Multi-attitude display lid positioning arrangement for craftsperson's portable signal processing and communications unit
First Claim
1. A display panel lid arrangement for a craftsperson'"'"'s signal processing and communications craft unit, said craft unit being operative to enable a craftsperson, who may be dispatched to a service site that is remotely located with respect to a telephone facility serving a subscriber line, to communicate with said telephone facility and with a test head that is connectable to said subscriber line, said craft unit having an input/output device, including a visual display panel, through which information input by said craftsperson is converted into prescribed signals and transmitted to a test system and through which information associated with the operation of said test system is presented to said craftsperson, said display panel lid arrangement comprising:
- a display panel lid which is sized to cover said visual display panel; and
a pivot attachment mounted to said craft unit, said pivot attachment being engageable with said lid and being configured to enable the lid to be pivoted between a closed position which covers said display panel, and an open position which allows said craftsperson to view said display panel, and to be pivoted beyond said open position to an extended position, and stably positioned at said extended position beneath said craft unit as a craft unit support member; and
whereinsaid pivot attachment includes left side and right side hinge assemblies at respective left and right sides of said craft unit, a lid pin support element mounted adjacent to one end of said lid, and lid pin elements coupling opposite ends said lid pin support element with said left and right side hinge assemblies, respectively.
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Abstract
A contact-sensitive display screen panel of a craft unit is protected by a pivotable lid. The lid is rotatably supported by lid pivot attachments that enable the lid to be pivoted between closed and open positions, and to be stably locked as a support member in its fully extended attitude. Lid pin elements extend from opposite ends of a lid pin support element and engage left side and right side hinge assemblies. Each lid pin element has a tab element translatable along the underside of the lid. Each lid pin element is biased by a compression spring into engagement with a capturing slot in an interior bore of a post of a hinge arm element of a respective one of hinge assemblies. To rotate the lid from its open position, to its fully extended position, the craftsperson translate the tab elements against the biasing of compression springs, so that the lid pin element becomes unlocked from a slot in the interior bore of the hinge arm element of a respective hinge assembly. Once rotated to its fully extended position, finger pressure against the tab elements is released and the tab elements are allowed to again be biased by the compression springs, locking the reduced thickness portions of the lid pin elements in slots of the interior bores of the hinge arm elements of the hinge assemblies, so that the lid will be stably retained as a support element in its fully extended position.
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22 Claims
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1. A display panel lid arrangement for a craftsperson'"'"'s signal processing and communications craft unit, said craft unit being operative to enable a craftsperson, who may be dispatched to a service site that is remotely located with respect to a telephone facility serving a subscriber line, to communicate with said telephone facility and with a test head that is connectable to said subscriber line, said craft unit having an input/output device, including a visual display panel, through which information input by said craftsperson is converted into prescribed signals and transmitted to a test system and through which information associated with the operation of said test system is presented to said craftsperson, said display panel lid arrangement comprising:
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a display panel lid which is sized to cover said visual display panel; and a pivot attachment mounted to said craft unit, said pivot attachment being engageable with said lid and being configured to enable the lid to be pivoted between a closed position which covers said display panel, and an open position which allows said craftsperson to view said display panel, and to be pivoted beyond said open position to an extended position, and stably positioned at said extended position beneath said craft unit as a craft unit support member; and
whereinsaid pivot attachment includes left side and right side hinge assemblies at respective left and right sides of said craft unit, a lid pin support element mounted adjacent to one end of said lid, and lid pin elements coupling opposite ends said lid pin support element with said left and right side hinge assemblies, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A display panel lid attachment arrangement for a craft unit, which is operative to enable a craftsperson, who may be dispatched to a service site located remotely with respect to a telephone facility serving a subscriber line, to communicate with said telephone facility and with a test head that is connectable to said subscriber line, said craft unit having a visual display panel, through which information is displayed to said craftsperson, said display panel lid attachment arrangement comprising hinge assemblies mounted to said craft unit, and hinge assembly attachment elements supportable on said lid and being configured to engage said hinge assemblies so as to enable said lid to be pivoted between a closed position which covers said display panel, and an open position which allows said craftsperson to view said display panel, and to be pivoted beyond said open position to an extended position, and stably positioned at said extended position beneath said craft unit as a craft unit support member;
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wherein said hinge assemblies include left side and right side hinge assemblies at left and right sides of said craft unit, and wherein a respective hinge assembly attachment element comprises a lid pin supported by a lid pin support element mounted adjacent to one end of said lid, and wherein a respective lid pin is configured to couple an end of said lid pin support with one of said left and right side hinge assemblies. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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