Support structure

• US 7,984,883 B2
• Filed: 07/21/2008
• Issued: 07/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/05/2008
• 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: Li, Jian-Jun, Yen, Chun-Che, Jan, Te-Sheng, Chen, Yu-Tao
• Primary Examiner(s): McKinnon; Terrell
• Assistant Examiner(s): Epps; Todd M.
• Application Number:
  US12/177,115
• Publication Number:
  US 20090223102A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,100 Days
• Field of Search: 248/187.1, 248/177.1, 248/176.1, 248/157, 248/422, 248/423, 248/407, 248/477, 248/371, 248/346.06, 248/349.1, 248/27.1, 248/220.21, 248/221.11, 248/125.7, 248/222.11, 248/222.12, 248/222.13, 248/222.51, 248/222.52, 248/917, 248/922, 396/419, 403/348, 403/349, 403/353, 403 92-103, 403/91, 403/375, 403/321, 403/326
• US Class Current: 248/125.7
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00127 Connection or combination of a still picture apparatus with another apparatus, e.g. for storage, processing or transmission of still picture signals or of information associated with a still picture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 1/00562 Supporting the apparatus as a whole, e.g. stands
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0063 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 2201/0089 Image display device
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32368 including radial interengaging tongue and slot or serrations
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/32975 Rotatable
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7005 Lugged member, rotary engagement
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 403/7007 Bayonet joint

Abstract

An exemplary support structure includes a support body, a connecting body, and a rear board. The connecting body is fixed on the support body. The rear board is rotatable relative to the support body. The rear board defines a through hole therein. The connecting body forms a latch protrusion. When the support body is located at a first position, the latch protrusion is capable of passing the through hole of the rear board. When the support body and the latch protrusion are located at opposite sides of the rear board, and the support body rotates past the first position, the latch protrusion resists the rear board and prevents the support body detaching from the rear board.

Claims

1. A support structure, comprising:

a support body,

a connecting body forming at least one latching protrusion, the connecting body being fixed on the support body; and

a rear board defining a through hole therein, the rear board being rotatably fixed to the support body via the connecting body,

wherein, the rear board forms at least one locating piece;

when the support body is located at a first position, the at least one latching protrusion is capable of passing the through hole of the rear board;

when the support body and the at least one latching protrusion are located at opposite sides of the rear board, and the support body rotates past the first position, the at least one latching protrusion resists the rear board and prevent the support body from detaching from the rear board;

after the at least one latching protrusion is passed through the through hole of the rear board, the support body and the at least one latching protrusion are located on opposite sides of the rear board, and the at least one latching protrusion engages with the at least one locating piece, the connecting body remains a stable state relative to the rear board.

2. The support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein an end surface of each of the at least one latching protrusion is bended;

the at least one locating piece is adjacent to the through hole, each of the at least one locating piece defines an arched groove in capable of engaging with the bended surface of one of the at least one latching protrusion so that the rear body engages in the arched groove.

3. The support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the least one locating piece of the rear board is a plurality of pairs of locating pieces.

4. The support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein a depression is defined in the rear board, the rear board includes a bottom formed in the depression, the through hole is defined in the bottom, and the at least one locating piece is formed on a side of the bottom.

5. The support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the through hole is a combination of a circular through hole and a rectangular through hole crossing the circular through hole, the at least one latching protrusion is a rectangular block, when the rectangular block is aligned along the longitudinal direction of the rectangular hole, the connecting body is located at the first position.

6. The support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting body includes a barrel portion, the barrel portion includes an opening in an end thereof and a top formed in the other end thereof, the at least one latching protrusion is formed on the periphery of the top of the barrel portion, the support body forms a first cylindrical member, a diameter of the first cylindrical member is smaller than an inner diameter of the barrel portion, the barrel portion is positioned on the first cylindrical member.

7. The support structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein the barrel portion further forms a restricting block adjacent to the opening on the outer periphery of the barrel portion, the barrel portion defines a latching groove therein, the latching groove is adjacent to the restricting block, the support body forms a latching wall, a restriction groove is defined in the support body, the latching wall is configured for engaging with the latching groove, the restriction groove is configured for engaging with the restricting block.

8. The support structure as claimed in claim 6, wherein the rear board forms a rib, the support body forms a second cylindrical member, a diameter of the second cylindrical member is larger than that of the first cylindrical member, the first cylindrical member and the second cylindrical member are aligned along a same axis, when the support body rotates relative to the rear board, the rib resists an inner side of the second cylindrical member.

9. The support structure as claimed in claim 1, wherein the connecting body is integrally formed with the support body.