Television cabinet

• US 8,596,728 B2
• Filed: 12/16/2011
• Issued: 12/03/2013
• Est. Priority Date: 12/16/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Er Wonen
• Original Assignee: Er Wonen
• Inventors: Rozestraten, Reinier I. J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Michener, Joshua J
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wright, Kimberley S
• Application Number:
  US13/328,200
• Publication Number:
  US 20120153788A1
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 248/917, 248/918, 248/919, 248/920, 248/921, 248/922, 248/923, 248/276.1, 248/281.11, 312/7.2, 312/21, 312/22, 312/23, 312/24, 312/25, 312/26, 312/27, 312/28, 312/30, 312/310, 312/325, 312/271, 312/275, 312/276, 312/319.1, 312/319.2, 312/319.3, 312/319.4, 312/319.5, 312/319.6, 312/319.7, 312/319.8, 108/20, 108/21, 108/38, 108/50.1, 108/50.2, 108/145, 108/138
• US Class Current: 312/7.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 21/0073 liftable above the desk top
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/061 the device supports being adjustable

Abstract

A cabinet comprising a holder for attachment of a device comprising a display screen, such as a television device, wherein the cabinet at least comprises a horizontal panel. The cabinet comprises an arrangement for moving the display screen device between two positions, wherein in a first position, called storage position, the display screen is stored below the horizontal panel with the display screen in a lying position and in a second position, called operating position, the display screen is situated externally of the cabinet above the horizontal panel with the screen in standing, essentially vertical position.

Claims

1. A cabinet comprising a holder for attaching thereto a device comprising a display screen, the cabinet comprising at least one horizontal panel, defining by its external horizontal face a panel plane, an arrangement for moving the holder between two positions, wherein in a first position, called storage position, the holder is stored below a horizontal panel with the holder in a lying position in which the holder forms an angle with the horizontal plane that is smaller than 30°

and in a second position, called operating position, the holder is located externally of the cabinet above the horizontal panel in a standing, essentially vertical position, in which the arrangement comprises movement means for moving the horizontal panel away from a rest position and moving it back to the rest position to provide a passage for the holder when the holder is being moved between the two positions, wherein the holder is connected to a bracket that in the operating position is extended under the holder downwards outside the holder and the arrangement for moving the holder comprises;

a frame that is fixed to the cabinet,

a drive attached to the frame,

a guide attached to the frame,

a slide that by means of the drive is movable forward and backward along the guide between two stationary positions, wherein a first stationary position belongs to the storage position of the holder and a second stationary position belongs to the operating position of the holder, wherein the slide and the bracket, pivotally are connected with each other at a first pivot point of the bracket,

a pivot arm that is pivotally connected at one end with the bracket at a second pivot point, that is spaced apart at a predefined distance of the first pivot point, and

a system of rods that is fixed to the pivot arm, wherein each of the rods of the system has a fixed or a pivoting connection with one or more other rods of the system or with the frame and in which the movement means for moving the horizontal panel are part of the system of rods.

2. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the holder is slidably connected with the bracket and the holder is movable along the bracket by means of a first pulling cable.

3. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the horizontal panel is executed in two parts.

4. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein to a lower side part of the horizontal panel at least one guiding element is connected that cooperates with a stationary guiding element and the movement means for moving the horizontal panel are engaging the guiding elements in such a way, that during the moving of the horizontal panel away from the rest position and moving it back to the rest position that the lower side part of the horizontal panel maintains a horizontal orientation.

5. A cabinet according to claim 4, wherein the horizontal panel comprises a pivoting part that can pivot out of the panel plane for providing a passage for the bracket, the pivot arm and the first pulling cable in the operating position of the holder.

6. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein in the storage position the holder and all elements of the arrangement for moving the holder are located below the horizontal panel and in the operating position the holder and a part of the bracket, of the pivot arm and of the first pulling cable are situated above the horizontal panel and all other parts of the arrangement are situated below the horizontal panel.

7. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the drive comprises an electromotor with a transmission that is coupled with the electromotor and the slide.

8. A cabinet according to claim 7, wherein the transmission comprises a pulling cable.

9. A cabinet according to claim 7, wherein the transmission comprises a screw spindle.

10. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein in the lying position the holder forms an angle with the horizontal plane that lies between 9°

and 11°

.

11. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the drive comprises a control and the control controls the drive in such a way that at least a part of the horizontal panel other than the pivoting part is submitted to an acceleration that does not exceed a predefined threshold value.

12. A cabinet according to claim 1, wherein the drive can be operated by remote control.