USRE48479EActiveUtility

Multiple viewing angle media support

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Assignee: HAPPY PRODUCTS INCPriority: Oct 28, 2013Filed: Jan 30, 2019Granted: Mar 23, 2021
Est. expiryOct 28, 2033(~7.3 yrs left)· nominal 20-yr term from priority
Inventors:Bruce CannonJuliette Fassett
A47B 23/042H04M 1/04F16M 13/022F16M 13/00F16M 11/041
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Claims

Abstract

For multiple viewing angle media support, and apparatus includes three support sides. Each support side includes a back support and an edge support. A top of each back support is in physical communication with an adjacent edge support clockwise about a central axis and each back support and each edge support is in physical communication with two ends of a solid interior. Each back support, each edge support, and each end is a surface of the solid interior, the solid interior is a pillow covered in fabric, a first viewing angle of the first back support is 36 degrees, a second viewing angle of the second back support is 74 degrees, and a third viewing angle of the third back support is 49 degrees.

Claims

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What is claimed is: 
     
       1. An apparatus comprising:
 three support sides, each support side comprising a back support and an edge support, wherein a top of each back support is in physical communication with an adjacent edge support clockwise about a central axis and each back support and each edge support is in physical communication with two ends of a solid interior, each edge support comprises an edge support width of 2 centimeters (cm) with an edge angle of 90 degrees to an adjacent back support, a face of each edge support width oriented clockwise about the central axis, a plane of a first back support is at a first plane angle of 60 degrees to a second virtual plane between the top of a second back support counterclockwise to the first back support and an outer edge of a second edge support counterclockwise to the first back support, a plane of the second back support is at a second plane angle of 80 degrees to a third virtual plane between the top of a third back support counterclockwise to the second back support and an outer edge of a third edge support counterclockwise to the second back support, a plane of a third back support is at a third plane angle of 40 degrees to a first virtual plane between the top of the first back support counterclockwise to the third back support and an outer edge of the first edge support counterclockwise to the third back support, and wherein each back support, each edge support, and each end is a surface of the solid interior, the solid interior is a pillow covered in fabric, a first viewing angle of the first back support is 36 degrees, a second viewing angle of the second back support is 74 degrees, and a third viewing angle of the third back support is 49 degrees. 
 
     
     
       2. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein the first back support has a longitudinal length in the range of 12 to 26 centimeters (cm), the second back support has a longitudinal length in the range of 9 to 21 cm, and the third back support has a longitudinal length in the range of 10 to 22 cm. 
     
     
       3. The apparatus of  claim 2 , wherein the first longitudinal length is 19 cm, the first plane angle is 60 degrees, the second longitudinal length is 15 cm, the second plane angle is 68 degrees, the third longitudinal length is 17 cm, and the third plane angle is 52 degrees. 
     
     
       4. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each back support has a latitudinal length in the range of 9 to 25 cm. 
     
     
       5. The apparatus of  claim 4 , wherein each back support has a latitudinal length of 15 cm. 
     
     
       6. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each edge support has a latitudinal length in the range of 2 to 10 cm. 
     
     
       7. The apparatus of  claim 6 , wherein each edge support has a latitudinal length of 7 cm. 
     
     
       8. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein each edge support has an edge support width in the range of 1 to 5 centimeters (cm). 
     
     
       9. The apparatus of  claim 1 , wherein a plane of each edge support forms an edge angle in the range of 85 to 120 degrees with an adjacent back support. 
     
     
       10. The apparatus of  claim 9 , wherein the edge angle is 90 degrees. 
     
     
       11. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein a latitudinal length of each of the first, second, and third edge supports is different from a latitudinal length of the corresponding first, second, and third side supports.  
     
