Patents

US 9364081 B1: Foldable tablet stand

Granted
2016-06-14
Filed
2015-12-03 application 14958693
Type
Utility · 19 claims
Elsewhere
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Abstract

A folding stand for use with a mobile device comprises a front pair of legs being spaced-apart from one another defining a gap, and having a front foot at the bottom end interconnecting the front pair of legs. A rear leg pivotally coupled to the front pair of legs. The front pair of legs and the rear leg having at least two positions with respect to one another, including: 1) a collapsed retracted position in which the rear leg is folded between the front pair of legs, and with the mobile device removed from the front foot; and 2) an expanded extended position in which the rear leg is unfolded from between the front pair of legs with bottom ends of the front and rear pairs of legs configured to be disposed on a support surface, and configured to receive the mobile device disposed on the front foot and leaning against the front pair of legs.

Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg160614.xml).

Assignees

AssigneeTypePlaceAlso on furp.orgSource
America Covers, Inc. 54 patentsUS company or organizationDraper, UTPVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Inventors

InventorPlacePatentsPerson pageSource
Bryce HaymondWest Jordan, UT16PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
Jason FoggManila, UT8PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

CPC categories

SubclassCategoryFirst groupSource
A47BTables; desks; office furniture; cabinets; drawers; general details of furnitureA47B23/044PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10
F16MFrames, casings or beds of engines, machines or apparatus, not specific to engines, machines or apparatus provided for elsewhere; stands; supportsF16M11/00PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10

Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).

Assignments and security interests

RecordedWhatFromToReel/frameSource
2023-04-27Release of security interest
Release of security interest
CRESCENT DIRECT LENDING, LLC signed 2023-04-25HUB PEN COMPANY, LLC BRAINTREE, MA
HANDSSTANDS PROMO, LLC SALT LAKE CITY, UT
BEST PROMOTIONS, LLC NEW YORK, NY
WEBB BUSINESS PROMOTIONS, INCORPORATED EAGAN, MN
63473/865ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2023-04-26Security interest Security interest
Security interest
WEBB BUSINESS PROMOTIONS, LLC signed 2023-04-25
BEST PROMOTIONS, LLC signed 2023-04-25
HANDSTANDS PROMO, LLC signed 2023-04-25
HUB PEN COMPANY, LLC signed 2023-04-25
DEBCO BAG DISTRIBUTORS ULC signed 2023-04-25
FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION EVANSTON, IL63470/871PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2023-04-26Release of security interest
Release of security interest
FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION signed 2023-04-25HANDSTANDS PROMO, LLC SALT LAKE CITY, UT63448/441ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2023-04-25Security interest Security interest
Security interest
WEBB BUSINESS PROMOTIONS, LLC signed 2023-04-25
BEST PROMOTIONS, LLC signed 2023-04-25
HANDSTANDS PROMO, LLC signed 2023-04-25
HUB PEN COMPANY, LLC signed 2023-04-25
DEBCO BAG DISTRIBUTORS ULC signed 2023-04-25
CRESCENT AGENCY SERVICES, LLC BOSTON, MA63754/633PASDL, file of 2026-10-15
2019-01-17Security interest Security interest
Security interest
HANDSTANDS PROMO, LLC signed 2018-12-21CRESCENT DIRECT LENDING, LLC, AS AGENT BOSTON, MA48040/367ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2018-12-22Security interest Security interest
Security interest
HANDSTANDS PROMO, LLC signed 2018-12-21FIDUS INVESTMENT CORPORATION EVANSTON, IL47848/248ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2017-05-18Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
AMERICAN COVERS, LLC signed 2017-05-01HANDSTANDS PROMO, LLC ALPINE, UT42423/877ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2017-04-25Name change
Change of name
AMERICAN COVERS, INC. signed 2016-07-14AMERICAN COVERS, LLC MIDVALE, UT42327/384ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25
2015-12-03Assignment
Assignment of assignor's interest
FOGG, JASON signed 2015-12-02
HAYMOND, BRYCE signed 2015-12-02
AMERICAN COVERS, INC. DRAPER, UT37205/505ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25

Documents recorded with the USPTO Assignment Recordation Branch that list this patent. A security interest is a lender’s claim on the patent as collateral; a release ends it.

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