Adjustable support structure for video appliance

• US 6,047,939 A
• Filed: 07/09/1998
• Issued: 04/11/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 07/09/1997
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Kim, Kyoung Bok
• Primary Examiner(s): Ramirez, Ramon O.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LANDRY, WALTER J
• Application Number:
  US09/112,372
• Time in Patent Office: 642 Days
• Field of Search: 248/371, 248/415, 248/416, 248/920, 248/919, 248/921, 248/922, 248/923, 248/279.1, 248/349.1, 248/425
• US Class Current: 248/371
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/126 for tilting and panning F16M11/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/92 Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment

Abstract

An adjustable support structure for a video appliance which enables forward and backward movements in addition to angle adjustment of the appliance in upward, downward, left, and right directions. The support structure includes a supporting plate, a slidable plate attachable to the video appliance, the slidable plate having a lower portion in slidable contact with the supporting plate to allow movement of the slidable plate in forward and backward directions relative to the supporting plate, a rotatable plate, coupled to an upper portion of the slidable plate, for adjusting angles of the video appliance in left, right, upward and downward directions, a connecting part, inserted in the rotatable plate, for connecting the slidable plate to the rotatable plate, and a fastening part for fastening the slidable plate, the rotatable plate, and the connecting part together.

Claims

1. An adjustable support structure for a video appliance, comprising:

a slidable plate having an upper portion for supporting the video appliance, and a lower portion having guide grooves formed on both sides of the lower portion; and

a supporting plate having a center opening with a plurality of lugs formed on an inner side wall of the center opening;

wherein the plurality of lugs are engaged with the guide grooves of the slidable plate so that the slidable plate is movable in forward and backward directions within the center opening of the supporting plate.

2. The adjustable support structure of claim 1, wherein the supporting plate includes a keyboard groove for resting a keyboard of the video appliance.

3. An adjustable supporting structure for a video appliance, comprising:

a slidable plate having an upper portion for supporting the video appliance, and a lower portion having guide grooves formed on both sides of the lower portion; and

a supporting plate having a center opening with a plurality of lugs formed on an inner side wall of the center opening, the lugs being engaged with the guide grooves of the slidable plate;

a rotatable plate, coupled to the upper portion of the slidable plate, for adjusting angles of the video appliance in left, right, upward and downward directions;

a connecting part, inserted in the rotatable plate, for connecting the slidable plate to the rotatable plate; and

a fastening part for fastening the slidable plate, the rotatable plate, and the connecting part together.

4. The adjustable support structure of claim 3, wherein the fastening part comprises a fastening screw.

5. The adjustable support structure of claim 3, further comprising a plurality of anti-skid members attached to a bottom surface of the supporting plate.

6. The adjustable support structure of claim 3 wherein the supporting plate comprises:

a keyboard groove formed on the supporting part so that a keyboard of the video appliance can rest on the groove;

a slidable bottom surface in slidable contact with the slidable plate;

a stopper protrusion for limiting backward movement of the slidable plate within a predetermined distance; and

a guide board for supporting a front portion of the slidable plate.

7. The adjustable support structure of claim 3, wherein the slidable plate comprises:

a boss projected upward from the slidable plate so as to pass through an elongated guide hole formed on the rotatable plate;

a front portion formed on a front of the slidable plate for supporting the movement of the slidable plate in cooperation with a guide board of the supporting plate;

a front passing groove, formed on the front of the slidable plate, for receiving therethrough the guide board of the supporting plate; and

a stopper rib, formed on a bottom surface of the slidable plate, for limiting the backward movement of the slidable plate in association with a stopper protrusion formed on the supporting plate.