Computer retail display stand

• US 7,866,623 B2
• Filed: 10/21/2008
• Issued: 01/11/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 10/21/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Sony Corporation (Sony Group Corp.), Sony Electronics Inc. (Sony Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Lynas, Anthony Ian, Lampman, Linda
• Primary Examiner(s): McKinnon; Terrell
• Assistant Examiner(s): EPPS, TODD MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US12/255,215
• Publication Number:
  US 20100096517A1
• Time in Patent Office: 812 Days
• Field of Search: 248/125.7, 248/130, 248/131, 248/176.1, 248/186.1, 248/186.2, 248/188.1, 248/220.21, 248/222.52, 248/282.1, 248/346.1, 248/349.1, 248/346.01, 248/551, 248/552, 70/58, 70/571, 70/57, 70/62, 70/14, 108/103, 108/59
• US Class Current: 248/551
• CPC Class Codes: A47F 7/024 with provisions for preventing unauthorised removal show cases with devices for prevention of theft A47F3/002; devices for locking portable objects against unauthorised removal E05B73/0017
• CPC Class Codes: E05B 73/0082 for office machines, e.g. PC's, portable computers, typewriters, calculators
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 70/5009 For portable articles

Abstract

A computer retail display stand includes a base with an adjustable rear locking bracket assembly that can be engaged with an in-store locking bar, adjusted as necessary for the particular configuration of the in-store locking bar. A support platen on which a computer can be disposed for display is rotatingly coupled to the base. Informational material can be supported on a brochure tray that slides into and out of the base at the front of the stand.

Claims

1. A computer retail display stand for holding a computer on a shelf in a retail in view of potential purchasers of the computer, the computer retail display stand comprising:

a base;

an adjustable rear locking bracket assembly coupled to the base and engageable with an in-store locking bar, the rear locking bracket assembly being adjustable as necessary for accommodating plural in-store locking bar configurations; and

a support platen on which a computer can be disposed for display, the platen being swivably coupled to the base, wherein the platen is biased to a neutral position wherein edges of the platen are aligned with and slightly spaced vertically above edges of the base, the platen being movable by hand to a rotated position.

2. The stand of claim 1, comprising a brochure tray that slides into and out of the base at a front of the stand, informational material being supportable on the tray.

3. The stand of claim 1, wherein the support platen bears left and right brackets impeding left and right motion of a computer on the platen, the platen also bearing at least one front bracket impeding forward motion of a computer on the platen.

4. The stand of claim 3, wherein the platen further bears a back bracket impeding rearward motion of a computer on the platen, the back bracket being removably engageable with the platen to permit a computer to be slid onto the platen between the front, left, and right brackets when the back bracket is disengaged with the platen.

5. The stand of claim 1, wherein the rear locking bracket assembly includes a J-shaped bracket a three-sided bight of which can receive the locking bar and a closure bracket removably engageable with the J-shaped bracket to trap the bar in the bight.

6. The stand of claim 5, wherein the closure bracket is formed with elongated left and right generally vertically oriented fastener slots through which respective fasteners can be disposed for engagement with respective female receptacles in the J-shaped bracket.

7. Computer stand, comprising:

a base disposable on a shelf of a store for coupling a computer to the shelf for display of the computer on the shelf, the shelf being associated with a locking bar;

means for releasably engaging the base with the bar, the means for relaseably engaging comprising a bracket defining a three-sided bight receiving a store locking bar;

a support platen coupled to the base, the support platen configured to hold a computer for display; and

means for releasably holding the computer onto the support platen.

8. Computer stand of claim 7, wherein the support platen is swivably coupled to the base.

9. Computer stand of claim 7, wherein the means for releasably engaging accommodates plural bar configurations.

10. Computer stand of claim 7, wherein the means for releasably holding includes plural brackets impeding left, right, back, forward, and upward motion of a computer on the stand.

11. Computer stand of claim 7, comprising a brochure tray slidably engaged with the base.

12. A computer retail display stand for holding a computer in a store to display the computer to potential buyers in the store, comprising:

a base;

an adjustable rear locking bracket assembly coupled to the base and engageable with an in-store locking bar; and

a support platen on which a computer can be disposed for display, the platen being swivably coupled to the base at the center of the platen such that when the platen swivels the center of the platen does not move translationally relative to the base, the platen and base defining respective major surface planes that are parallel to each other.

13. The stand of claim 12, comprising a brochure tray that slides into and out of the base at a front of the stand, informational material being supportable on the tray.

14. The stand of claim 12, wherein the platen is biased to a neutral position wherein edges of the platen are aligned with and slightly spaced vertically above edges of the base, the platen being movable by hand to a rotated position.

15. The stand of claim 12, wherein the support platen bears left and right brackets impeding left and right motion of a computer on the platen, the platen also bearing at least one front bracket impeding forward motion of a computer on the platen.

16. The stand of claim 15, wherein the platen further bears a back bracket impeding rearward motion of a computer on the platen, the back bracket being removably engageable with the platen to permit a computer to be slid onto the platen between the front, left, and right brackets when the back bracket is disengaged with the platen.

17. The stand of claim 12, wherein the rear locking bracket assembly includes a J-shaped bracket a three-sided bight of which can receive the locking bar and a closure bracket removably engageable with the J-shaped bracket to trap the bar in the bight.