Projector holder

• US 7,455,273 B2
• Filed: 03/09/2004
• Issued: 11/25/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 03/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: EFAB - ERIK Frisell AB
• Original Assignee: EFAB - ERIK Frisell AB
• Inventors: Lönnqvist, Hans
• Primary Examiner(s): Baxter; Gwendolyn
• Assistant Examiner(s): MCDUFFIE, MICHAEL D
• Application Number:
  US10/550,394
• Publication Number:
  US 20060186309A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,722 Days
• Field of Search: 248/317, 248/323, 248/324, 248/342, 248/343, 248/346.06, 248/309.1, 248/316.8, 248/917
• US Class Current: 248/343
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/043 Allowing translations
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/12 in more than one direction
• 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

Abstract

A projector holder has a connecting element with a coupling element for connecting the holder to a supporting structure, and three arms carried by the connecting element for rotation about parallel axes and for radial displacement relative to the axes. One end of the arms is aligned with threaded openings in a projector housing wall, and each arm carries a coupling device for connecting one arm end to a threaded opening in the housing wall. The connecting element releasably secures second end portions of the connected arms. The coupling device has a screw that extends through an opening in the arm, and two nuts mounted on a respective side of the arm. The nuts can be moved to position the arm at a chosen distance from the housing wall and to be tightened against the arm so as to secure the screw against rotation.

Claims

1. A projector holder comprising a connecting element having a coupling element for connection of the projector holder to a supporting structure, and at least three arms which are carried by the connecting element for rotation about mutually parallel axes and for radial displacement relative to said axes, so that a first end of the arms can be brought into alignment with threaded openings in a wall of a projector housing, each arm carrying a coupling device for connecting said first end of a respective arm to a nearby threaded opening in the wall of said housing, and the connecting element being adapted to releasably secure a second end of the connected arms, the coupling device including a screw which extends through an opening in the first end of a respective arm with a given degree of clearance, and two nuts which co-act with the thread on the screw and each of which is mounted on a respective side of said arm, the thread on the screw being able to co-act with the thread in the opening of the projector housing wall so as to enable the screw to be screwed to a desired depth in threaded openings in said housing wall the nuts being movable along the screw in a manner to locate the arm at a chosen distance from the housing wall and so as to be tightened against said arm and secure the screw against rotation, and the connecting element including a screw and a nut which co-acts with said screw of the connecting element, with the second ends of the respective arms including an elongate slot through which the screw of said connecting element extends, and the screw of said connecting element extending through the slots so as to enable a stack of the arms to be clamped stably to the connecting element.

2. The projector holder according to claim 1, wherein the slots in the respective arms are open towards said second end of the arms.

3. The projector holder according to claim 1, wherein the arms have generally a flat cross-sectional profile so as to support stably against each other in the connecting element.

4. The projector holder according to claim 1, wherein the arms are generally straight, so as to extend generally radially to the screw of the connecting element that carries the tightening nut of said element.

5. The projector holder according to claim 4, wherein the screw of the connecting element includes a shoulder that supports against an adjacent one of the arms.

6. The projector holder according to claim 1, wherein the arms have generally a flat cross-sectional profile so as to support stably against each other in the connecting element.

7. The projector holder according to claim 2, wherein the arms have generally a flat cross-sectional profile so as to support stably against each other in the connecting element.

8. The projector holder according to claim 1, wherein the arms are generally straight, so as to extend generally radially to the screw of the connecting element that carries the tightening nut of said element.

9. The projector holder according to claim 2, wherein the arms are generally straight, so as to extend generally radially to the screw of the connecting element that carries the tightening nut of said element.

10. The projector holder according to claim 3, wherein the arms are generally straight, so as to extend generally radially to the screw of the connecting element that carries the tightening nut of said element.