Channel for an arm apparatus for mounting electronic devices with cable management system

• US 6,719,253 B2
• Filed: 11/27/2002
• Issued: 04/13/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 06/07/1999
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Innovative Office Products, LLC (IOP Holdings LLC)
• Original Assignee: Innovative Office Products, Inc. (IOP Holdings LLC)
• Inventors: Oddsen, Odd N. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): KING, ANITA M
• Application Number:
  US10/305,566
• Publication Number:
  US 20030080268A1
• Time in Patent Office: 503 Days
• Field of Search: 248/274.1, 248/298.1, 248/284.1, 248/291.1, 248/276.1, 248/286.1, 248/240, 248/280.11
• US Class Current: 248/274.1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2200/0088 Appliance support having rotary joint or articulated connection
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/063 Parallelogram arms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/065 with a special structure, e.g. reinforced or adapted for space reduction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/57 Distinct end coupler
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/5741 Separate screw or pin-type connections

Abstract

An extension arm suitable for mounting a flat-screen electronic peripheral device, such as a computer monitor or television, includes a forearm extension that has at one end a first coupling for attachment to a tilter, a platform or other means for supporting a flat-screen device and at the other end a second coupling with a slot formed therein. The extension arm also includes a pair of endcaps, each having a shaft. The shaft of the first endcap is pivotably rotatable in a support mount, such as a wall, desk or pole mount. The shaft of the second endcap is hollow and is pivotably rotatable in the second coupling of the forearm extension. The extension arm also comprises an upper channel and a lower channel. Each channel has at opposite ends integrally cast rollers which are pivotably attached to each of the endcaps. The lower channel has a cable channel formed therein. The upper and lower channels and the endcaps form an adjustable parallelogram.

Claims

1. A channel for use in an extension arm that adjustably mounts a device to a support mount and conceals cables to and from the device within said channel, said channel comprising an elongated body;

a first roller disposed at a first end of said body;

a second roller disposed at a second end of said body; and

a cable channel formed within said body that runs longitudinally therealong from a location adjacent to the first end of said channel to the second end of said body so as to pass through said second roller and to form an opening in the second end of said body.

2. The channel of claim 1, wherein said cable channel has two opposite edges that are parallel to a longitudinal centerline of said body.

3. The channel of claim 1, wherein one end of said cable channel is rounded.

4. The channel of claim 1, further comprising a cable cover that is removably attachable to said cable channel.

5. The channel of claim 1, wherein each of said rollers have holes located at a respective axial centerline.

6. The channel of claim 1, wherein said body is U-shaped in cross-section.

7. The channel of claim 1, wherein said body includes a pair of spaced apart tapered sidewalls.

8. A channel for use in an extension arm that adjustably mounts a device to a support mount and conceals cables to and from the device within said channel, said channel comprising a U-shaped body including a pair of spaced apart side walls and a bottom wall;

a first roller disposed at a first end of said body;

a second roller disposed at a second end of said body; and

a cable channel formed within said bottom wall extending longitudinally from a location adjacent the first end of said channel to the second end of said body, said cable channel extending through said second roller to form an opening therein.

9. The channel of claim 8, wherein said cable channel has two opposite edges that are parallel to a longitudinal centerline of said body.

10. The channel of claim 8, wherein one end of said cable channel is rounded.

11. The channel of claim 8, wherein further comprising a cable cover that is removably attachable to said cable channel.

12. The channel of claim 8, wherein said pair of spaced apart side walls are tapered.