     
       12. A media support apparatus comprising:
 a body having a first support back, a second support back, and a third support back disposed about a central axis;   a first support edge disposed between the first support back and the second support back, the first support back and first support edge are configured to support a media device at a first support angle;   a second support edge disposed between the second support back and third support back, the second support back and second support edge are configured to support a media device at a second support angle;   a third support edge disposed between the third support back and first support back, the third support back and third support edge are configured to support a media device at a third support angle, wherein each edge support comprises an edge support width with an edge angle in the range of 85 to 120 degrees to an adjacent support back, a face of each edge support width oriented clockwise about the central axis;   wherein the media support apparatus is configured to be rotated about the central axis so that the body can rest on a horizontal support in any one of three positions including on a first virtual plane between a top of the second support back and an outer edge of the second edge support, on a second virtual plane between a top of the third support back and an outer edge of the third edge support, and on a third virtual plane between a top of the first support back and an outer edge of the first edge support; and   wherein the media support apparatus is configured to provide a first viewing angle of the media device when the media support apparatus body rests on the first virtual plane and the media device is supported at the first support angle, a second viewing angle when the media support apparatus body rests on the second virtual plane and the media device is supported at the second support angle, and a third viewing angle when the media support apparatus body rests on the third virtual plane and the media device is supported at the third support angle, wherein the first viewing angle, the second viewing angle, and the third viewing angle are different from one another.    
     
     
       13. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first support angle is between 50 and 60 degrees to the second virtual plane, the second support angle is between 55 and 65 degrees to the third virtual plane, and the third support angle is between 50 and 75 degrees to the first virtual plane.  
     
     
       14. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first support angle is 60 degrees to the second virtual plane, the second support angle is 68 degrees to the third virtual plane, and the third support angle is 52 degrees to the first virtual plane.  
     
     
       15. The apparatus of claim of 12, wherein the edge support angle is 90 degrees.  
     
     
       16. The apparatus of claim 15 wherein the edge support width is 2 cm.  
     
     
       17. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the body includes three solid corners, with each of the corners interposed between two adjacent support backs and including a respective edge support.  
     
     
       18. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the body is foam having an indentation force deflection (IFD) in the range of 15-30 kilograms at 25% indentation.  
     
     
       19. The apparatus of claim 12, wherein the edge support width is in the range of 1 to 5 cm.  
     
     
       20. An apparatus comprising:
 three support sides, each support side comprising a back support and an edge support,   wherein a top of each back support is in physical communication with an adjacent edge support clockwise about a central axis and each back support and each edge support is in physical communication with two ends,   wherein each edge support comprises an edge support width with an edge angle to an adjacent back support in the range of 85 to 120 degrees to an adjacent back support,   wherein a face of each edge support width is oriented clockwise about the central axis,   wherein a plane of a first back support is at a first plane angle to a second virtual plane between the top of a second back support counterclockwise to the first back support and an outer edge of a second edge support counterclockwise to the first back support,   wherein a plane of the second back support is at a second plane angle to a third virtual plane between the top of a third back support counterclockwise to the second back support and an outer edge of a third edge support counterclockwise to the second back support,   wherein a plane of a third back support is at a third plane angle to a first virtual plane between the top of the first back support counterclockwise to the third back support and an outer edge of the first edge support counterclockwise to the third back support,   wherein the first plane angle, the second plane angle, and the third plane angle are different from one another and are configured to provide a first viewing angle, a second viewing angle, and a third viewing angle that are different from one another; and   wherein each back support, each edge support, and each end is a surface of an interior.    
     
     
       21. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein the first back support has a longitudinal length in the range of 12 to 26 centimeters (cm), the second back support has a longitudinal length in the range of 9 to 21 cm, and the third back support has a longitudinal length in the range of 10 to 22 cm.  
     
     
       22. The apparatus of claim 21, wherein the first longitudinal length is 19 cm, the first plane angle is 60 degrees, the second longitudinal length is 15 cm, the second plane angle is 68 degrees, the third longitudinal length is 17 cm, and the third plane angle is 52 degrees.  
     
     
       23. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein each back support has a latitudinal length in the range of 9 to 25 cm.  
     
     
       24. The apparatus of claim 23, wherein each back support has a latitudinal length of 15 cm.  
     
     
       25. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein each edge support has a latitudinal length in the range of 2 to 10 cm.  
     
     
       26. The apparatus of claim 25, wherein each edge support has a latitudinal length of 7 cm.  
     
     
       27. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein each edge support has an edge support width in the range of 1 to 5 centimeters (cm).  
     
     
       28. The apparatus of claim 20, wherein a plane of each edge support forms an edge angle of 90 degrees with an adjacent back support.  
     
     
       29. The apparatus of claim 28, wherein each edge support has an edge support width of 2 centimeters (cm).

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