Arm apparatus for mounting electronic devices with cable management system

• US 20030234328A1
• Filed: 05/30/2003
• Published: 12/25/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Innovative Office Products, LLC (IOP Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Innovative Office Products, Inc. (IOP Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: Oddsen, Odd N. Jr.
• Granted Patent: US 7,100,880 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/278.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0088 Appliance support having rotary joint or articulated connection
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/063 Parallelogram arms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/065 with a special structure, e.g. reinforced or adapted for space reduction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support

Abstract

A forearm extension for an adjustable extension arm for mounting an electronic device. The forearm extension provides a cable pathway therethrough in which a cable for an electronic device may extend for protecting and/or obscuring the cable from view.

Claims

1. A forearm extension for mounting a device thereto, said forearm extension comprising a body having a first end including a first female coupling and a second end including a second female coupling adapted for mounting a device thereto, said body having a first opening adjacent said first end and a second opening adjacent said second end, said first and second openings in communication with each other through a channel provided within said body extending between said first and second ends.

2. The forearm extension of claim 1, wherein said body includes an elongated top opening in communication with said channel therein and said first and second openings.

3. The forearm extension of claim 2, further including a cover removably received within said top opening, said cover permitting external access to said channel within said body through said second opening.

4. The forearm extension of claim 3, wherein said second opening is arranged between one end of said cover and said second end of said body.

5. The forearm extension of claim 3, wherein said body includes a bottom wall, said second opening extending between said bottom wall and said cover adjacent said second end of said body.

6. The forearm extension of claim 1, wherein said body includes a bottom wall, said second opening arranged in said bottom wall adjacent said second end of said body.

7. The forearm extension of claim 1, further including a mounting assembly attached to said second end of said body, said mounting assembly having a support plate for attachment to an electronic device.

8. A forearm extension for mounting a device thereto having a cable pathway, said forearm extension comprising a body having an internal elongated channel opening upward and extending between first and second ends of said body, said second end adapted for mounting a device thereto, wherein said body has a cable pathway between said first end and said second end extending through said first end and said channel.

9. The forearm extension of claim 8, further including a cover removably attachable to said body overlying said internal elongated channel.

10. The forearm extension of claim 9, wherein said cover forms an opening at one end thereof to provide external access to said internal elongated channel.

11. The forearm extension arm of claim 10, wherein said opening formed by said cover is arranged adjacent said second end of said body.

12. The forearm extension of claim 8, wherein said body includes a bottom wall having an opening adjacent said second end of said body, said opening providing external access to said internal elongated channel.

13. The forearm extension of claim 8, further including a tubular member received within said first end of said body, said body being rotationally attached to said tubular member.

14. The forearm extension of claim 13, wherein said tubular member has a side opening therein providing communication with said internal channel within said body.

15. A forearm extension for mounting an electronic device thereto, said forearm extension comprising a body having a first end and a second end adapted for attachment of an electronic device thereto, said first end having a through hole communicating with said second end by a U-shaped member having a bottom wall and a pair of spaced apart sidewalls, said U-shaped member forming an elongated first channel in communication with said through hole, a cover releasably attached to said body overlying said through hole and a portion of said U-shaped member for enclosing said elongated first channel, at least one opening in said body in either said bottom wall adjacent said second end or between said second end and a portion of said cover.

16. The forearm extension of claim 15, further including a tubular member received within said first end of said body, said body being rotationally attached to said tubular member.

17. The forearm extension of claim 16, wherein said tubular member has a side opening therein providing communication with said internal channel within said body.