Support device for computer peripheral equipment

• US 7,431,253 B2
• Filed: 06/03/2005
• Issued: 10/07/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 06/03/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: KYE Systems Corporation
• Original Assignee: KYE Systems Corporation
• Inventors: Yeh, Chao-Chin
• Primary Examiner(s): King; Anita M.
• Assistant Examiner(s): McDuffie; Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/143,654
• Publication Number:
  US 20070001071A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,222 Days
• Field of Search: 248/286.1, 248/288.31, 248/228.4, 248/230.4, 248/231.51, 248/918, 248/181.1, 348/373
• US Class Current: 248/286.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen

Abstract

A supporting device for computer peripheral equipments, such as a Webcam, includes a base for holding the Webcam. The base has a housing compartment to hold a moving member. The housing compartment has two sides, each having a sliding member. The moving member has two sides pivotally coupled on the sliding members. The sliding members can be swiveled and moved back and forth, relative to the base, to adjust the clamping space and clamping angle between the base and the moving member at the same time. The supporting device may also rest and stand on an operation surface in an upright manner.

Claims

1. A supporting device for computer peripheral equipment, comprising:

a base having a housing space and at least one trough;

a moving member pivotally coupled with the trough; and

a loading member having one end pivotally coupled on the moving member and another end coupled with a computer peripheral equipment,

wherein the base has an indented housing compartment to hold the moving member,

wherein the moving member can pivot about the trough which serves as a fulcrum relative to the base to a selected angle, and the loading member can pivot about the moving member which serves as another fulcrum relative to the base and the moving member to another selected angle, and

wherein the moving member and the loading member are simultaneously movable along the trough for a predetermined distance to form a clamping space which is located between the base and the moving member.

2. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the trough holds a sliding member which has one end pivotally coupled with the moving member.

3. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 2, wherein the sliding member and the moving member are bridged by an axle.

4. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 3, wherein the sliding member and the moving member are bridged by an axle.

5. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the loading member is pivotally coupled with a strut.

6. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the loading member is pivotally coupled with a strut to hold the computer peripheral equipment, the moving member and the computer peripheral equipment being swiveled to be housed in the housing space.

7. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the housing space has an indented housing compartment to hold the moving member.

8. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the base and the moving member have respectively an anti-slipping member on a surface thereof that face each other.

9. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the base has a first end and a second end, the moving member being foldable in the housing space, the computer peripheral equipment being swiveled to the top end of the base, the first end and the second end being allowed to rest simultaneously on an operation surface to hold the computer peripheral equipment.

10. The supporting device for computer peripheral equipment of claim 1, wherein the base is formed substantially in L-shape.

11. A computer peripheral equipment foldable for storing, comprising:

a base having a housing space and at least one trough;

a moving member pivotally coupled with the trough; and

a computer peripheral equipment pivotally coupled on the moving member,

wherein the moving member can pivot about the trough which serves as a fulcrum relative to the base to a selected angle, and

wherein the moving member and the computer peripheral equipment are movable along the trough for a selected distance to form a clamping space which is located between the base and the moving member, the moving member and the peripheral device are foldable to be enclosed simultaneously within the housing space.