Locking module and support stand for display device using the same

• US 8,567,733 B2
• Filed: 06/23/2009
• Issued: 10/29/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 11/05/2008
• 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: Wang, Jin-Xin, Huang, Lian-Cheng, Li, Jian
• Primary Examiner(s): Epps, Todd M.
• Application Number:
  US12/489,615
• Publication Number:
  US 20100108830A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,589 Days
• Field of Search: 248/158, 248/205.1, 248/220.21, 248/220.22, 248/221.11, 248/222.52, 248/223.41, 248/225.11, 248/346.01, 16/21, 162/21, 162/31, 244/131, 411/34, 411/552, 411/553, 411/549, 411/349, 411/409, 403/408.1, 403/409.1, 292/66, 410/77, 410/80, 410/83
• US Class Current: 248/220.21
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 21/02 Releasable fastening devices locking by rotation with snap-action F16B21/06; studs or coupling pins with resilient protrusions F16B21/08
• CPC Class Codes: F16B 2200/10 Details of socket shapes
• CPC Class Codes: F16D 1/112 the interengaging parts comprising torque-transmitting surfaces, e.g. bayonet joints
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/16 Details concerning attachment of head-supporting legs, with or without actuation of locking members thereof
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/08 Foot or support base

Abstract

A support stand for display device includes a base seat, an elevating support, and a locking module detachably connected the elevating support to the base seat. The locking module includes a fixing member, a rotating member, an elastic member, and a latching member. The fixing member is fixed on one of the base seat and the elevating support, and the fixing member defines a gap and a latching groove. The rotating member is rotatably extended through the other one of the base seat and the elevating support, and the fixing member. The elastic member is sleeved on the rotating member, and abuts on the fixing member. The latching member is fixed on an end of the rotating member. The latching member is extended through the gap of the fixing member, and is engaged in the latching groove of the fixing member.

Claims

1. A locking module used for detachably connecting a base seat with an elevating stand, the locking module comprising:

a fixing member comprising two fixing blocks positioned opposite each other, the two fixing blocks cooperatively defining a gap therebetween, each fixing block defining a latching groove on a top corresponding to each other, each fixing block further defining a mounting hole extending therethrough and a retaining groove at a bottom thereof communicating with the mounting hole, the elevating stand comprising a pair of mounting poles respectively extending through the pair of mounting holes and retained by the pair of retaining grooves;

a rotating member rotatably extended through the fixing member;

an elastic member sleeved on the rotating member, and abutting on the fixing member; and

a latching member fixed on an end of the rotating member, the latching member being extended through the base seat and the gap of the fixing member to engage in the latching groove of the fixing member, thereby connecting the base seat to the elevating stand, wherein when the latching member is rotated to disengage from the latching groove and aligned with the gap, the latching member is moved out from the gap and the base seat by pulling the rotating member, thereby disassembling the elevating support from the base seat.

2. The locking module of claim 1, wherein the latching member is substantially cylindrical;

a width of the gap is larger than a radial size of the latching member, and smaller than an axial size of the latching member.

3. The locking module of claim 1, wherein each of the fixing blocks defines a recessed portion having a curved surface corresponding to an outer surface of the rotating member;

the recessed portions of the fixing blocks cooperatively define a space to enable the rotating member to extend through and rotate relative to the fixing member.

4. The locking module of claim 1, wherein each of the two fixing blocks defines a positioning groove;

the rotating member comprises a rotating portion and a flange formed on an end of the rotating portion;

the elastic member is sleeved on the rotating portion, a first end of the elastic member is positioned in positioning grooves, and a second end of the elastic member abuts on the flange.

5. The locking module of claim 4, wherein the rotating portion of the rotating member defines a through hole in an end away from the flange;

the latching member is extended through the through hole of the rotating portion.

6. The locking module of claim 1, further comprising an operating member positioned on an end of the rotating member away from the latching member.

7. The locking module of claim 6, wherein the operating member is rotatably connected to the rotating member.

8. The locking module of claim 6, wherein the operating member is fixed on the rotating member or integrally formed with the rotating member.