US 11,914,421 B2
Device holder and device holding system
Hideaki Kamata, Kyoto (JP)
Assigned to NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed by NINTENDO CO., LTD., Kyoto (JP)
Filed on Jul. 12, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/373,162.
Claims priority of application No. 2020-122331 (JP), filed on Jul. 16, 2020.
Prior Publication US 2022/0019262 A1, Jan. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01); A63F 13/98 (2014.01); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01)
CPC G06F 1/1632 (2013.01) [A63F 13/98 (2014.09); H04M 1/72409 (2021.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device holder for holding a portable electronic device provided with a display at its front surface,
the device holder comprising:
a main body configured to hold the portable electronic device in a state with the portable electronic device placed with one side surface downward, the main body comprising a surface configured to be placed on a placement surface while holding the portable electronic device; and,
a swivel block attached to the main body to be able to swivel,
wherein the main body is provided with a main body connector configured to connect to a device connector provided at the side surface of the portable electronic device when the portable electronic device is held at that main body,
the swivel block is provided at one side surface thereof with an external connector for video output for outputting video data based on data input through the main body connector to an external video display device, and is able to swivel between a first swivel position where the side surface, with which the external connector for video output is provided, faces a first side surface side of the main body and a second swivel position where the side surface, with which the external connector for video output is provided, faces a second side surface side at an opposite side to the first side surface of the main body.