Flat-Panel Monitor Holder

• US 20080169401A1
• Filed: 01/16/2007
• Published: 07/17/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 01/16/2007
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Geoffrey Alan Fryer
• Original Assignee: Geoffrey Alan Fryer
• Inventors: Fryer, Geoffrey Alan
• Application Number:
  US11/623,717
• Publication Number:
  US 20080169401A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/323
• 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 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/027 Ceiling supports

Abstract

A portable holder for a monitor is taught, whereby a flat-panel monitor can be suspended in a portable holder from a ceiling or from a vertical object. The holder comprises a body, a mechanism for holding a monitor and the body together, a stem with a ball-type terminus, an optional attachment, and a mechanism for suspending the monitor holder from a ceiling, using the stem, or a vertical object, using the optional attachment.

Claims

1. A suspendable, portable holder for a flat-panel monitor comprising:

a body 102, said body being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

two hinged arms 104 each consisting of a hinged arm body end 106, a hinged arm midsection 108, and a hinged arm distal end 110, said hinged arms 104 extending outward in a substantially 180-degree angle each from the other when in position for use and folding to a substantially zero-degree angle for storage, said hinged arms being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

a mechanism for holding a monitor 1404 closely to said body 102;

a stem 122 consisting of a stem body end 124, a stem midsection 126, and a stem distal end 128, said distal end comprising a ball-type terminus 130, said stem being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal; and

a stem hinge 132 that hingedly affixes said stem body end 124 to said body 102, said stem hinge 132 being capable of moving substantially 180 degrees in one plane.

2. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said mechanism for holding said monitor 1404 closely to said body 102 being two hinged arm hinges 112 each of which hingedly affixes one of said hinged arm body ends 106 to said body 102 such that said hinged arms 104 form a substantially 180-degree angle each from the other when extended, and a substantially zero-degree angle one from the other when collapsed and a supporting arm 114 consisting of a supporting arm body end 116, a supporting arm midsection 118, and a supporting arm distal end 120, said supporting arm 114 extending from said body 102 in substantially the same plane as said hinged arms 104 and being substantially perpendicular to said hinged arms 104 when said hinged arms 104 are in position for use, said supporting arm being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

3. The holder of claim 2 further comprising said hinged arms being of fixed length.

4. The holder of claim 2 further comprising said hinged arms being of variable length.

5. The holder of claim 2 further comprising said supporting arm being of fixed length.

6. The holder of claim 2 further comprising said supporting arm being of variable length.

7. The holder of claim 2 further comprising said hinged arms distal end 110 being hooked or curved.

8. The holder of claim 2 further comprising said supporting arm distal end being hooked or curved.

9. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said stem 122 being composed of a telescoping rod.

10. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said stem 122 being of a fixed length.

11. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said holder 100 being suspended by said stem 122 from a ceiling.

12. The holder of claim 11 further comprising said stem 122 having a magnetic field sufficient to hold said monitor holder 100 and any item being held by the monitor holder 100 suspended from said ceiling.

13. The holder of claim 11 further comprising said holder 100 being suspended from a portable ceiling tile 802 with an insertion point 804 designed for a male ball-type terminus 130 to slide into for suspension from a ceiling 302.

14. The holder of claim 13 further comprising said insertion point 804 being comprised of a channel 808 formed by a cut-out 810 from said attachment 806 such that an object such as a male ball-type terminus 130 can be slid into the channel easily from any position below the ceiling tile 802 and securely held within said insertion point 804.

15. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said monitor holder 100 being held at an angle 402 described by the stem hinge 132 and the body 102, said angle 402 being of any size that is comfortable for a human viewer.

16. The holder of claim 15 further comprising the method for holding said angle 402 being friction.

17. The holder of claim 1 further comprising two commercially available speakers 1002 with commercially available speaker wiring 1004 electrically connected thereto, said wiring 1004 terminating at a non-speaker end 1006 that is designed to be electrically connected a commercially available speaker system and at a speaker end 1008 that electrically connects to each speaker 1002.

18. The holder of claim 17 further comprising each of said speakers 1002 having affixed to it a sliding L- or J-joint 1010 that can be hookingly or slidingly engaged with the curved or hooked end 202 of a hinged arm 104.

19. The holder of claim 18 further comprising said joint 1010 being held in place by friction.

20. The holder of claim 18 further comprising said joint 1010 being held in place by a fabric- or plastic-based tangled-thread hook-and-eye connection system 1012

21. The holder of claim 18 further comprising said speakers 1002 being permanently affixed to said hinged arm end 202 using a speaker connection element 1014 selected from the group consisting of a ball-and-socket joint, a screw, a bolt, and a dowel.

