a rearward notch spaced apart from the lower surface; and   a forward notch spaced apart from the lower surface, wherein a first radius of curvature of the rearward notch is at least twice that of a second radius of curvature of the forward notch.   
     
     
         2 . The retainer assembly of  claim 1 , further comprising:
 a plurality of stops spaced apart along a longitudinal axis of the upper surface, wherein the shelf selectively engage one stop of the plurality of stops in each stopped condition.   
     
     
         3 . The retainer assembly of  claim 2 , further comprising:
 a side rail along each longitudinal edge of the upper surface; and   the shelf having rail slots that engage said side rails.   
     
     
         4 . The retainer assembly of  claim 3 , further comprising:
 a pair of spaced apart forward legs that define the forward notch;   an adaptor slot defined by said pair; and   a plurality of adaptor notches, each adaptor notch configured to engage the adaptor slot, wherein each adaptor notch has a radius of curvature greater than the second radius of curvature and the other adaptor notches.   
     
     
         5 . The retainer assembly of  claim 4 , wherein no radius of curvature of the plurality of notches is greater than the first radius of curvature. 
     
     
         6 . The retainer assembly of  claim 5 , wherein the first radius of curvature is approximately 20 millimeters to 140 millimeters. 
     
     
         7 . The retainer assembly of  claim 6 , wherein the second radius of curvature is approximately 5 millimeters to 40 millimeters. 
     
     
         8 . A method of securing a mobile device to an exercise equipment by using gravity alone, the method comprising:
 providing the retainer assembly of  claim 1 ;   placing the forward notch along a handlebar portion of the exercise equipment;   placing the rearward notch along a point rearward of the handlebar portion; and   placing the mobile device along the upper surface.   
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further including selectively sliding the shelf prior to placing the mobile device.