IN-WALL DOCK FOR A TABLET COMPUTER

• Main Authors: MADONNA, ROBERT P, LACEY, KATHLEEN M, NOONAN, MICHAEL E, CORSINI, PETER H
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 09.02.2012
• Subjects: BLASTING; CALCULATING; COMPUTING; COUNTING; ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING; ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; FRAMES, CASINGS, OR BEDS OF ENGINES OR OTHER MACHINES ORAPPARATUS NOT SPECIFIC TO AN ENGINE, MACHINE, OR APPARATUSPROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVEFUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; HEATING; LIGHTING; MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; PHYSICS; STANDS OR SUPPORTS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL; WEAPONS

An in-wall dock (100) for a tablet computer (110) includes a rotatable receiving tray (150) to which a tablet computer is secured. A housing (130) of the in-wall dock is at least partially disposed within a wall cavity of a wall. The receiving tray is rotatably mounted to the housing. The receiving tray is configured to rotate from a first orientation disposed at an acute angle to a front face of the housing to permit engagement of the tablet computer with the receiving tray, to a second orientation that is substantially parallel to the front face of the housing and that prevents removal of the tablet computer from the receiving tray. A lock down mechanism (510) retains the receiving tray in the second orientation. A removable bezel (610) covers at least a portion of a front face of the housing and a front face of the tablet computer.