22. The holder of claim 18 further comprising plug-in connections 1104 that can be affixed to said non-speaker end 1006 of said speaker wire 1004, and plug into a jack 1108 within a sound system 1106.

23. The holder of claim 1 further comprising an optional attachment 1202 for hanging the monitor holder 100, said attachment 1202 comprising a shaft 1204, a bend 1206, a hook 1208, and two hinging ends 1210 that insert into a foramen 1212 within said body 102 such that said attachment swings freely in the same plane in which said stem 122 swings, said attachment 1202 being located at the opposite end of the body 102 from said stem 122.

24. The holder of claim 23 further comprising said attachment 1202 being used to hang said holder 100 from a vertical object 1302.

25. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said mechanism for holding said monitor 1404 to said body 102 being a hook-and-eye system 1702, said system 1702 being composed of a permanently affixed hook 1704 and a permanently affixed eye 1706, said hook 1704 and eye 1706 being hookingly engaged to hold said monitor 1404 to said body 102.

26. The holder of claim 25 further comprising said hook being permanently affixed to said monitor and said eye being permanently affixed to said body.

27. The holder of claim 25 further comprising said hook being permanently affixed to said body and said eye being permanently affixed to said monitor.

28. The holder of claim 1 further comprising said mechanism for holding said monitor 1404 to said body 102 being a tangled thread hook-and-eye system 1802, said system 1802 being composed of a permanently affixed tangled thread strip 1804 and a permanently affixed miniature hook strip 1806, said strips 1804,1806 being hookingly engaged to hold said monitor 1404 to said body 102.

29. The holder of claim 28 further comprising said tangled thread strip being permanently affixed to said body and said miniature hook strip being permanently affixed to said monitor.

30. The holder of claim 28 further comprising said tangled thread strip being permanently affixed to said monitor and said miniature hook strip being permanently affixed to said body.

31. A suspendable, portable holder for a flat-panel monitor comprising:

a body 102, said body being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

a mechanism for holding a monitor 1404 closely to said body 102;

a stem 122 consisting of a stem body end 124, a stem midsection 126, and a stem distal end 128, said distal end comprising a ball-type terminus 130, said stem being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

two commercially available speakers 1002 with commercially available speaker wiring 1004 electrically connected thereto, said wiring 1004 terminating at a non-speaker end 1006 that is designed to be electrically connected a commercially available speaker system and at a speaker end 1008 that electrically connects to each speaker 1002 affixed to said holder 100, each of said speakers 1002 having affixed to it a sliding L- or J-joint 1010 that can be hookingly or slidingly engaged with the curved or hooked end 202 of a hinged arm 104; and

a stem hinge 132 that hingedly affixes said stem body end 124 to said body 102, said stem hinge 132 being capable of moving substantially 180 degrees in one plane.

32. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said mechanism for holding said monitor 1404 closely to said body 102 comprising two hinged arm hinges 112 each of which hingedly affix each of two hinged arm body arms 104 to said body 102 such that said hinged arms 104 are affixed by hinged arm body ends 106 and each hinged arm distal end 108 is curved or hooked, said hinged arms 104 forming a substantially 180 degree angle each from the other when extended, and a substantially zero-degree angle one from the other when collapsed and a supporting arm 114 consisting of a supporting arm body end 116, a supporting arm midsection 118, and a curved or hooked supporting arm distal end 120, said supporting arm 114 extending from said body 102 in substantially the same plane as said hinged arms 104 and being substantially perpendicular to said hinged arms 104 when said hinged arms 104 are in position for use, said supporting arm being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

33. The holder of claim 32 further comprising said hinged arms being of fixed length.

34. The holder of claim 32 further comprising said hinged arms being of variable length.

35. The holder of claim 32 further comprising said supporting arm being of fixed length.

36. The holder of claim 32 further comprising said supporting arm being of variable length.

37. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said stem 122 being composed of a telescoping rod.

38. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said stem 122 being of a fixed length.

39. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said holder 100 being suspended by said stem 122 from a ceiling.

40. The holder of claim 39 further comprising said stem 122 having a magnetic field sufficient to hold said monitor holder 100 and any item being held by the monitor holder 100 suspended from said ceiling.

41. The holder of claim 39 further comprising said holder 100 being suspended from a portable ceiling tile 802 with an insertion point 804 designed for a male ball-type terminus 130 to slide into for suspension from a ceiling 302, said insertion point 804 being comprised of a channel 808 formed by a cut-out 810 from said attachment 806 such that an object such as a male ball-type terminus 130 can be slid into the channel easily from any position below the portable ceiling tile 802 and securely held within said insertion point 804.

42. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said monitor holder 100 being held at an angle 402 described by the stem hinge 132 and the body 102, said angle 402 being of any size that is comfortable for a human viewer, a method for holding said angle 402 being friction.

43. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said joint 1010 being held in place by a fabric-or plastic-based tangled-thread hook-and-eye connection system 1012

44. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said speakers 1002 being permanently affixed to said hinged arm end 202 using a speaker connection element 1014 selected from the group consisting of a ball-and-socket joint, a screw, a bolt, and a dowel.

45. The holder of claim 31 further comprising plug-in connections 1104 that can be affixed to said non-speaker end 1006 of said speaker wire 1004, and plug into a jack 1108 within a sound system 1106.

46. The holder of claim 31 further comprising an optional attachment 1202 for hanging the monitor holder 100, said attachment 1202 comprising a shaft 1204, a bend 1206, a hook 1208, and two hinging ends 1210 that insert into a foramen 1212 within said body 102 such that said attachment swings freely in the same plane in which said stem 122 swings, said attachment 1202 being located at the opposite end of the body 102 from said stem 122, said attachment 1202 being used to hang said holder 100 from a vertical object 1302.

47. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said mechanism for holding said monitor 1404 to said body 102 being a hook-and-eye system 1702, said system 1702 being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of a set consisting of a permanently affixed hook 1704 and a permanently affixed eye 1706, said hook 1704 and eye 1706 being hookingly engaged to hold said monitor 1404 to said body 102;

a set consisting of a tangled thread hook-and-eye system 1802, said system 1802 being composed of a permanently affixed tangled thread strip 1804 and a permanently affixed miniature hook strip 1806, said strips 1804,1806 being hookingly engaged to hold said monitor 1404 to said body 102; and

a set consisting of a pair of hinged arms and a supporting arm.

48. The holder of claim 31 further comprising said mechanism for holding said monitor 1404 to said body 102 being comprised of a stem end connecting screw 1902 holding two halves of a stem end 1904 of said body 102 together, wherein said stem 122 is pivotally affixed to said stem end connecting screw 1902 and extends outward from said body 102, and a pivoting arm end connecting screw 1906 holds two pivoting arm end halves 1908 of said body 102 together and a pivoting arm 1910 being pivotally attached to said pivoting arm end connecting screw 1906 such that said pivoting arm 1910 can be extended outward from said body 102 to any angle set by a user, and wherein said pivoting arm 1910 can slide into a channel 1912 that is permanently affixed to a flat-screen monitor 100.

49. A suspendable, portable holder for a flat-panel monitor comprising:

a body 102, said body being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal;

a mechanism for holding a monitor 1404 closely to said body 102, said mechanism being an element selected from the group consisting of

a hook-and-eye system,

a tangled-thread hook-and-eye system,

a stem end connecting screw 1902 holding two halves of a stem end 1904 of said body 102 together, wherein said stem 122 is pivotally affixed to said stem end connecting screw 1902 and extends outward from said body 102, and a pivoting arm end connecting screw 1906 holds two pivoting arm end halves 1908 of said body 102 together and a pivoting arm 1910 being pivotally attached to said pivoting arm end connecting screw 1906 such that said pivoting arm 1910 can be extended outward from said body 102 to any angle set by a user, and wherein said pivoting arm 1910 can slide into a channel 1912 that is permanently affixed to a flat-screen monitor 100, and

a set consisting of two hinged arms and a supporting arm;

a stem 122 consisting of a stem body end 124, a stem midsection 126, and a stem distal end 128, said distal end comprising a ball-type terminus 130, said stem being composed of an element selected from the group consisting of wood, plastic, rock, mineral, and metal, and said stem being of either variable or of fixed length;

a portable ceiling tile to which an attachment for holding a male ball-type terminus is affixed;

two commercially available speakers 1002 with commercially available speaker wiring 1004 electrically connected thereto, said wiring 1004 terminating at a non-speaker end 1006 that is designed to be electrically connected a commercially available speaker system using commercially available speaker plugs, and at a speaker end 1008 that electrically connects to each speaker 1002 affixed to said holder 100;

an optional attachment for suspending said body on a vertical object;

a stem hinge 132 that hingedly affixes said stem body end 124 to said body 102, said stem hinge 132 being capable of moving substantially 180 degrees in one plane and holding said body firmly in a plane set by a human user using friction.