Clamping a platform to the side of a box

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I have a case like this:

https://www.whybuynew.co.uk/accessories/equipment-cases-bags/dj-pa-cases/gorilla-gc-ldjc-large-dj-controller-pick-fit-case.htm

I would like to be able to clamp a laptop platform to the side of it for my small 13" laptop (weighing about 1.5kg maximum)…
the side of the box is about 15cm tall, which I think will be too wide for the majority of laptop desk clamps to fasten to… (Also they’re all very heavy).

Can anyone think of some clever clamps/clips I might use to bodge something together instead? Ideally the laptop will be over the case (to stop it toppling the case) and 20-30cm higher than the case.

Just thought I’d ask here in case anyone’s immediately got an idea for a way to achieve this!

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If you can draw something it might help us to come up with some ideas?

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Excuse the awful drawing skills, but something like this ideally, so it can be attached to the outside of the box and removed easily…

elevation

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A friend just suggested this. I think I can buy this or make something similar, and obviously the downtube tube is easy enough to obtain - so really it’s finding the right clamps to be able to attach a pole to the box, and hold 1.5kg that is the issue…

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If you can leave the lid on you could just have a fold out shelf

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Or a post and shelf that slots into the inside rear of the case

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Very rough sketch. Side on view. Tightly fitting slotted onto back board of the box

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Maybe with a quick clamp or screw clamp

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This might be useful
https://www.toolstation.com/floodlight-bracket/p36821

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Or this
https://www.toolstation.com/anti-vibration-circulating-pump-bracket/p43896

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thanks, these are all good. I think some kind of clamp as above in the inside of the box I can just slip a pole into might be the answer, or the slotted answer that just slips onto the box!