US 11,950,713 B2
Display stand unit
David Samuel Kumka, San Francisco, CA (US); Clayton R. Woosley, San Jose, CA (US); Daniel S. Foster, San Jose, CA (US); Eric Weijia Wang, Newark, CA (US); Gregory R. Ritter, Palo Alto, CO (US); Joshua Adams, San Jose, CA (US); Christopher Hu, San Francisco, CA (US); and Priya K. Nambiar, San Francisco, CA (US)
Assigned to Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed by Apple Inc., Cupertino, CA (US)
Filed on Feb. 4, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/665,174.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/215,715, filed on Jun. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0408943 A1, Dec. 29, 2022
Int. Cl. A47F 7/024 (2006.01); A47F 7/00 (2006.01); E05B 73/00 (2006.01); G08B 13/14 (2006.01); H02J 7/00 (2006.01)
CPC A47F 7/0246 (2013.01) [A47F 7/0042 (2013.01); E05B 73/0011 (2013.01); E05B 73/0082 (2013.01); G08B 13/1445 (2013.01); H02J 7/0044 (2013.01)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display stand unit for a retail environment, the display stand unit comprising:
a base having an interior;
a display stand comprising:
a stem that connects to and extends upwardly from the base; and
a charger comprising a receiving surface that is suspended above and spaced away from the base by the stem, wherein the charger is configured to inductively charge and to releasably magnetically hold an electronic device above and spaced away from the base;
a security cable that extends out from the base, wherein the security cable is configured to attach to the electronic device at a position separate and spaced apart from the receiving surface to movably secure the electronic device to the base; and
a retractor disposed within the interior of the base and connected to the security cable, wherein the retractor is configured to automatically retract the security cable.