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This disclosure of the previously presented invention describes a small sized collapsible frame for use in certain embodiments of said apparatus for adjustably mounting a tablet PC or other personal electronic device, including additional examples of its many adjustment and attachment features. A mo

This disclosure of the previously presented invention describes a small sized collapsible frame for use in certain embodiments of said apparatus for adjustably mounting a tablet PC or other personal electronic device, including additional examples of its many adjustment and attachment features. A mounting means, such as a suction cup assembly, is attachable to various surfaces and is connected to a hanger from which cordage or straps descend to the suspended frame. The miniaturized frame features a crossover arrangement of two slats enabling expansion and contraction of either a width or a height dimension of said frame. The invention comprises various swappable stabilizer elements to separately regulate the orientation and attachment of the mounted device(s) to any surface; and herein, the threadable stabilizer cleats that attach to the cordage are described in particular detail.

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1. An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a mounting means connected to a hanger,cordage descending vertically from the hanger and attaching to a left side and a fight side of a collapsible frame, said cordage having an effective length corresponding to a d

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An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a mounting means connected to a hanger,cordage descending vertically from the hanger and attaching to a left side and a fight side of a collapsible frame, said cordage having an effective length corresponding to a distance between the hanger and the frame, and wherein both of the left side and the fight side of the frame are oriented vertically and in parallel separated by a distance defining an adjustable width dimension of the collapsible frame,an adjustment means for adjusting the effective length of the cordage, the adjustment means being attached to an end portion of the cordage,at least one horizontally oriented pair of clips, wherein one clip of each pair is attached to the left side of the frame and the other clip of that pair is attached to the fight side of the frame, where said pair of clips comprises a means for holding the portable electronic device between them,a first vertically oriented clip attached to a lower end of the left side of the frame for supporting a bottom edge of the electronic device, and a second vertically oriented clip attached to a lower end of the right side of the frame for supporting said bottom edge of said electronic device,wherein each of the left side of the frame and the fight side of the frame further comprises a longitudinally extending groove for receiving and retaining at least one of a fastener therein, such that the groove provides a track means for allowing said fastener to travel longitudinally along that respective side of the frame within that groove,a top side of the frame comprising a top slat having a length dimension and a width dimension and a centerpoint in the plane defined by said length dimension and said width dimension,a bottom side of the frame comprising a bottom slat having said length dimension and a width dimension and a centerpoint in the plane defined by said length dimension and said width dimension,where said top slat is rotatably attached at its centerpoint to the centerpoint of said bottom slat by a pivot means, whereby the plane of the top slat lies parallel to the plane of the bottom slat, and such that the top slat and the bottom slat counter-rotates around the pivot means and thereby alternate between a first relative lengthwise orientation having a transverse configuration and a second relative lengthwise orientation having a parallel configuration; andwherein a left end of the top slat is connected to the left side of the frame by one of said fastener and a fight end of the top slat is connected to the right side of the frame by another of said fastener,whereby a person who is using the apparatus, by moving the left side of the frame horizontally inwards and moving the fight side of the frame horizontally inwards, causes the top slat and the bottom slat to counter-rotate towards said relative lengthwise orientation having the parallel configuration, thus reducing said adjustable width dimension of the collapsible frame,and whereby the person, by moving the left side of the frame horizontally outwards and moving the right side of the frame horizontally outwards, causes the top slat andthe bottom slat to counter-rotate towards said relative lengthwise orientation having the transverse configuration, thus expanding said adjustable width dimension of the collapsible frame. 2. The apparatus of claim 1, where a left end of the bottom slat is connected to the left side of the frame by one of said fastener and a right end of the bottom slat is connected to the right side of the frame by another of said fastener. 3. The apparatus of claim 1, where a left end of the bottom slat is fixedly attached to a lower end portion of the left side of the frame and a right end of the bottom slat is fixedly attached to a lower end portion of the right side of the frame. 4. The apparatus of claim 1 wherein said fastener is adjustably secured in the groove by a tightening means for alternatively permitting and preventing its travel in the groove. 5. The apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a stabilizer attached to the cordage, the stabilizer comprising: a threadable stabilizer cleat that is longitudinally bisected by a threading means for retaining the stabilizer on the cordage, said threading means comprising a hollow tube-like passage wherein the cordage is threaded into a first end and out of a second end of said passage, andan underside of said cleat comprising a gripping means for contacting an external surface of an object in a mounting environment,whereby the stabilizer is adjustably positionable along said effective length of said cordage to effectuate an application of the gripping means upon the external surface of the object in the mounting environment. 6. The threadable stabilizer cleat of claim 5, further comprising a grip- enhancing means for modifying one or more properties of said application of the gripping means upon the external surface of the object in the mounting environment. 7. The threadable stabilizer cleat of claim 6, wherein the grip-enhancing means comprises a plurality of studs arranged in a contiguous grid-like array protruding outwards from said undersurface. 8. The threadable stabilizer cleat of claim 7, wherein the plurality of studs arranged in a contiguous grid-like array protrudes outwards from said undersurface by a distance of between roughly 0.1 millimeters and twenty (20) millimeters. 9. An apparatus for mounting a portable electronic device, the apparatus comprising: a mounting means connected to a hanger,cordage descending vertically from the hanger and attaching to a frame, said cordage having an effective length corresponding to a distance between the hanger and the frame,an adjustment means for adjusting the effective length of the cordage, the adjustment means being attached to an end portion of the cordage,at least one horizontally oriented pair of clips, comprising two opposing horizontal clips, for holding the portable electronic device between them, said horizontally oriented pair of clips being attached on two opposing lateral sides of the frame,at least one vertically oriented clip for supporting a bottom edge of the portable electronic device, said vertically oriented clip being attached to a bottom side of the frame, and,one or more of a stabilizer attached to said cordage, the stabilizer comprising: a threadable stabilizer cleat longitudinally bisected by a threading means for retaining the stabilizer on the cordage, said threading means comprising a hollow tube-like passage wherein the cordage is threaded into a first end and out of a second end of said passage,an underside of said cleat comprising a gripping means for contacting an external surface of an object in a mounting environment,whereby the stabilizer is adjustably positionable along said effective length of said cordage to effectuate an application of the gripping means upon the external surface of the object in the mounting environment and;wherein the grip-enhancing means comprises a plurality of studs arranged in a contiguous grid-like array protruding outwards from said undersurface. 10. The threadable stabilizer cleat of claim 9, further comprising a grip-enhancing means for modifying one or more properties of said application of the gripping means upon the external surface of the object in the mounting environment. 11. The threadable stabilizer cleat of claim 9, wherein the plurality of studs arranged in a contiguous grid-like array protrudes outwards from said undersurface by a distance of between roughly 0.1 millimeters and twenty (20) millimeters.