DE20110972U1 - Holder for laptop in the car - Google Patents

Description

Car laptop holder

The invention relates to a variably adaptable additional device for setting up a "mobile" office in motor vehicles with the purpose of safely placing, for example, a notebook or laptop and other peripheral devices.
The device itself is located between the dashboard and the passenger seat and can be removed at any time. It has at least one holding element to ensure that it does not tip over. It is intended that the devices arranged on the holder can only be used when the vehicle is stationary.

It is well known that the use of electronic devices for communication and data processing in motor vehicles is subject to strict conditions in order to maintain road safety and the safety of all passengers. For example, it is now only permitted to use a mobile phone in a vehicle if a so-called hands-free system is permanently installed and the driver can react as optimally as possible to what is happening on the road and still pay a certain amount of attention to a telephone conversation. However, even here there is a potential for distraction that varies from individual to individual and can cause accidents. Other media, with the exception of installed radio systems and navigation systems, such as televisions or portable data processing devices, are generally not perceived or operated by the driver while driving.

For people who, in certain situations in their free time and/or at work, are dependent on the frequent use of data volumes from portable data processing devices and other combinable peripheral devices, a fundamental solution must therefore be found as to how the required components can be safely arranged and operated under the conditions of the available space in a closed motor vehicle on the road.

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Using the means known to date of more or less permanent installation of communicative, technical equipment, it is not possible to practically integrate a portable data processing system with the necessary additional equipment into closed vehicles with different amounts of space; rather, comprehensive considerations are required for practical implementation.

The invention is therefore based on the object of offering a solution with the aid of which, for example, a laptop is positioned in an ergonomically and technically advantageous position with secondary devices in the available space of the passenger seat and the support structure required for this can be used variably in any footwell of known motor vehicles and, with a force- and form-fitting effect, does not require any changes to the interior, whereby it should be possible to optionally operate the devices, which can be removed at any time, together with the support structure, when the vehicle is stationary from the driver's seat as well as the passenger seat and, if necessary, also in the rear.

According to the invention, the object is achieved as follows, with reference being made to claim 1 with regard to the basic inventive concept. The further development of the invention results from claims 2 to 7.

Further explanations of the inventive solution will follow.

The support structure to be described consists first of all of the base group stabilizing the entire arrangement, which is divided into an "inner" and "outer" frame, whereby the telescopic design of both independently movable frames, which are divided into two opposite elements in pairs

are firmly connected to each other, forming the largest possible standing area in the footwell of a vehicle.

The preferably metallic frame parts have either a round or rectangular cross-section, although mixed profile shapes are also conceivable. All frame parts of the floor assembly that are always visible have a locking hole on one side to temporarily lock the telescopic profiles that slide into them, with a defined number of through holes in the latter to accommodate fixing through screws or to accommodate spring-loaded indexing. While a standpipe is arranged in the middle but movable position of the "inner" frame as the central receiving element of the pivoting laptop boom with tiltable laptop carrier, a 2- or multiple-section support of a residual force telescope is located on a movable corner part of the "outer" frame to ensure the stability of the overall arrangement, with its position usually also provided in the front right area of the long side of the rectangle, near the dashboard. This support can also be attached to its base in a welded threaded bolt in a defined manner, whereby permanently elastic or other tensionable lashing devices create the effective contact between the floor assembly on the one hand and a force distribution attachment/underside of the dashboard on the other hand by means of a lever effect.
The swiveling laptop arm, which is also designed as a telescopic element and is height-adjustable on the standpipe, has a locally rotatable holder, the tiltable laptop carrier, attached to the end of the arm, which carries the spring plate. To secure the laptop or notebook that can be placed there, there are railing-like elevations on two sides running at right angles to each other. In addition to stabilizing the laptop arm during travel, there is an upper belt system on the tiltable laptop carrier and the monitor, which is usually always open, is inserted in a one-sided fork guide. When driving the vehicle, the laptop arm must be in the direction of

Passenger seat can be swiveled, whereby the spring index on the standpipe sleeve of the laptop boom can engage in the slot of the standpipe and this already prevents an unintentional swivel movement of the tilting laptop carrier. The safety belt surrounds the tilting laptop carrier via the "railing" (lower belt) and the belt bracket (upper belt) like a person and locks the total mass of the laptop holder with the tilting laptop carrier, including the device.

