Support device having variable security level

摘要

A support apparatus having a variable security level, including a tray structured for receiving a portable electronic device, the tray having a mounting interface structure on an outside backing surface thereof. An unsecurable retainer mechanism is structured for releasably retaining the portable electronic device in the tray. A variable level security mechanism is structured for securably retaining the portable electronic device in the tray, the variably securable latching element including: having a latching element that is movable between a latched configuration, for example, relative to the tray for securably latching a portable electronic device in a tray, and an unlatched configuration, a plunger-type 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 thereof.

主权项

1. A variable level security mechanism, comprising:
a body; a retaining element; a fixing element translatable relative to the body between an engaged configuration with the fixing element engaged with the retaining element to lock the retaining element in a position, and a disengaged configuration with the fixing element disengaged from the retaining element allowing the retaining element to move between two or more positions; and a combination lock element coupled for alternately securing the fixing element in each of the engaged and disengaged configurations thereof to prevent the fixing element from disengaging from or engaging, respectively, the retaining element when the fixing element is secured by the combination lock element.