IPC분류정보
국가/구분 |
United States(US) Patent
등록
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국제특허분류(IPC7판) |
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출원번호 |
US-0498761
(2006-08-04)
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등록번호 |
US-7338022
(2008-03-04)
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발명자
/ 주소 |
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출원인 / 주소 |
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대리인 / 주소 |
Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC
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인용정보 |
피인용 횟수 :
29 인용 특허 :
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초록
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A support apparatus for suspending a monitor with a back has a mounting seat, a support arm assembly, an extending arm and a mounting device. The support arm assembly is mounted on the mounting seat and has a proximal bracket, a positioning device, a upper arm, a lower arm, a loading element and a d
A support apparatus for suspending a monitor with a back has a mounting seat, a support arm assembly, an extending arm and a mounting device. The support arm assembly is mounted on the mounting seat and has a proximal bracket, a positioning device, a upper arm, a lower arm, a loading element and a distal bracket. The extending arm is connected to the distal bracket. The connector is connected to the extending arm, connects to the back of a monitor and has a mounting assembly and an adjusting assembly. The mounting assembly is connected to the extending arm and has a connector and an axial connector. The adjusting assembly is connected to the mounting assembly and has a adjusting device and a connecting seat.
대표청구항
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What is claimed is: 1. A support apparatus for suspending a monitor having a power cord and a back, and the support apparatus comprising a mounting seat having a distal end; a support arm assembly being connected to the distal end of the mounting seat and having a proximal bracket being connected r
What is claimed is: 1. A support apparatus for suspending a monitor having a power cord and a back, and the support apparatus comprising a mounting seat having a distal end; a support arm assembly being connected to the distal end of the mounting seat and having a proximal bracket being connected rotatably to distal end of the mounting seat and having a top; a bottom; an external surface; a chamber being defined in the proximal bracket and having an opening; an inner surface; a top; a bottom; an inner recess being formed in the inner surface of the chamber and having a shoulder being defined adjacent to the bottom and having two ends; multiple pinholes being formed through the external surface of the proximal bracket in aligned pairs and communicating transversely with the chamber; and two pivots being mounted respectively in the pinholes in the chamber; and a through hole being formed through the top of the proximal bracket near the inner recess and communicating with the chamber; a positioning device being connected to the proximal bracket and having an adjusting bolt being mounted through the through hole in the proximal bracket, extending into the chamber, being threaded and having an outer end; an inner end pressing against the shoulder on the inner recess; a head being formed on the outer end and being mounted rotatably in the through hole in the top of the proximal bracket; and a mounting flange being formed on and protruding out from the adjusting bolt adjacent to the head and being mounted slidably inside and against the top of the proximal bracket adjacent to the through hole; a sliding bracket being driven by the adjusting bolt between the pivots and having a body being mounted slidably in the chamber of the proximal bracket and having a top; a bottom; a rear side slidably abutting the inner recess in the proximal bracket; and a front side; a threaded hole being formed through the body from the top to the bottom and being screwed onto and driven by the adjusting bolt; two parallel ears being formed on the front side of the body and protruding toward the opening in the chamber, and each parallel ear having a pinhole, and the pinholes in the parallel ears aligning with each other; and a pivot pin being mounted in the pinholes in the parallel ears; and an alignment bracket being mounted against the shoulder in the chamber in the proximal bracket and holding the inner end in position; an upper arm being connected pivotally to the proximal bracket and having a proximal end being connected pivotally to the proximal bracket by one of the pivots extending through the proximal end; and a distal end; a lower arm being connected pivotally to the proximal bracket and having a proximal end being connected pivotally to the proximal bracket by the other pivot extending through the proximal end; and a front end; a loading element being connected to positioning device and having a proximal end being mounted pivotally on the pivot pin between the parallel ears of the sliding bracket; and a distal end; and a distal bracket being connected pivotally to the distal ends of the upper arm, the loading element and the front end of the lower arm and having a mounting recess defined vertically in the distal bracket; an extending arm being connected to the distal bracket and having a proximal end being mounted pivotally in the mounting recess in the distal bracket; and a distal end; and a mounting device being connected pivotally to the distal end of the extending arm, connecting to the back of a monitor and having a mounting assembly being connected to the extending arm and having a pivoting connector being connected to the distal end of the extending arm and having a body; and a bolt being connected to and protruding from the body and having a threaded shaft; and an axial connector being connected to the pivoting connector and having a cup connector having a closed proximal end; a sidewall; a distal edge; a flange being formed on and extending out from the distal