System and method for managing cables in a display base

• US 7,514,631 B2
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Issued: 04/07/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Warren, Morten, Drew, Paul L., Martin, Randall W., de Saulles, Stephen, Woodley, Nick, Quijano, David
• Primary Examiner(s): PATEL, DHIRUBHAI R
• Application Number:
  US11/252,437
• Publication Number:
  US 20070084624A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,268 Days
• Field of Search: 174/72.A, 174/97, 174/69, 174/68.1, 174/68.2, 174 95-101, 174/135, 174/481, 174/500, 361/686, 361681-683, 248/920, 248/922, 242/402
• US Class Current: 174/97
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/04 Protective tubing or conduits, e.g. cable ladders or cable troughs
• CPC Class Codes: H02G 3/32 using mounting clamps
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/92 Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment

Abstract

Embodiments of the present technique relate to a system and method for managing cables in a display base. One embodiment includes a display base having a cable passage between a pliable flap and a footing, the cable passage traversing a portion of the display base, and a display coupled to the display base. Another embodiment includes a base adapted to couple and support a display, where the base has a footing and pliable flap extending at least partially across and lengthwise along a cable route on the base.

Claims

1. A cable management apparatus, comprising:

a display having a pliable flap attached thereto;

a display base adapted to couple to and support the display, the base comprising;

a footing; and

said pliable flap extending at least partially across and lengthwise along a cable route on the base.

2. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pliable flap and the cable route are disposed along a perimeter of the display base.

3. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pliable flap is removably coupled to the footing.

4. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pliable flap comprises a sheet horizontally parallel to the footing.

5. The apparatus of claim 1, wherein the resilient cable is a rubber cable cover.

6. A cable management apparatus, comprising:

a display having a pliable flap attached thereto;

a display stand comprising an upright display support coupled to a base; and

a resilient cable flap extending over a cable route which passes through from a first opening at first side of the base to a second opening at a second side of the base.

7. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the resilient cable cover comprises a resilient sheet.

8. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the resilient cable cover comprises a resilient strip extending lengthwise along the cable route.

9. The apparatus of claim 6, wherein the resilient cable cover is a rubber cable cover.

10. A cable management apparatus, comprising:

a display having a pliable flap attached thereto, coupled to a display base; and

a cable passage extending between said flap and an adjacent portion of the display base, wherein the flap at least substantially conceals the cable passage, and wherein the flap is configured to bias a cable against the display base upon receipt of the cable along an edge of the flap.

11. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the cable passage is integrally defined by the display base and the flexible layer of material.

12. The apparatus of claim 10, wherein the flexible layer of material is free to flex from an attached portion to the edge of the flexible layer of material.

13. The new apparatus of claim 10, wherein the flexible layer of material covers the entire upper surface of the display base.