US 12,332,685 B2
Device stands
Tien Liang Chung, Taipei (TW)
Assigned to Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
Appl. No. 18/007,338
Filed by Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US)
PCT Filed Jul. 31, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/044365
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jan. 30, 2023,
PCT Pub. No. WO2022/025907, PCT Pub. Date Feb. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0266789 A1, Aug. 24, 2023
Int. Cl. G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC G06F 1/1601 (2013.01) [G06F 1/1607 (2013.01); G06F 1/1654 (2013.01); G06F 1/1656 (2013.01); G06F 1/1679 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A device stand, comprising:
a base having a plunger cavity extending into a device interface;
a plunger having a sloped portion and movably disposed within the plunger cavity between a lock position and a release position;
a slider having a slider ramp to engage with the sloped portion and disposed within a slide channel intersecting the plunger cavity, the slider movable between a resting position and a depressed position,
wherein upon the slider being moved from the resting position to the depressed position, the slider ramp is to engage with the sloped portion to move the plunger from the lock position to the release position; and
a base magnet disposed on the plunger.