edge; and a through hole being formed coaxially through the closed proximal end being mounted around the bolt of the pivoting connector; and a nut screwing onto the threaded shaft of the bolt of the pivoting connector; and an adjusting assembly being connected to the mounting assembly and having an adjusting device being connected to the axial connector and having an adjustment seat being mounted on the axial connector and having a front surface; a rear surface; a bottom edge; a top edge; a locking edge; a pivot edge; a fixed connector being semicircular, being formed on and protruding from the rear surface of the adjustment seat at the top edge, engaging and holding the flange on the axial connector and having a flange recess being formed in the fixed connector, being open toward the bottom edge of the adjustment seat and engaging and holding the flange on the cup connector of the axial connector; and a locking tab protruding from the adjustment seat and having a lower edge; a rear surface being flush with the rear surface of the adjustment seat; a front surface; and a locking hole being formed through the locking tab from the rear surface to the front surface; and a locking arm being connected pivotally to the adjustment seat, engaging the flange of the axial connector and having a pivotal end being connected pivotally to the adjustment seat near the locking edge of the adjustment seat and the fixed connector and having a through hole; a fastener extending through the through hole in the pivotal end, attaching securely to the adjustment seat and connecting the pivotal end pivotally to the adjustment seat; a locking end selectively aligning with and attaching to the locking tab on the adjustment seat; a latch pin being mounted slidably in the locking end of the locking arm, engaging the locking hole in the locking tab and having a front end selectively aligning with and engaging the locking hole in the locking tab; a rear end; and a spring mounted around the latch pin; and a flange recess being formed in the locking arm from the locking end to the pivotal end, corresponding to the flange recess in the fixed connector of the adjustment seat and selectively connecting to the flange on the cup connector; and a monitor connector being connected to the adjusting device and the monitor. 2. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the mounting seat further has a mounting recess being defined axially in the distal end of the mounting seat; and a setscrew hole being formed radially into the mounting seat and communicating with the mounting recess; and the proximal bracket further has a mounting post being formed on and protruding down from the bottom of the proximal bracket, being mounted in the mounting recess in the mounting seat and having a distal end; an outer surface; and an annular groove being formed in the outer surface of the mounting post near the distal end and aligning with the setscrew hole in the mounting seat; and a setscrew screwing into the setscrew hole, extending into the mounting recess and the annular groove and pressing against the annular groove. 3. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the shoulder of the inner recess in the chamber further has two protrusions being formed respectively on and protruding from the ends of the shoulder toward the opening; and two mounting holes being coaxially formed respectively in the protrusions; the inner end of the adjusting bolt is hemispheric; and the alignment bracket further has a foot being mounted on the bottom of the chamber against the shoulder and having an upper surface; an outer edge; and two grooves being formed in the upper surface of the foot and corresponding respectively to engaging the protrusions on the shoulder; a lip being formed on and protruding up from the upper surface of the foot at the outer edge and having an inner surface; a middle; a curved notch being formed vertically in the inner surface at the middle of the lip and holding the inner end of the adjusting bolt against the shoulder; and two through holes being formed through the lip and aligning and communicating respectively with the mounting holes in the protrusions; and two screws extending respectively through the through holes in the lip and screwing respectively into the mounting holes in the protrusions. 4. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the positioning device further has a cap being mounted in the chamber through the opening, being connected to the proximal bracket and having two sidewalls, each sidewall having an inner edge; multiple pivot notches being formed in the sidewalls of the cap and being mounted around the pivots in the chamber; and an outer opening being formed through the cap and communicating with the open end of the chamber. 5. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the lower arm further has two sidewalls; multiple connecting ears being formed in the sidewalls of the lower arm, and each connecting ear having a retaining block protruding up from the connecting ear opposite to the corresponding sidewall of the lower arm; and a through hole being formed through the connecting ear; and two covers being semicylindrical, holding the power cord of the monitor and being mounted pivotally on the lower arm, and each cover having a hinge barrel being formed on the cover, being mounted pivotally between the connecting ears and having a lower end; an upper end; a through hole being formed coaxially through the hinge barrel, communicating with the through holes in the corresponding connecting ears; and a notch being formed in the lower end of the hinge barrel and selectively engaging the retaining block in the corresponding connecting ear; a pivot pin extending respectively through the through holes in the hinge barrels, protruding from the upper and lower ends and extending into the through holes in the corresponding connecting ears; and a spring being mounted around the pivot pin between the upper end of the hinge barrel and the corresponding connecting ears and pushing the hinge barrel to cause the notch to engage the corresponding retaining block. 6. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the bolt connected to and protruding from the body of the pivoting connector further has at least one key surface formed longitudinally on the threaded shaft; and the through hole in the cup connector is keyed to correspond to the at least one key surface on the threaded shaft of the bolt. 7. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the locking end of the locking arm further has a blind hole being formed in the front surface of the locking arm, and selectively aligning and communicating with the locking hole in the locking tab in the adjustment seat and having a closed end; and a through hole being formed through the rear surface of the locking arm and the closed end of the blind hole exoacilly with the blind hole and communicating with the blind hole; the latch pin is slidably mounted in the blind hole and the through hole, the rear end protrudes from the through hole, and the latch pin further has a protruding head being formed on and protruding longitudinally from the front end of the latch pin and selectively aligning with and engaging the locking hole and having a proximal end; a flange being formed on and extending radially out from the latch pin at the proximal end of the protruded head and being slidably mounted in the blind hole; and a cap being connected to the rear end of the latch pin; and the spring of the latch pin is mounted around the latch pin in the blind hole between the flange and the closed end of the blind hole. 8. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjustment seat further has a lip being formed at the bottom edge of the adjustment seat and being flush with the rear surface; and the locking arm further has a connecting groove being formed in the locking arm near the flange recess from the locking end to the pivotal end and connecting to the lip of the adjustment seat. 9. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the fixed connector further has a connecting notch being formed in the proximal end of the fixed connector between the locking edge of the adjustment seat and the flange recess; the locking tab on the adjustment seat further has an inclined surface being formed on the on the lower edge of the locking tab and corresponds to the rear surface of the locking tab; and the locking arm further has a connecting tab being formed on and protruding up from the locking arm near the locking end and aligning with and engaging the connecting notch in the fixed connector when the locking end of the locking arm is connected to the adjustment seat. 10. The support apparatus for suspending a monitor as claimed in claim 1, wherein the adjusting device further has a driving block being formed on and protruding from the front surface of the adjustment seat and having a top; a bottom; and a threaded hole being formed through the driving block from the top to the bottom; and a bushing being mounted around the driving block and having an inner opening being mounted around the driving block, abutting the front surface of the adjustment seat and having an upper edge; and a lower edge; an upper notch being formed in the upper edge of the inner opening and corresponding to and communicating with the threaded hole in the driving block; and a lower notch being formed in the lower edge of the inner opening and corresponding to and communicating with the treaded hole in the driving block; and the monitor connector has a center; an outer edge; a rear surface; a front surface; a recessed track being formed vertically in the rear surface of the monitor connector at the center, slidably holding the driving block and the bushing and having a top; and a bottom; an anchor recess being formed in the front surface of the monitor connector at the bottom of the recessed track and communicating with the recessed track; a through hole being formed radially in the monitor connector from the outer edge to the top of the recessed track and communicating with the recessed track; an anchor being mounted in the anchor recess in the monitor connector and having a top surface; an inner surface abutting the monitor connector in the anchor recess; a restricted semicircular recess being formed in the top surface and inner surface of the anchor, communicating with the anchor recess and aligning coaxially with the through hole in the monitor connector; a semicircular recess being formed in the inner surface of the anchor coaxially below the restricted semicircular recess and communicating with the restricted semicircular recess and the anchor recess; a through hole being formed through the anchor below the semicircular recess; and a fastener holding the anchor securely in the anchor recess, extending through the through hole in the anchor and connecting to the monitor connector; an adjusting rod being mounted rotatably in the monitor connector and through the bushing and the driving block on the adjustment seat, extending rotatably through the through hole and the threaded hole and having an outer end; an inner end; a thumb tab being formed on and providing longitudinally from the outer end of the adjusting rod and rotating against the outer edge of the monitor connector at the through hole; a head being formed at the inner end of the adjusting rod and being mounted rotatably in the semicircular recess in the anchor and the anchor recess in the monitor connector to hold the adjusting rod in position; a neck being formed in the adjusting rod adjacent to the head and being mounted rotatably in the restricted semicircular recess in the anchor and the anchor recess in the monitor connector; a thread being formed on the adjusting rod between the thumb tab and the neck, engaging the threaded hole in the driving block and driving the monitor connector up or down relative to the driving block when the adjusting rod is rotated; and multiple feet being formed on and protruding out from the outer edge of the monitor connector and connecting to the back of the monitor.
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