| US 7,516,933 B2 | ||
| Portable folding type cradle | ||
| Ji-Hyun Moon, Daegu (Korea, Republic of); Yang-Jic Lee, Gwacheon-si (Korea, Republic of); Beom-Ku Han, Gyeonggi-do (Korea, Republic of); and Chang-Hwan Hwang, Goyang-si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Feb. 21, 2007, as Appl. No. 11/709,312. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2006-0016709 (KR), filed on Feb. 21, 2006. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0265030 A1, Nov. 15, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. A47B 19/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 248—441.1 [248/461; 248/917] | 11 Claims |
| 1. A portable folding type cradle for mounting a portable terminal, comprising:
a first cradling body;
a second cradling body;
a hinge unit for connecting the second cradling body to the first cradling body to fold or unfold the second cradling body
with respect to the first cradling body in a closed position and at least one opened position;
a housing unit connected to the hinge unit, the housing unit entirely housing and protecting the first and second cradling
bodies in the closed position, and having an upper portion and a lower portion opposite to the upper portion, both the upper
and lower portions being opened; and
at least one unit provided at the first cradling body, and preventing sliding of the portable terminal to stably support a
mount state thereof, and controlling the mount state of the portable terminal.
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