Height adjustable stand

• US 7,854,417 B2
• Filed: 08/14/2008
• Issued: 12/21/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 01/30/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Hong Fu Jin Precision Industry (Shenzhen) Co., Ltd. (Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.), Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Liu, Yi-Qing, Gan, Wen-Lin
• Primary Examiner(s): Mckinnon; Terrell
• Assistant Examiner(s): Breslin; Daniel J.
• Application Number:
  US12/192,078
• Publication Number:
  US 20090189048A1
• Time in Patent Office: 859 Days
• Field of Search: 248917-923, 248/176.1, 248/161, 248/404, 248/157, 248/122.1, 248/178.1
• US Class Current: 248/161
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/048 for balancing translational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support

Abstract

An exemplary stand (60) includes a housing (610), an adjustable base (68), a pulley (630), a sleeve (635), a rotating member (636), a resilient member (632), a sliding member (62), and a cable. The adjustable base is fixed to one end of the housing. The adjustable base has a driving component (681), a follower (682), and a rotation shaft (683). The driving component is configured to rotate the follower. The rotation shaft is fixed to the follower. The pulley is rotatably connected to the housing. The sleeve is slidably disposed on the housing, and engages the rotation shaft. The rotating member is rotatably received in the sleeve. The resilient member is fixed to the adjustable base. The cable partially coils around the pulley, and connects the resilient member to the rotating member. A sliding member is slidably connected to the housing and fixed to the cable.

Claims

1. A stand, comprising:

a housing;

an adjustable base fixed to one end of the housing, the adjustable base having a driving component, a follower, and a rotation shaft, the driving component configured to rotate the follower, with the rotation shaft fixed to the follower;

a pulley rotatably connected to the housing;

a sleeve slidably disposed on the housing, and engaging with the rotation shaft, a rotation of the follower forcing the sleeve sliding along the housing, the sleeve comprising a main portion and a peg, the main portion comprising a base plate and two side plates extending from opposite sides of the base plate, the peg extending through the side plates, and the rotating member seating on the peg;

a rotating member rotatably received in the sleeve;

a resilient member fixed to the adjustable base;

at least one cable partially coiling on the pulley, and connecting the resilient member to the rotating member, and

a sliding member slidably connected to the housing and fixed to the cable.

2. The stand of claim 1, wherein the driving component is a worm, the follower is a worm gear, and the worm gear is engaged with the worm.

3. The stand of claim 2, wherein the adjustable base further comprises two knobs fixed to opposite ends of the worm.

4. The stand of claim 1, further comprising two guide rails, wherein the housing comprises a base plate with two side plates perpendicularly extended from opposite sides thereof, the guide rails are fixed to the side plates correspondingly, the sliding member comprises a frame and two sliding strips disposed at opposite sides of the frame, and the sliding strips engage the guide rails correspondingly, thus slidably connecting the sliding member to the housing.

5. The stand of claim 4, further comprising a plurality of friction members, disposed between the guide rail and the sliding strip.

6. The stand of claim 1, further comprising a coiled spring, one end thereof coiling on the rotating member, and the other end thereof fixed to the sliding member, the coiled spring thus capable of driving the rotating member to rotate relative to the sleeve when the sliding member moves relative to the housing.

7. The stand of claim 6, further comprising a switching member movably disposed on the sleeve, the switching member configured to engage the rotating member, thus rendering the rotating member non-rotatable relative to the sleeve.

8. The stand of claim 1, wherein the sleeve further comprises a cover, the cover is fixed to the main portion at the end away from the base plate, the cover defines a threaded hole, a threaded portion is formed on one end of the rotation shaft, and the threaded portion is engaged in the threaded hole of the cover.

9. The stand of claim 8, wherein the rotating member is a shaft gear, the shaft gear comprises a gear portion and a shaft portion extending from a center of the gear portion, and the shaft gear defines a through hole in a center thereof through which the peg extends.

10. The stand of claim 1, wherein the resilient member is a spring.

11. The stand of claim 1, wherein the at least one cable comprises a first cable and a second cable, the first cable connecting the resilient member to the sliding member, and the second cable connecting the sliding member to the rotating member.

12. A stand, comprising:

a housing;

a sliding member slidably disposed on the housing;

an adjustable base fixed to one end of the housing, the adjustable base comprising a driving component and a follower, the driving component configured to move the follower;

a sleeve slidably disposed on the housing, and connecting with the follower, with movement of the follower capable of sliding the sleeve along the housing, the sleeve comprising a main portion and a peg, the main portion comprising a base plate and two side plates extending from opposite sides of the base plate, the peg extending through the side plates, and the rotating member seating on the peg;

a rotating member received in the sleeve;

a resilient member fixed to the adjustable base;

at least one cable partially coiled on the pulley, configured to connect the resilient member to the rotating member; and

a height-adjustable subassembly connecting the sliding member to the adjustable base, the height-adjustable subassembly configured for adjusting a position of the sliding member relative to the housing.

13. The stand of claim 12, wherein the driving component is a worm, the follower is a worm gear, and the worm gear engages the worm.

14. The stand of claim 12, further comprising a coiled spring, one end of the coiled spring coiling on the rotating member, and the other end of the coiled spring fixed to the sliding member, the coiled spring thus capable of driving the rotating member to rotate relative to the sleeve when the sliding member moves relative to the housing.

15. The stand of claim 12, further comprising a switching member movably disposed on the sleeve, the switching member configured to engage the rotating member, thus rendering the rotating member non-rotatable relative to the sleeve.

16. The stand of claim 12, wherein the sleeve further comprises a cover, the cover is fixed to the main portion at the end away from the base plate, the cover defines a threaded hole, and a threaded portion is located on one end of the rotation shaft and is engaged in the threaded hole of the cover.

17. The stand of claim 16, wherein the rotating member is a shaft gear, the shaft gear comprises a gear portion and a shaft portion extending from a center of the gear portion, and the shaft gear defines a through hole in a center thereof through which the peg extends.

18. A stand, comprising:

a housing;

a sliding member slidably disposed on the housing;

an adjustable base fixed to one end of the housing, the adjustable base configured to adjust a position of the sliding member relative to the housing;

a sleeve slidably disposed on the housing, the sleeve comprising a main portion and a peg, the main portion comprising a base plate and two side plates extending from opposite sides of the base plate, the peg extending through the side plates, and the rotating member seating on the peg; and

a height-adjustable subassembly, comprising;

a pulley rotatably connected to the housing;

a resilient member fixed to the adjustable base; and

at least one cable partially coiled on the pulley and connecting the resilient member to the sliding member.