Monitor support structure

• US 7,395,995 B2
• Filed: 07/19/2006
• Issued: 07/08/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/19/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hoolin Research Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Hoolin Research Company Limited
• Inventors: Chen, Wen-Chun
• Primary Examiner(s): STERLING, AMY JO
• Application Number:
  US11/488,677
• Publication Number:
  US 20080029661A1
• Time in Patent Office: 720 Days
• Field of Search: 248/284.1, 248/291.1, 248917-923, 248/281.11, 248/280.11, 248/278.1
• US Class Current: 248/284.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2064 for tilting and panning F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2078 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

A monitor support structure generally comprises a clamping unit, a rotatable arm, a support arm, a pivotal connecting unit, a linking rod, and a shiftable unit. The clamping unit is provided for fixing so as to allow the monitor support structure to hold and support an article. The pivotal connecting unit allows the support arm to shift upward or downward for adjusting the tilt angle of the article. Besides, the elastic devices provide the elastic force for pulling the support arm downward so as to share the weight of the article. Moreover, the linking rod can balance the weight of the article for steadily supporting the article.

Claims

1. A monitor support structure comprising:

a clamping unit, a rotatable arm, a support arm, a pivotal connecting unit, a linking rod, and a shiftable unit for holding and supporting an article, wherein;

said support arm comprises;

two clamping plates bilaterally on the bottom thereof for coupling with said pivotal connecting unit;

two lateral plates having symmetric long slots on the upper portions thereof;

two fixing units closely under said long slots;

a pair of clamping plates on the bottom thereof, one of said clamping plates having a center hole, a pin hole, and a plurality of positioning holes on the inner surface thereof, the other of said clamping plates having a center hole, a slotted hole, and a plurality of positioning holes; and

a pair of friction devices disposed between said two clamping plates, each of said friction devices having a shaft hole, a pin hole, and a plurality of pins;

said pivotal connecting unit has a shaft hole, a penetrated guide slot for holding a shaft, a penetrated hole, and a pair of hooking ears on one side thereof, said cupping unit being assembled to said support arm, said pivotal connecting unit being coupled with first ends of a pair of elastic devices, said fixing units of said support arm being fixed on second ends of said elastic devices; and

said linking rod has a first shaft sleeve and a second shaft sleeve on both ends, respectively, said first shaft sleeve being pivotally located on said linking unit of said support arm, said second shaft sleeve being pivotally located on said pivotal connecting unit;

said friction devices being located respectively between said clamping plates and said pivotal connecting unit, said pivotal connecting unit, said clamping plates, and said friction devices being fixed together by a threaded rod that penetrates therethrough, said pin hole of said clamping plate, said pin holes of said friction devices, and said guide slot of said pivotal connecting unit being penetrated through by said shaft, one end of said shaft being held in said slotted hole such that when said support arm is shifted upward or downward to adjust the tilt angle, said shaft is driven by said clamping plates of said support arm and said friction devices to be shiftable within said guide slot, and said linking rod is also shiftable within said long slots of said support arm, wherein said linking rod can be positioned by screw assemblies for further positioning said support arm.

2. The monitor support structure of claim 1, wherein said support arm is a bar-shaped unit and has a chamber for orderly holding signal and power cables of said article.

3. The monitor support structure of claim 1, wherein said pivotal connecting unit has a pair of hooking ears on the rearward thereof for holding said second shaft sleeve, and said second shaft sleeve is fixed on said hooking ears by shaft assemblies.

4. The monitor support structure of claim 1, wherein said support arm is covered with a cover, and said cover has a sliding slot such that said linking rod is shiftable within said sliding slot.

5. The monitor support structure of claim 1, wherein said pins of said friction devices are inserted into said positioning holes of said clamping plates.

6. The monitor support structure of claim 1, wherein two elastic sheets are disposed between said long slots and said first shaft sleeve of said linking rod and, respectively.