Articulated stand for supporting object

• US 5,154,390 A
• Filed: 08/30/1991
• Issued: 10/13/1992
• Est. Priority Date: 08/30/1991
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: ACCO World Corp. (ACCO Brands Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: ACCO World Corp. (ACCO Brands Incorporated)
• Inventors: Kennedy, Jeffrey A., Bain, Charles E.
• Primary Examiner(s): Foss, J. Franklin
• Application Number:
  US07/753,452
• Time in Patent Office: 410 Days
• Field of Search: 248/291, 248/278, 248/279, 248/280.1, 248/281.1, 248/284, 248/122, 248/447, 248/441.1, 248/442.2, 248/447.2, 40/341, 403/93, 403/96
• US Class Current: 248/447.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/04 Easels or stands for blackboards or the like easels combined with seats A47B83/008
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable

Abstract

An activated arm stand with a base positioned on or securable to a stationary surface in which the base and an arm with a selected width are connected by a pair of aligned cylindrical portions each having a width less than the width of the arm. The cylindrical potions have V-shaped teeth which are urged together by an adjustable fastener and spring to hold the arm in a selected position. The base includes a surface which engages the arm to prevent its movement into a portion of the 360° rotation even when the teeth are disengaged. The arm stand may include a toothless joint engagement arrangement in which a tooth joint portion is made toothless with a conversion washer.

Claims

1. A holder for positioning on or in engagement to a fixed surface comprising

a) a base mount having a selected width for engagement to such surface which mount includes a cylindrical portion and a recess defined in part by a curved surface;

b) an arm pivotally secured to the mount, such arm having substantially the same width as the base mount;

c) the cylindrical portion of the mount and a cylindrical portion on a first end of the arm positioned, in tandem which tandem portions have a width substantially equal to and coterminous with the widths of the base mount and the arm;

said cylindrical portions positionable to form an adjustable joint in turn comprising

i) a first set of teeth on the mount cylindrical portion;

ii) a second set of teeth on the arm cylindrical portion;

iii) hand operable fastener means for drawing the portions to engage the sets of teeth; and

d) a surface on the arm for engaging the recess curved surface to limit the arm movement.

2. The holder of claim 1 having an additional second arm of such selected width and having a cylindrical portion having a width that is a portion of the selected width and the first arm having a cylindrical portion on its second end positioned for coterminous alignment with additional arm cylindrical portion to form a second adjustable joint.

3. The copyholder of claim 1 having in addition an easel with raised angled border means on it and having an arm with angled projection means for insertion between the raised border means.

4. The copyholder of claim 1 having a resilient washer between said sets of teeth.

5. A holder having a base and one or more arms for supporting an object such as a copyholder in various positions relative to its base comprising

a) anchor means for anchoring the base on or to a surface;

b) joint means between the base or one or more arms, said joint means in turn comprising

i) a first set of shaped teeth;

ii) a first planar surface;

iii) a two-sided washer having a complementary set of teeth on one side and a second planar surface frictionally engageable to the first planar surface; and

v) spring means for urging the sets of teeth and planar surfaces together

thereby adjustment can be accomplished by the sets of teeth or planar surfaces or both relative to one another.

6. A holder of claim 5 having a second arm between the first arm and the object and a joint of two portions between such second arm and the object comprising a set of teeth on one portion, a flexible washer with complementary teeth on one side and a flat surface on the other side and a toothless surface on the other joint portion.

7. The holder of claim 5 in which the arm and teeth are made of plastic material.