Adjustable display monitor unit

• US 20010048584A1
• Filed: 12/21/2000
• Published: 12/06/2001
• Est. Priority Date: 01/06/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Rosen Products LLC
• Original Assignee: Rosen Products LLC
• Inventors: Rosen, John B.
• Granted Patent: US 6,510,049 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/681
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2064 for tilting and panning F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/027 Ceiling supports
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support

Abstract

An adjustable multi-positional display monitor unit for accommodating varied viewing positions. The display unit includes a swivel portion, a pivot portion and a screen. The swivel portion is rotatable relative to a reference surface about a first axis, which extends through the reference surface. The pivot portion has a proximal and distal region, the proximal region pivotally coupled to the swivel portion to accommodate pivot of the pivot portion relative to the swivel portion about a second axis which is normal to the first axis. The distal region is associated with a screen which is rotatable about a third axis which extends though a planar viewing surface of the screen so that the screen can be positioned for viewing from an upright, inverted and recumbent position regardless of the orientation of the reference surface.

Claims

1. A display monitor unit mountable on a reference surface, the display monitor unit comprising:

a swivel portion rotatable relative to the reference surface about a first axis which extends through the reference surface;

a pivot portion having a proximal region and a distal region, the proximal region being pivotally coupled to the swivel portion to accommodate pivot of the pivot portion relative to the swivel portion about a second axis which is normal to the first axis; and

a screen having a planar viewing surface attached to the distal region, rotatable about a third axis which extends though the planar viewing surface such that the screen can be viewed selectively from an upright, inverted and recumbent position regardless of the orientation of the reference surface.

2. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the swivel portion rotates through a range of motion of approximately 90 degrees.

3. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the pivot portion pivots through a range of motion of at least approximately 90 degrees.

4. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the pivot portion pivots through a range of motion of at least approximately 110 degrees.

5. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the screen rotates through a range of motion of approximately 360 degrees.

6. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the screen rotates from a first screen position in a first direction about the third axis of at least approximately 270 degrees and a second direction from the first screen position about the third axis of at least approximately 90 degrees, such that the screen rotates through approximately 360 degrees.

7. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the swivel portion rotates through a range of motion of at least approximately 90 degrees and the pivot portion pivots through a range of motion of at least approximately 90 degrees.

8. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the swivel portion rotates through a range of motion of at least approximately 90 degrees and the screen rotates through a range of motion of approximately 360 degrees.

9. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the pivot portion pivots through a range of motion of at least approximately 90 degrees and the screen rotates through a range of motion of approximately 360 degrees.

10. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the screen is rotatable approximately 90 degrees about the third axis such that the screen is in an apparent upright screen position when viewed by a viewer in a side-facing recumbent position.

11. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the reference surface is an overhead planar surface where the swivel portion is mounted upside down such that the screen is rotatable approximately 180 degrees about the third axis such that the screen is positionable in an apparent upright screen position for viewing by a viewer in an upright viewer position.

12. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the pivot portion is an arcuate arm having opposing ends attached to the swivel portion.

13. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the swivel portion is a generally planar disk.

14. The display monitor unit of

claim 1

, where the pivot portion has a stowed position where the pivot portion folds generally parallel to the reference surface.

15. A multi-positional display monitor unit mountable on a reference surface, the display monitor unit comprising:

a base with a recessed perimeter portion;

an arcuate arm with opposing ends and a crest, where the ends of the arcuate arm are attached to the base such that the arcuate arm can be pivoted between a stowed position where the arcuate arm folds into the recessed perimeter portion generally flush with the base and a deployed arm position where the arcuate arm projects from the base; and

a display screen rotatably secured to the crest of the arcuate arm.

16. The display monitor unit of

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, where the base is circular.

17. The display monitor unit of

claim 15

, where the base includes a swivel portion adapted to rotate about a first axis that extends through the reference structure where the ends of the arcuate arm are attached to the swivel portion.

18. The display monitor unit of

claim 15

, where the arcuate arm, when in the deployed arm position, pivots outward from the base about a second axis which is parallel to the reference surface.

19. The display monitor unit of

claim 15

, where the display screen, when in the stowed position, lies generally flush against the reference surface.

20. The display monitor unit of

claim 15

, wherein the crest of the arcuate arm has a circular plate on which the display screen is rotatably secured.

21. The display monitor unit of

claim 15

, where the display screen is rotatable approximately 360 degrees about a third axis which extends through the display screen.

22. The display monitor unit of

claim 15

, where the display screen is rotatable approximately 270 degrees in one direction about a third axis that extends through the display screen and is rotatable approximately 90 degrees in the opposing direction about the third axis.

23. A cabinet having a display monitor unit mounted to the cabinet, the cabinet having a cabinet skirt, the display monitor comprising:

a rotatable base mountable to a cabinet wall;

an adjustable arm having a first end attached to the base and a second end, where the arm is configured to be pivoted between a stowed arm position where the arm is obscured by the cabinet skirt and a deployed arm position where the arm is extended for viewing; and

a rotatable screen attached to the second end of the arm.