Remotely activated television swivel base

• US 4,959,645 A
• Filed: 12/23/1988
• Issued: 09/25/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/23/1988
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Richard C. Balz
• Original Assignee: Richard C. Balz
• Inventors: Balz, Richard C.
• Primary Examiner(s): Yusko, Donald J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Holloway, III, Edwin C.
• Application Number:
  US07/289,560
• Time in Patent Office: 641 Days
• Field of Search: 340/825.69, 340/825.72, 340/825.76, 340/700, 340/727, 358/194.1, 358/248, 358/249, 358/254, 358/229, 358/100, 358/108, 341/176, 318/16, 455/352, 455/353, 455/354, 455/347, 455/603, 248/919, 248/920, 248/924, 248/122, 248/128, 248/129, 248/130, 248/132, 248/220.1, 312/7.2, 312/249, 312/252, 312/312, 312/253
• US Class Current: 340/13.32
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/92 Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment

Abstract

A remotely activated swivel base for use with a television set and the like is set forth wherein the base is remotely actuated by an infra-red transmitter to one of a first and second infra-red receiver to provide for rotative and vertical adjustment of the base relative to a support. Additionally, padded corner mounts are provided for securement of a television relative to the base wherein a plurality of brackets are associated with each corner support for vertical and dimensional adjustment of the television receiving unit relative to the base.

Claims

1. A remotely actuated apparatus for effecting rotative and vertical adjustment of a television receiving unit comprising,

operator-actuatable transmitting means for producing a plurality of output signals, and

a first and second receiving means each arranged for receiving a predetermined signal from said plurality of output signals, and

a rectangular television receiving support base including an adjustable corner bracket means positionable within each corner of the support base along a support floor of the support base, and

first drive means responsive to said first receiving means for vertically adjusting the support base, and

second drive means responsive to said second receiving means for rotatably adjusting said support base, and

further including a support case underlying said support base wherein said support case includes a plurality of case braces extending outwardly of said support case, and wherein said first drive means includes a first motor drive housing fixedly secured to and extending upwardly of said support case, and an adjustment housing vertically adjustable relative to said first motor drive housing, and

wherein said adjustment housing includes the second drive means secured thereto wherein said second drive means includes an output drive for cooperation with a driven gear wherein said driven gear is fixedly secured to the floor of said support base, and

wherein said adjustment housing includes a plurality of alignment pins extending through complementarily shaped openings extending through a floor of said support case for alignment of said adjustment housing relative to said support case, and

wherein said first motor drive housing includes a rotatable output pinion rotatably and drivingly mounted from said first motor drive housing for cooperation with a vertical rack fixedly secured to said adjustment housing for vertical positioning of said adjustment housing, and

wherein said adjustable corner bracket includes a plurality of "L" shaped vertical walls with padding formed to an interior of said walls and a bracket floor extending orthogonally outwardly relative to said walls for receiving said television receiver.

2. A remotely actuated apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said bracket floor includes a through-extending aperture for receiving a hollow cylindrical boss therethrough, and said cylindrical boss includes a plurality of cam members for vertically adjusting said corner bracket.

3. A remotely actuated apparatus as set forth in claim 1 wherein said cylindrical boss and each associated corner bracket is adjustably mounted along the floor of said support base diagonally of the floor of said support base within a slot underlying each corner bracket formed through each floor of said support base, and further including a leg extending orthogonally relative to an axis defining by said cylindrical boss cooperating with a flexible bracket overlying the leg to capture the leg between the bracket and the floor of the support base.

4. A remotely actuated apparatus as set forth in claim 3 wherein said cylindrical boss includes a rotatably mounted worm gear axially aligned with said cylindrical boss cooperating with output shaft to rotate the cams to vertically adjust each corner bracket.