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Tilting, swiveling, locking base for monitors

  • US 5,881,985 A
  • Filed: 02/04/1997
  • Issued: 03/16/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/04/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A tilting, swiveling, locking base apparatus comprising:

  • a) a tiltball unit having a top surface and a bottom surface;

    a slot opening disposed in said tiltball unit and having a key opening portion communicating therewith;

    a raised ledge disposed on said top surface and circumscribing the slot opening;

    a recessed ledge disposed on said bottom surface and circumscribing the slot opening; and

    a locking rib connected to the recessed ledge and disposed about the key opening portion; and

    b) a support unit having support points lying in a plane and including a shaft extending in a direction substantially perpendicular from the plane to an outer end;

    teeth on the outer end of the shaft configured to fit through the slot opening only in the key opening portion;

    a locking rim configured to slidably engage the recessed ledge and to allow swiveling of the tiltball unit relative to the support unit equal to and greater than 360 degrees in a horizontal plane; and

    an elastic locking snap comprising a rim stop connected thereto and an overhanging portion secured to said elastic locking snap such that the locking rib is capable of contacting and deflecting the elastic locking snap when the teeth are inserted into the key opening portion and the locking snap rebounds when the shaft is displaced in the slot opening from the locking rib.

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