Display unit
First Claim
1. An overhead display unit comprising:
- a housing configured for mounting in an interior region of an automobile, the housing defining a cavity of predetermined shape and size; and
a display sized to fit at least partially within the cavity, the display having a viewing surface and being mounted on the housing for pivotal movement between a stowed position wherein the display is at least partially contained within the cavity of the housing, and a deployed position wherein the display pivotally projects from the cavity of the housing to present the viewing surface to an occupant of the vehicle; and
a lock mechanism mounted on the housing and adapted to selectively engage the display to maintain the display in the stowed position.
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Abstract
A display unit is provided, the display unit including a housing configured for mounting in an interior region of a vehicle, and a screen mounted on the housing for movement between a stowed position wherein the screen is at least partially contained within the housing and a deployed position wherein the screen projects from the housing to reveal a viewing surface of the screen. The display unit further includes a lock mechanism adapted to selectively retain the screen in the stowed position. Upon release of the lock mechanism, however, the screen is free to be pivoted away from the stowed position, and in one embodiment, is automatically pivoted at least partially away from the stowed position.
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22 Claims
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1. An overhead display unit comprising:
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a housing configured for mounting in an interior region of an automobile, the housing defining a cavity of predetermined shape and size; and
a display sized to fit at least partially within the cavity, the display having a viewing surface and being mounted on the housing for pivotal movement between a stowed position wherein the display is at least partially contained within the cavity of the housing, and a deployed position wherein the display pivotally projects from the cavity of the housing to present the viewing surface to an occupant of the vehicle; and
a lock mechanism mounted on the housing and adapted to selectively engage the display to maintain the display in the stowed position. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. An overhead display unit for use in an automobile having a ceiling, the display unit comprising:
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a display having a viewing surface and being operatively mounted on the ceiling for pivotal movement between a stowed position wherein the display extends generally parallel to the ceiling, and a deployed position wherein the display is pivoted away from the ceiling to present the viewing surface to an occupant of the vehicle; and
a lock mechanism operatively mounted on the ceiling and adapted to selectively engage the display to maintain the display in the stowed position. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An above-seat-level, ceiling-mounted display unit for an automobile having a passenger seating area and a generally planar ceiling, the display unit comprising:
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a generally planar mounting frame structure joined with the ceiling in a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile, the mounting frame structure being joined generally co-planarly with the ceiling and having a proximal portion closer to the passenger seating area and a distal portion more remote from the passenger seating area;
a generally planar display structure having a viewing surface and being hinged to the mounting frame structure adjacent the distal portion thereof for reversibly swaying in an upright plane, extending both through the mounting frame structure and the passenger seating area, between a stowed position wherein the display structure lies in a plane generally paralleling the plane of the mounting frame structure and a deployed position wherein the display structure occupies a generally upright plane which lies at an angle relative to the plane of the mounting-frame structure with a disposition overhead-viewable by any passenger seated in the passenger seating area; and
a lock mechanism adapted to engage the display and selectively retain the display in the stowed position. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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