Auxiliary support rack for portable electronic devices

Abstract

An auxiliary support rack for portable electronic devices attached to the front side of the torso of a human body includes an openable dock, a clamp swivel assembly and a lanyard. The openable dock includes a first plate which has an installation portion and a second plate. The clamp swivel assembly includes a rotary tray coupled with the installation portion and swivelable against the first plate, a gear set installed on the rotary tray, two clamp members engaged with the gear set to be moved to clamp the a portable electronic device and a latch release member engaged with the gear set. The lanyard includes two anchor ends fastened to the openable dock and a neck dangling section located between the two anchor ends to be hung on a human neck.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An auxiliary support rack for portable electronic devices attached to the front side of a human torso, comprising:
 an openable dock including a first plate and a second plate hinged on the first plate, the first plate including a first hinge portion and an installation portion faced another side of the second plate, the second plate including a second hinge portion hinged on the first hinge portion to allow the second plate to swivel against the first plate;   a clamp swivel assembly including a rotary tray coupled with the installation portion and swivelable about the installation portion as a hinge center against the first plate, a gear set coupled with the rotary tray, two clamp members engaged with the gear set and moved therewith to clamp a portable electronic device, and a latch release member engaged with the gear set to restrict and release rotation of gear set to adjust the relative distance of the two clamp members; and   a lanyard including two anchor ends connected to the openable dock and a neck dangling section located between the two anchor ends to be hung on a human neck.   
     
     
         2 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein the first plate includes a first latch portion corresponding to the first hinge portion, the second plate including a second latch portion corresponding to the second hinge portion to latch on the first latch portion to form relative positioning of the first plate and the second plate. 
     
     
         3 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein the first plate includes two lanyard anchor portions faced the second plate and spaced from each other to anchor the lanyard. 
     
     
         4 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein the first plate includes two lanyard directing portions faced the second plate and spaced from each other to direct the lanyard remote from the portable electronic device. 
     
     
         5 . The auxiliary support rack of claim I, wherein the second plate includes two anti-skid members in contact with the front side of the human torso. 
     
     
         6 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein the installation portion includes a plurality of positioning struts jutting toward the rotary tray which includes a plurality of positioning indentations corresponding to the positioning struts and latchable therewith to form positioning of the rotary tray relative to the first plate. 
     
     
         7 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein the second plate includes a storage portion faced the first plate to hold a plate-shaped object. 
     
     
         8 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 7 , wherein the second plate includes an anchor portion jutting toward the first plate to press the plate-shaped object still in the storage portion. 
     
     
         9 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein the latch release member includes a jutting teeth portion engaged with the gear set, a push portion jutting through the rotary tray and depressible by a user to move the latch release portion, and an elastic press portion to provide an elastic press force to keep the jutting teeth portion in the engaged condition with the gear set. 
     
     
         10 . The auxiliary support rack of  claim 1 , wherein each clamp member includes a gear rack engaged with the gear set and an elastic butting portion connected to the rotary tray to provide an elastic butting force to move the two clamp members relative to each other.