Computer display screen system and adjustable screen mount, and swinging screens therefor

• US 20060126284A1
• Filed: 01/27/2006
• Published: 06/15/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 11/20/1998
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Jerry Moscovitch
• Original Assignee: Jerry Moscovitch
• Inventors: Moscovitch, Jerry
• Application Number:
  US11/340,723
• Publication Number:
  US 20060126284A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.40
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0015 Back-rests
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/242 by spreading of the legs F16M11/32 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/022 by friction
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1616 with folding flat displays, e.g. laptop computers or notebooks having a clamshell configuration, with body parts pivoting to an open position around an axis parallel to the plane they define in closed position
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1622 with enclosures rotating around an axis perpendicular to the plane they define or with ball-joint coupling, e.g. PDA with display enclosure orientation changeable between portrait and landscape by rotation with respect to a coplanar body enclosure
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1624 with sliding enclosures, e.g. sliding keyboard or display
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1647 including at least an additional display G06F1/1692 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1649 the additional display being independently orientable, e.g. for presenting information to a second user
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1654 the display being detachable, e.g. for remote use
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 2200/1612 Flat panel monitor

Abstract

An electronic display system is disclosed. The system includes a first display panel having a first viewing face and the second display panel have a second viewing face. The first and second display panels are coupled by a hinged mechanism which allows the angle between the first and second viewing faces to be greater than 180 degrees.

Claims

1. An electronic display system comprising

a first display panel having a first viewing face;

a second display panel having a second viewing face; and

a hinge mechanism for coupling the first display panel to the second display panel, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the angle between the first viewing face and the second viewing face to be greater than 180°

.

2. The display claim of claim 1, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the angle between the first and second viewing faces to be in the range of 0°

to 360°

.

3. The display system of claim 1, wherein the display system is adapted for use in one of a computer system and a handheld electronic device.

4. The display system of claim 3, further comprising a keyboard in electric communication with the first and second display panels.

5. The display system of claim 1, wherein the first viewing face includes an LCD screen.

6. The display system of claim 1, wherein the hinge mechanism couples one edge of the first display panel to one edge of the second display panel.

7. The display system of claim 6, wherein the one edge of the first display panel is horizontal.

8. The display system of claim 6, wherein the one edge of the first display panel is vertical.

9. The display system of claim 1, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the second display panel to assume an obverse viewing position in which the second display panel is substantially parallel to the first display panel and the second viewing face faces away from the first viewing face, thereby allowing a first person to view the first viewing face at the same time that a second person facing the first person views the second viewing face.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein, in the obverse viewing position, the second display panel is against the first display panel.

11. The display system of claim 1, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the display system to assume a storage position in which the second display panel is substantially parallel to the first display panel such that the first viewing face faces the second viewing face.

12. The system of claim 11, wherein, in the storage position, the second display panel is against the first display panel.

13. The display system of claim 12, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the second display panel to rotate 360°

from the storage position to an obverse viewing position in which the second display panel is substantially parallel to and against the first display panel such that the second viewing face faces away from the first viewing face to thereby allow a first person to view the first viewing face at the same time that a second person facing the first person views the second viewing face.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein, in the obverse viewing position, the second display panel is against the first display panel.

15. The display system of claim 14, further comprising a keyboard having a keyboard edge to which a bottom edge of the first display panel is hingedly connected, wherein the first display panel and the second display panel may be folded over the keyboard when the display system is in the storage position.

16. An electronic display system comprising

a first display panel having a first viewing face;

a second display panel having a second viewing face; and

a horizontal hinge mechanism for coupling the first display panel to the second display panel, wherein the hinge mechanism allows the angle between the first viewing face and the second viewing face to vary by rotation about a nominal horizontal axis.

17. The display system of claim 16, wherein the first viewing face includes an LCD screen.

18. A method for displaying information on an electronic display system, the method comprising:

providing a first display panel having a first viewing face;

providing a second display panel having a second viewing face, the second display panel coupled to the first display panel with a hinge mechanism that allows the angle between the first viewing face and the second viewing face to vary; and

varying the angle between the first display panel and the second display panel so that the angle between the first viewing face and the second viewing face is greater than 180°

.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the step of varying includes varying the angle between the first viewing face and the second viewing face so that said angle is about 0°

in a storage position, the first viewing face substantially facing the second viewing face.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the display system includes a keyboard having a keyboard edge to which a bottom edge of the first display panel is hingedly connected, the method further comprising folding the first display panel and the second display panel over the keyboard in the storage position.