Seattle startup Stand For Stuff landed a U.S. patent...
Seattle startup Stand For Stuff landed a U.S. patent (8,789,802) for an adjustable floor stand that makes any tablet useful for reading and watching movies while lying in bed or exercising, or for wheelchair users, the company said Thursday. The…
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patent (http://1.usa.gov/1wJmCrl), issued July 29 and assigned to Stand For Stuff, lists three Seattle-area inventors and describes a “protective case” that enables a person who “does not want to or is physically unable to hold a tablet computing device to interact with an inserted tablet computing device.” One of the inventors, Marty Springer, devised the SwingHolder for his wife, who has difficulty holding things for a long period of time due to a medical condition, the company said: “Making use of his engineering background, Springer assembled a product that would allow her to read on her iPad comfortably for as long as she wanted.” The product sells for $199 at Amazon.