Abstract: In a support box for supporting a laptop computer, comprising a bottom wall and side walls, the side walls extend from the bottom wall to different heights so as to provide a top support area which is level when the support box is placed onto the inclined seat surface of a car seat for supporting the laptop computer horizontally in a position convenient for a person sitting on a seat next to the laptop computer.

Abstract: In a modular holder for supporting an apparatus or instrument such as a minicomputer or a cell phone, comprising a support member with a support head and an apparatus holder supported thereby, an intermediate box is releasably mounted with one side thereof by an engagement structure onto the support head and the apparatus holder is releasably mounted by an identical engagement structure onto another side of the intermediate box and the intermediate box includes at least a loud-speaker for transmitting sound generated by an apparatus engaged by the apparatus holder.

Abstract: The invention generally relates to a compact, inexpensive-to-manufacture device consisting of few components for optically testing a surface. The zone on the surface that is to be investigated is illuminated by a semitransparent mirror and an aspheric field mirror, employing a telecentric optical train, and at least part of the light reflected or scattered by the surface is imaged onto the entrance pupil of the lens of an electronic camera by the field mirror, via the semitransparent mirror. Images recorded by the camera are analyzed using known image-processing methods.

Abstract: In a cleaning pad for a small apparatus such as a smart phone or a minicomputer including a touch screen for its operation, the cleaning pad comprises a carrier element of a rigid material provided with a pad of fleece or similar soft material for cleaning the touch screen and the carrier element is provided with an operating tip for touching the touch screen for operating the small apparatus.

Abstract: A powered, mobile electronics mount system has a male plug, a support arm, a connector housing, and an interconnecting wire. The male plug includes an electrical connector, wherein the plug is adapted to be inserted into an automobile electrical socket. The support arm is connected on one end to the male plug and on its opposite end to the connector housing, the connector housing having a transformer and a universal electrical connector socket, and the connector housing further including a mount for an electronics product. The interconnecting wire is in electrical connection with the automobile electrical socket through the plug and the universal electrical connector in the connector housing.

Abstract: A holder for an electronic device comprises a clip, a hub and a plurality of arms. The hub is removably engaged with the clip. The plurality of arms extends from the hub, each arm having a proximal end connected to the hub and a distal end having a pocket shaped to receive a corner of the electronic device. Each pocket may be shaped to substantially surround the corresponding received corner. The holder may comprise four arms extending radially from the hub such that the arms form an X shape. The arms may be semi-rigid. The clip may further comprise a swivel connector, such that the hub is engaged with the clip via the swivel connector.

Abstract: In an antiskid container comprising a bottom wall and side walls, at least the bottom wall is provided on its bottom and its top sides with antiskid surface areas.

Abstract: In an apparatus support device with a suction retaining structure for supporting minicomputers, navigation devices or mobile telephones, comprising a suction foot, a hollow column connected with one end to the suction foot and enclosing an operating mechanism for the suction foot and a joint structure disposed at the other end of the hollow column and supporting an apparatus holder, the hollow column consists of two complementary semi-shells which, with their bottom ends, extend around the suction foot and are provided at their opposite ends with joint structures which are releasably clamped between the semi-shells.

Abstract: In a suction base for the support of an apparatus, comprising a housing consisting of a hard plastic material and having an opening surrounded by a housing support edge and a suction membrane of PVC disposed in the housing so as to extend across the housing opening and being movable between a release position and an operating position in which the suction membrane is pulled into the housing and a vacuum is generated between the membrane and a support surface such that the support base is firmly pressed into contact with the support surface via the circumferential edge area of the membrane, a separating element is disposed between the housing and the suction membrane to prevent sticking of -the membrane to the housing edge upon exposure of the suction base to heat and the release of plasticizer from the suction membrane.

Abstract: In a suction base for the support of an apparatus, comprising a housing consisting of a hard plastic material and having an opening surrounded by a housing support edge and a suction membrane of PVC disposed in the housing so as to extend across the housing opening and being movable between a release position and an operating position in which the suction membrane is pulled into the housing and a vacuum is generated between the membrane and a support surface such that the support base is firmly pressed into contact with the support surface via the circumferential edge area of the membrane, a separating element is disposed between the housing and the suction membrane to prevent sticking of the membrane to the housing edge upon exposure of the suction base to heat and the release of plasticizer from the suction membrane.

Abstract: In a vacuum suction holder comprising a suction housing having a base opening, a suction membrane extending across the base opening, a membrane operating mechanism including a shaft connected to the suction membrane and being movable together with the suction membrane between a release position in which the suction membrane extends flatly across the base opening and an operating position in which the suction membrane is pulled into the suction housing, the operating mechanism includes means for firmly forcing the suction membrane into the release position in which it extends flat across the suction housing base opening.

Abstract: In a releasable rotationally fixed mechanical connection between a functional part and a connecting part of which one is provided with a receiver neck and the other with an insertion element adapted to be snugly received in the receiver neck, an intermediate wedge member provided with slightly conical outer surface areas is disposed on the insertion element for reception in the receiver neck which has cooperating inner surfaces with which the wedge member is pressed into firm engagement by a collar disposed on the insertion element which is threaded onto the receiver neck.