At the upper end of the central standpipe, a printer console that can be moved in two levels is additionally attached and can be locked in place. This existing work surface can also be used as a storage area.

The invention will be explained in more detail below using an embodiment. Figure 1 shows the overall concept of the arrangement and Figure 2 shows the floor assembly in plan view.

The reference symbols used in detail have the following meaning:

1 - Floor assembly 11 - Standpipe clamp

2 - Standpipe 12 - Compression spring index

3 - Laptop boom 13 - Belt bracket

4 - tiltable laptop support 14 - monitor holder (not shown)

5 - Spring plate 15- "outer" frame

6 - residual force telescope 16 - "inner" frame

7 - Residual force boom

8 - Force distribution attachment

9 - Lashing equipment

10 - Printer console

A floor assembly 1, consisting of the "inner" and "outer" frame 16, 15, is connected to the
The existing footwell of a closed motor vehicle can be optimally adapted to the usable standing area. In a central, longitudinally movable position of the inner frame 16 there is a holder for the standpipe 2, which carries the height-adjustable laptop boom 3, which can be moved telescopically, as well as the printer console 10, which can be moved in several degrees of freedom. The latter can also be used as a storage space in a modified function.

On a movable frame part of the "outer" frame 15, pointing in the direction of the dashboard, the partially pivotable residual force telescope 6 with residual force boom 7 and force distribution attachment 8 is arranged for additional stabilization of the overall arrangement, whereby the force distribution attachment 8 with a padded surface is also designed to be movable in two planes, adaptable to the local conditions. The lashing means 9 acting on the residual force telescope 6 and the movable frame part, consisting for example of chains in pairs together with tensioning screws, can, if necessary, tensioned at a multiple selectable angle, bring the force distribution attachment 8 into a force-locking connection with the substructure of the dashboard.
Finally, at the end of the laptop boom 3, which is also telescopic, there is the tiltable laptop support 4, which is mounted so that it can rotate around its center and is equipped with the spring plate 5 and has railing-like elevations on at least two sides. To protect the monitor against the vibrations of the spring plate 5 during travel, it is held in position with a positive and non-positive fit.

To ensure the functionality of the laptop under changing climatic conditions in the vehicle, a slide-in fan or other element for cooling can be integrated between the tiltable laptop carrier 4 and the laptop boom 3.
In summary, the advantages of the inventive solution are:

- the bracket can be installed quickly and without any modifications to the respective vehicle

- all assembly and disassembly operations can be carried out without tools

- the devices can be operated ergonomically without any problems from both the front seats and the rear

- the devices do not need to be switched off during the journey (phase of non-use) as they are fully secured and stored free from vibrations.

Claims (7)

1. Holder for a laptop in a car with adaptable assembly and disassembly properties in relation to the available space in the motor vehicle used, characterized in that a floor assembly ( 1 ) which can be moved telescopically in two planes has a standpipe ( 2 ) which can be moved longitudinally on the "inner" frame ( 16 ), on which the laptop boom ( 3 ) with tiltable laptop carrier ( 4 ) is arranged and in the area of the "outer" frame ( 15 ) the telescopically designed and tensionable residual force telescope ( 6 ) with residual force boom ( 7 ) and force distribution attachment ( 8 ) is attached. 2. Holder for laptop in the car according to claim 1, characterized in that the residual force boom ( 7 ) is designed as a telescope and the force distribution attachment ( 8 ) can be displaceably positioned in two planes. 3. Holder for laptop in the car according to claim 1, characterized in that lashing means ( 9 ) are fastened in the upper region of the residual force telescope ( 6 ) and on the movable frame part of the floor assembly ( 1 ). 4. Holder for laptop in the car according to claim 1, characterized in that the tiltable laptop carrier ( 4 ) is equipped with the spring plate ( 5 ), the belt bracket ( 13 ) and the fork-shaped monitor holder ( 14 ). 5. Holder for laptop in the car according to claim 4, characterized in that the tiltable laptop carrier ( 4 ) is designed to be rotatable by 360° and can be used in a freely definable position. 6. Holder for laptop in the car according to claim 1, 4 and 5, characterized in that a cooling element can be provided in the rotatable bearing between the tiltable laptop carrier ( 4 ) and the laptop boom ( 3 ). 7. Holder for laptop in the car according to claim 1, characterized in that the printer console ( 10 ) which can be moved and locked in two planes is arranged on the standpipe ( 2 ).