Monitor apparatus

• US 8,243,213 B2
• Filed: 04/13/2009
• Issued: 08/14/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 12/12/2008
• 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: Chen, Yun-Lung, Zhang, Zhong-Hai
• Primary Examiner(s): Painter, Branon
• Assistant Examiner(s): Plummer, Elizabeth A
• Application Number:
  US12/422,348
• Publication Number:
  US 20100149438A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,219 Days
• Field of Search: 348/836, 361/679.06, 361/679.07, 361/679.22, 248/917, 248919-923
• US Class Current: 348/836
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025

Abstract

A monitor apparatus includes a monitor main body and a monitor stand pivotably connected with the monitor main body. A pair of rolling members is attached to a base of the monitor main body. The monitor stand and the rolling members are seated on a same plane for supporting the monitor main body. The monitor main body is capable of rotating about an axis parallel or vertical to the plane.

Claims

1. A monitor apparatus comprising:

a monitor main body with a pair of rolling members attached to a base thereof; and

a monitor stand pivotably connected with the monitor main body;

wherein the monitor stand and the rolling members are seated on a same plane, the monitor main body is capable of rotating about a first axis substantially parallel to the plane or rotating about a second axis substantially perpendicular to the plane;

each of the pair of rolling members is rotatable about an inclined axis that is inclined relative to the plane, and the pair of rolling members is movable in opposite directions to allow the monitor main body to rotate about the second axis;

the monitor stand comprises a base stand and a connecting member extending through and slidably engaged with the base stand, the monitor main body is pivotally connected with the connecting member, and the connecting member comprises a closed end protruding from a first side of the base stand and an open end protruding from a second side of the base stand.

2. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connecting member comprises a pair of arm sections symmetrically extending from the closed end to the open end and a pair of distal ends pivotally engaged in a pair of pivot holes of the monitor main body, respectively.

3. The monitor apparatus of claim 2, wherein the base stand comprises a main portion and a cover portion attached on the main portion;

and a pair of inclined slots is defined in the cover portion to engagingly receive the arm sections of the connecting member.

4. The monitor apparatus of claim 3, wherein a cross section of the cover portion is triangle-shaped, the cover portion includes a top surface, a side surface, and an inclined inner surface connected between the top surface and the side surface;

and the pair of inclined slots extends through the top surface and the side surface along the inclined inner surface.

5. The monitor apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the rolling members comprises a wheel pivotally attached to the base of the monitor main body and an axial post extending through a central portion of the wheel, and the axial post is oriented in the same direction as the inclined axis.

6. The monitor apparatus of claim 5, further comprising a pair of holding members attached to the monitor main body;

wherein a pair of grooves is defined in the base of the monitor main body to receive the holding members; and

each of the holding members defines a pair of pivot slots to receive two ends of the axial post of the rolling member, and a holding slot to receive the wheel of the rolling member.

7. A monitor apparatus comprising:

a monitor main body;

a pair of rolling members attached to the monitor main body to rollably movably support the monitor main body in a first direction; and

a monitor stand pivotally connected with the monitor main body and supporting the monitor main body in a second direction different from the first direction, the monitor stand comprising a base stand and a connecting member slidably attached to the base stand, the connecting member comprising a closed end extending through the base stand and an open end pivotably engaged with the monitor main body, and the closed end and the open end protruding from different sides of the base stand;

wherein the monitor main body is rotatable about a first axis and a second axis perpendicular to the first axis.

8. The monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the connecting member further comprises a pair of arm sections symmetrically extending from the closed end to the open end, and each of the pair of arm sections comprises a distal end reaching the open end and pivotably engaged with the monitor main body.

9. The monitor apparatus of claim 8, wherein the monitor main body comprises a protruded portion at a back side thereof;

a pair of pivot holes is defined in two sides of the protruded portion; and

the distal ends of the connecting member are engaged in the pivot holes of the monitor main body.

10. The monitor apparatus of claim 9, wherein the base stand comprises a main portion and a cover portion attached on the main portion;

and a pair of inclined slots is defined in the cover portion to engagingly receive the arm sections of the connecting member.

11. The monitor apparatus of claim 10, wherein a cross section of the cover portion is triangle-shaped;

the cover portion includes a top surface, a side surface, and an inclined inner surface connecting between the top surface and the side surface; and

the pair of inclined slots extend through the top surface and the side surface along the inclined surface.

12. The monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein the connecting member is symmetrically structured, and made of a bent rod that is hard and elastic.

13. The monitor apparatus of claim 7, wherein each of the rolling members comprises a wheel and an axial post extending through a central portion of the wheel.

14. The monitor apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a pair of holding members attached to the monitor main body;

wherein a pair of grooves is defined in a base of the monitor main body for receiving the holding members; and

each of the holding members defines a pair of pivot slots to receive two ends of the axial post of the rolling member, and a holding slot to receive the wheel of the rolling member.

15. The monitor apparatus of claim 13, wherein a direction of the axial post of the rolling member is inclined relative to the first or second axis, the first axis is substantially parallel to a plane on which the monitor apparatus is seated, and the second axis is substantially perpendicular to the plane.

16. The monitor apparatus of claim 15, wherein each of the pair of rolling members is rotatable about an inclined axis that is inclined relative to the plane, and the pair of rolling members is movable in opposite directions to allow the monitor main body to rotate about the second axis.