Display device with a foldable suspension arm

• US 7,210,662 B2
• Filed: 12/30/2004
• Issued: 05/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hannspree Incorporated (HannStar Display Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Hannspree Incorporated (HannStar Display Corporation)
• Inventors: Liou, Guan-De, Cheng, Lo-I
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman; Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McDuffie; Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/028,178
• Publication Number:
  US 20060145043A1
• Time in Patent Office: 852 Days
• Field of Search: 248/276.1, 248/282.1, 248/286.1, 248/288.31, 248/917, 248/919, 248/920, 248/922, 248/205.5, 248/683, 248/363, 248/442.2, 248/206.2, 248/298.1, 361/681, 361/683, 349/58, 381/311, 405/97
• US Class Current: 248/282.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/045 adapted to left-right translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2078 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

A display device includes a display panel having a front surface for display, a rear surface, and two opposite lateral sides. A supporting unit includes a mounting seat adapted to be mounted fixedly on a supporting surface, and a foldable suspension arm having a first end connected pivotally to the mounting seat, and a second end opposite to the first end and attached to the rear surface of the display panel. The suspension arm includes a plurality of suspension arm sections, each of which is connected pivotally to an adjacent one of the suspension arm sections such that the second end of the suspension arm is movable relative to the first end of the suspension arm.

Claims

1. A display device adapted to be fixed on a supporting surface, said display device comprising:

a display panel having a front surface for display, a rear surface, and two opposite lateral sides;

a supporting unit including a mounting seat adapted to be mounted fixedly on the supporting surface, and a foldable suspension arm having a first end connected pivotally to said mounting seat, and a second end opposite to said first end and attached to said rear surface of said display panel, said suspension arm including a plurality of suspension arm sections, each of which is connected pivotally to an adjacent one of said suspension arm sections such that said second end of said suspension arm is movable relative to said first end of said suspension arm; and

a universal joint that includes a supporting seat mounted fixedly on said rear surface of said display panel and having a ball groove, and a ball body fixed to said second end of said suspension arm and received fittingly and rotatably within said ball groove in said supporting seat;

wherein said supporting seat is designed as a suction cup, and includes a cup portion attached to said rear surface of said display panel using a suction force, a head portion, and a neck portion disposed between said cup portion and said head portion, said ball groove being formed in said head portion, said display panel including a pair of clamping strips, each of which has two opposite ends that are fastened respectively to said lateral sides of said display panel, said neck portion being clamped between said clamping strips so as to retain said display panel on said suspension arm even when said cup portion is removed from said rear surface of said display panel.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said mounting seat of said supporting unit includes a base plate adapted to be fixed on the supporting surface, and two aligned pivot lugs connected fixedly to and transverse to said base plate, said first end of said suspension arm being connected pivotally between said pivot lugs.

3. A display device adapted to be fixed on a supporting surface, said display device comprising:

a display panel having a front surface for display, a rear surface, and two opposite lateral sides; and

a supporting unit including a mounting seat adapted to be mounted fixedly on the supporting surface, and a foldable suspension arm having a first end connected pivotally to said mounting seat, and a second end opposite to said first end and attached to said rear surface of said display panel, said suspension arm including a plurality of suspension arm sections, each of which is connected pivotally to an adjacent one of said suspension arm sections such that said second end of said suspension arm is movable relative to said first end of said suspension arm;

wherein said front surface of said display panel is formed with an accommodating chamber adapted for accommodating an earphone.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 3, comprising a universal joint that includes a supporting seat mounted fixedly on said rear surface of said display panel and having a ball groove, and a ball body fixed to said second end of said suspension arm and received fittingly and rotatably within said ball groove in said supporting seat.

4. A display device adapted to be fixed on a supporting surface, said display device comprising:

a display panel having a front surface for display, a rear surface, and two opposite lateral sides; and

a supporting unit including a mounting seat adapted to be mounted fixedly on the supporting surface, and a foldable suspension arm having a first end connected pivotally to said mounting seat, and a second end opposite to said first end and attached to said rear surface of said display panel, said suspension arm including a plurality of suspension arm sections, each of which is connected pivotally to an adjacent one of said suspension arm sections such that said second end of said suspension arm is movable relative to said first end of said suspension arm;

wherein at least one of said lateral sides of said display panel is formed with a handgrip, said handgrip being configured as a ring and being disposed at a middle portion of said one of said lateral sides of said display panel.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 4, comprising a universal joint that includes a supporting seat mounted fixedly on said rear surface of said display panel and having a ball groove, and a ball body fixed to said second end of said suspension arm and received fittingly and rotatably within said ball groove in said supporting seat.