Adjustable multi-orientation display support system

• US 8,274,784 B2
• Filed: 05/24/2010
• Issued: 09/25/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Dell Products LP (Dell Technologies Inc.)
• Inventors: Franz, Jason, Shepherd, Jason A., Seibert, Philip
• Primary Examiner(s): Duong, Hung
• Application Number:
  US12/785,914
• Publication Number:
  US 20110286171A1
• Time in Patent Office: 855 Days
• Field of Search: 248/125.9, 248/610, 248/317, 248/127, 248/634, 248/231.1, 248/157, 248/166, 348/14.01, 348/840, 348/836, 250/339.1, 250/339.08, 250/221, 250/385.1, 361/679.26, 361/679.01, 361/679.3, 361/679.4, 361/679.58, 361/679.06, 361/679.22, 361/679.21, 362/97.1, 362/362, 362/623, 362/97.2
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/005 integral with the apparatus or articles to be supported
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/166 related to integrated arrangements for adjusting the position of the main body with respect to the supporting surface, e.g. legs for adjusting the tilt angle
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0234 Feet; Stands; Pedestals, e.g. wheels for moving casing on floor
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A display support system includes a chassis housing an electronic display and defining a support member channel. A support member is moveably coupled to the chassis. The support member is operable to move between a stored position in which the support member is positioned in the support member channel and a support position in which the support member extends from the chassis. An adjustment member is moveably coupled to the support member. With the chassis engaging a support surface, the adjustment member is operable to engage the support surface and move relative to the support member such that an angle between the electronic display and the support surface may be adjusted. The system allows the electronic display to be supported in either a landscape orientation and a portrait orientation, while allowing the angle between the support surface and the electronic display to be adjusted in either orientation.

Claims

1. A display support system, comprising:

a chassis housing an electronic display including a display screen that is located adjacent a first surface of the chassis and faces a first direction, wherein the chassis includes a second surface that is located opposite the chassis from the first surface and faces a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, and wherein the chassis defines a support member channel that extends into the second surface;

a support member moveably coupled to the chassis, wherein the support member is operable to move between a stored position in which the support member is positioned in the support member channel and a support position in which the support member extends from the chassis; and

an adjustment member moveably coupled to the support member, wherein with the chassis engaging a support surface, the adjustment member is operable to engage the support surface and move relative to the support member such that an angle between the electronic display and the support surface may be adjusted.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the support member is moveably coupled to the chassis between the electronic display and an edge of the chassis.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the support member and the adjustment member are located in the support member channel and do not extend past the second surface of the chassis when the support member is in the stored position.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the adjustment member comprises a longitudinal edge that is operable to engage the support surface to support the electronic display in a landscape orientation, and wherein the adjustment member comprises a distal end that is operable to engage the support surface to support the electronic display in a portrait orientation.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the chassis includes a plurality of support surface engagement members that are located on an edge of the chassis and that are operable to engage the support surface.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the moveable coupling between the adjustment member and the support member comprises at least one positioning member that allows the movement of the adjustment member relative to the support member to be resisted in order to set the angle between the electronic display and the support surface.

7. A display support system, comprising:

a chassis housing an electronic display and defining a support member channel;

a support member moveably coupled to the chassis through constant torque couplings that are operable to resist movement of the support member relative to the chassis, wherein the support member is operable to move between a stored position in which the support member is positioned in the support member channel and a support position in which the support member extends from the chassis; and

an adjustment member moveably coupled to the support member, wherein with the chassis engaging a support surface, the adjustment member is operable to engage the support surface and move relative to the support member such that an angle between the electronic display and the support surface may be adjusted.

8. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a chassis housing an electronic display that is coupled to the processor, includes a display screen that is located adjacent a first surface of the chassis, and faces a first direction, wherein the chassis includes a second surface that is located opposite the chassis from the first surface and faces a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, and wherein the chassis defines a support member channel that extends into the second surface;

a support member moveably coupled to the chassis, wherein the support member is operable to move between a stored position in which the support member is positioned in the support member channel and a support position in which the support member extends from the chassis; and

an adjustment member moveably coupled to the support member, wherein with the chassis engaging a support surface, the adjustment member is operable to engage the support surface and move relative to the support member such that an angle between the electronic display and the support surface may be adjusted.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein chassis houses the processor and the memory.

10. The system of claim 8, wherein the support member is moveably coupled to the chassis between the electronic display and an edge of the chassis.

11. The system of claim 8, wherein the support member and the adjustment member are located in the support member channel and do not extend past the second surface of the chassis when the support member is in the stored position.

12. The system of claim 8, wherein the adjustment member comprises a longitudinal edge that is operable to engage the support surface to support the electronic display in a landscape orientation, and wherein the adjustment member comprises a distal end that is operable to engage the support surface to support the electronic display in a portrait orientation.

13. The system of claim 8, wherein the chassis includes a plurality of support surface engagement members that are located on an edge of the chassis and that are operable to engage the support surface.

14. The system of claim 8, wherein the moveable coupling between the adjustment member and the support member comprises at least one positioning member that allows the movement of the adjustment member relative to the support member to be resisted in order to set the angle between the electronic display and the support surface.

15. An information handling system, comprising:

a processor;

a memory coupled to the processor;

a chassis defining a support member channel and housing an electronic display that is coupled to the processor;

a support member moveably coupled to the chassis through constant torque couplings that are operable to resist movement of the support member relative to the chassis, wherein the support member is operable to move between a stored position in which the support member is positioned in the support member channel and a support position in which the support member extends from the chassis; and

an adjustment member moveably coupled to the support member, wherein with the chassis engaging a support surface, the adjustment member is operable to engage the support surface and move relative to the support member such that an angle between the electronic display and the support surface may be adjusted.

16. A method for supporting a display, comprising:

providing a chassis that houses an electronic display including a display screen that is located adjacent a first surface of the chassis and faces a first direction, wherein the chassis includes a second surface that is located opposite the chassis from the first surface and faces a second direction that is substantially opposite the first direction, and wherein the chassis defines a support member channel that extends into the second surface, and wherein a support member is moveably coupled to the chassis and an adjustment member is moveably coupled to the support member;

positioning the support member in a stored position such that the support member is located in the support member channel;

supporting the electronic display in a landscape orientation by engaging a support surface with a first edge of the chassis and moving the support member relative to the chassis such that a longitudinal edge of the adjustment member engages the support surface;

supporting the electronic display in a portrait orientation by engaging the support surface with a second edge of the chassis and engaging a distal end of the adjustment member with the support surface; and

adjusting an angle between the electronic display and the support surface by moving the adjustment member relative to the support member.

17. The method of claim 16, wherein the support member and the adjustment member are located in the support member channel and do not extend past the second surface of the chassis when the support member is positioned in the stored position.

18. A method for supporting a display, comprising:

providing a chassis that defines a support member channel and houses an electronic display, wherein a support member is moveably coupled to the chassis and an adjustment member is moveably coupled to the support member;

positioning the support member in a stored position such that the support member is located in the support member channel;

supporting the electronic display in a landscape orientation by engaging a support surface with a first edge of the chassis and moving the support member relative to the chassis such that a longitudinal edge of the adjustment member engages the support surface;

supporting the electronic display in a portrait orientation by engaging the support surface with a second edge of the chassis and engaging a distal end of the adjustment member with the support surface

restricting the movement of the adjustment member relative to the support member in order to set the angle between the electronic display and the support surface; and

adjusting an angle between the electronic display and the support surface by moving the adjustment member relative to the support member.