video Removable Swing-arm Bedside iPad Mount
The vital component here is the lightweight plastic cradle from Standzout for $20. The rest is just any wood pieces that can be glued into a triangle, and there's about $2 of common hardware. Maybe later I'll paint the piece that's attached to the wall. Heck, maybe later I'll remake the whole thing in nicer wood.
This system is designed for bedside (or couch-side) situations where you have a nearby side wall. It also requires that you know exactly how high you want your iPad to float in front of you. I installed mine at slightly above eye level when sitting up in bed (as it can pivot downwards). It's still low enough that I can block the lower edge of the iPad with my bent knees for doing on-screen gestures.
This system is designed for bedside (or couch-side) situations where you have a nearby side wall. It also requires that you know exactly how high you want your iPad to float in front of you. I installed mine at slightly above eye level when sitting up in bed (as it can pivot downwards). It's still low enough that I can block the lower edge of the iPad with my bent knees for doing on-screen gestures.
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Then to "Unlock" it you could lift the arm and push it away for sleepy time goodness.
Or unfolding extenders that come off the pivoting arm?
How about bedside anchors and guy wires?
Or best yet â hydraulically dampened hinges at the wall with programmable detentes?
Just kidding. Of course it can get much more sophisticated with more features, more functionality... more things that can go wrongâ¦
If you could find a second ball+ socket for the wood end of things, then you could adjust it up-down, right-left.
Is such a ball+ socket available on it's own?
The direction of adjustment that's lacking, admittedly, is up-down. But that's big up and big down. It's lacking if you're sometimes 5 feet tall, sometimes 7 feet tall. The cradle already pivots a little up, a little down. I think adding vertical pivot at the wall is unnecessary.
Now, to get TWO viewing spots on the bed like husband and wife, it's another issue altogether. Currently the way I have it, the iPad is in the middle. It's like a tiny shared flat screen TV, which it actually is when running apps of TV shows or movies. ;-)
You might be thinking of something like:
Double Ball Adapter (and/or their double socket arm).
The problem with anything that sits on the bed, obviously, is the space you need on your bed to place it! Even then, it's not directly in front of you at eye level. So then what -- plop that huge pillow on your knees?! Then where to put your BT keyboard?
LOL
Awkward at best. And expensive!
Great Job!
For my own needs, I also think about dusting and storage... aside from just the visual appearance of a mechanical contraption.
Thanks for the comment.
Brandon B. from Standzout tells me that the foam ring is meant to be placed in front (centered over the logo) -- not the back! He said it's designed to absorb the extra space and makes the iPad fit tighter. Well I'll be darn!
Anyway, sometimes I use the cradle as a one-handed mobile holder. So the ring in back cushions my knuckles. Maybe I don't need the cushion. Maybe I'll try putting the ring in front.