Abstract: A protective arrangement for an electronic device includes a flexible cover having a panel and a skirt that form an interior cavity to receive an electronic device; and an adapter fixedly positioned in the flexible cover and having a male plug with connectors extending into the interior cavity of the flexible cover for mating with a female socket of the device and a contactor with contacts adjacent outwardly from the flexible cover and electrically coupled to one or more of the connectors of the plug. A docking cradle or external adapter can receive the electronic device and cover. A docking cradle may have a movable arm.

Abstract: A support apparatus having a variable security level, including a tray for receiving a portable electronic device. The tray has a mounting interface structure on its outside backing surface. An unsecurable retainer mechanism releasably retains the portable electronic device in the tray. A variable level security mechanism securably retains the portable electronic device in the tray, the variably securable latching element includes: a latching element that is movable between a latched configuration relative to the tray for securably latching the portable electronic device in the tray, and an unlatched configuration, a security element that is movable between a secured configuration for alternatively securing the latching element in the latched and unlatched configurations thereof, and an unsecured configuration, and a lock element that is coupled to the security element for alternatively locking the security element in the secured and unsecured configurations.

Abstract: A beverage holding device includes a support platform, a spine, an upper support and a fixation mechanism. The spine includes a bottom portion and a top portion defining a spine length, and the bottom portion is fixed to the support platform. The upper support is configured and arranged to be adjustable along the spine relative to the support platform between a plurality of positions. The upper support includes at least one arm configured to at least partially encircle a portion of a beverage container when a bottom of the beverage container is seated on the support platform. And, the fixation mechanism is configured and arranged to secure the upper support to the spine at a selected one of the plurality of positions.

Abstract: A dock for a portable electronic device includes a base; an arm extending from the base; a receiving arrangement coupled to the arm and including contacts disposed on a surface of the receiving arrangement for mating with contacts disposed on the portable electronic device or a cover disposed over a portion of the portable electronic device; and a cable extending from the receiving arrangement configured and arranged to couple the dock to a device for charging or providing data to or from the portable electronic device.

Abstract: An adjustable cradle for mounting a mobile device includes a base having an attachment arrangement to removably attach the cradle to the mobile device or a case for the mobile device; and an arm adjustably extending from the base. The arm includes a roller disposed at an end of the arm opposite the base. The roller is configured and arranged to engage the mobile device or case to facilitate, in combination with the attachment arrangement of the base, retention of the attachment of the cradle to the mobile device or case. The adjustable cradle optionally includes a mount coupled to the base or mounting the cradle to a surface or for coupling to a mounting apparatus for mounting the cradle to the surface.

Abstract: A modular device mounting platform apparatus having interchangeable jaw members for accommodating different devices. The device mounting platform apparatus includes a frame member capable of being mounted, by example and without limitation, in a vehicle and having a device mounting surface facing generally upward. A telescoping clamp member is slidably interconnected to frame member along a first direction. A biasing mechanism is coupled between frame and clamp members for urging a jaw member of the clamp member along first direction away from the frame member. A plurality of different jaw members are interchangeably coupleable to the frame and clamp members in an opposing relationship across the device mounting surface of the frame.

Abstract: A docking sleeve having an elastomeric protective cover, or skin, adapted for partially enveloping a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone or tablet or another portable electronic device of the prior art having a port for a docking connector. The protective cover is a sheath molded of a suitable elastic or flexibly resilient elastomer in a size and shape to fit over and closely conform to the particular portable electronic device so that the cover fits the device like a surgical glove. An adapter is provided for electrically connecting to the female input/output socket of the particular electronic device, including a male plug having a plurality of electrical connectors extended internally of the sheath and arranged for mating with the female input/output socket of the device, and a plurality of contacts electrically coupled to different ones of the plurality of electrical connectors and exposed externally of the sheath.

Abstract: A protective arrangement for an electronic device includes a flexible cover having a panel and a skirt that form an interior cavity to receive an electronic device; and an adapter fixedly positioned in the flexible cover and having a male plug with connectors extending into the interior cavity of the flexible cover for mating with a female socket of the device and a contactor with contacts adjacent outwardly from the flexible cover and electrically coupled to one or more of the connectors of the plug. A docking cradle or external adapter can receive the electronic device and cover. A docking cradle may have a movable arm.

Abstract: A protective enclosure adapted to hold a touch screen device and allow operation of both the touch screen and actuators on a side of the device, the enclosure formed of a tray having a rim surrounding an interior device seating surface; a lid having a rim corresponding to the rim of the tray and surrounding a window aperture; a protective membrane having a transparent membrane forming an interior window portion positioned in the viewing aperture of the lid, and a resiliently pliable skirt about the interior window portion, the skirt projecting the interior window portion outwardly of the rim around the aperture of the lid; a continuous pliable seal adapted to be compressible between the corresponding rims of the lid and the tray; and a mechanism for clamping the rim of the lid and the rim of the tray with the pliable seal forming a continuous seal therebetween.

Abstract: An adapter for mounting a mounting structure on a flush mount receptacle base. The adapter includes a mounting base and an anchor. The mounting base includes a rotatable drive member with an interface surface configured and arranged for placement on a mounting surface, the rotatable member also has a bore extending thereinto and aligned with the interface surface, and the bore is at least partially threaded. The anchor extends into the bore of the drive member, the anchor has a shaft with first and second end portions and defining a center axis, the first end portion of the shaft is threaded to mate with the threaded bore of the drive member and configured and arranged to rotate relative to the drive member, the anchor also has at least one hook coupled to the second end portion of the shaft and laterally offset from the center axis of the shaft.

Abstract: A docking sleeve having an elastomeric protective cover, or skin, adapted for partially enveloping a portable electronic device, such as a smartphone or tablet or another portable electronic device of the prior art having a port for a docking connector. The protective cover is a 5 sheath molded of a suitable elastic or flexibly resilient elastomer in a size and shape to fit over and closely conform to the particular portable electronic device so that the cover fits the device like a surgical glove. An adapter is provided for electrically connecting to the female input/output socket of the particular electronic device, including a male plug having a plurality of electrical connectors 10 extended internally of the sheath and arranged for mating with the female input/output socket of the device, and a plurality of contacts electrically coupled to different ones of the plurality of electrical connectors and exposed externally of the sheath.

Abstract: A threaded security knob formed of a threaded member having a generally concentric body defining a central longitudinal axis, the body formed with a threaded portion along the central axis adjacent to a first end thereof, and a key receiver formed in a second end of the body opposite of the threaded portion, wherein the key receiver is formed having one of a plurality of different key receiver configurations; a slip ring having a generally tubular interior side wall sized to fit over and extend along the body of the threaded member in an inseverable and a relatively concentrically rotational relationship therewith; an interlocking rotational slip mechanism coupled between the threaded member and the slip ring; and a key formed with one of a plurality of different key configurations each corresponding to a different one of the plurality of different key receiver configurations of the key receiver.

Abstract: A protective arrangement for an electronic device includes a flexible cover having a panel and a skirt that form an interior cavity to receive an electronic device; and an adapter fixedly positioned in the flexible cover and having a male plug with connectors extending into the interior cavity of the flexible cover for mating with a female socket of the device and a contactor with contacts adjacent outwardly from the flexible cover and electrically coupled to one or more of the connectors of the plug. A docking cradle or external adapter can receive the electronic device and cover. A docking cradle may have a movable arm.