Ratchet-governed television stand

• US 9,157,575 B2
• Filed: 06/18/2013
• Issued: 10/13/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 05/23/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Xubo Pei
• Original Assignee: Xubo Pei
• Inventors: Pei, Xubo
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Ijaz, Muhammad
• Application Number:
  US14/112,719
• Publication Number:
  US 20140346297A1
• Time in Patent Office: 847 Days
• Field of Search: 248/292.12, 248/354.7, 248/223.31, 248/917, 248/923, 248/919, 248/922, 248/293, 403/105
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections

Abstract

A ratchet-governed television stand mainly consists of a wall panel (1), a left rack (2) and a right rack (3). The left rack (2) is hooked on a left side of the wall panel (1) and is fastened with a screw, the right rack (3) is hooked on a right side of the wall panel (1) and is fastened with a screw, the whole bracket is mounted on a surface of a support such as a wall through the wall panel (1), and a flat-panel television is mounted on the left rack (2) and the right rack (3), to achieve a visual angle required by people. The wall panel (1) is of a cuboid structure, an upper rail (11) is formed at an upper edge of the wall panel (1), a lower rail (12) is formed at a lower edge, the left rack (2) mainly includes a hook (21), a support rod (22) and a ratchet connector (23), a lower end of the support rod (22) is movably connected with a lower end of the hook (21) through a threaded rod, an upper end of the support rod (22) is movably connected with an upper end of the hook (21) through the ratchet connector (23), and the right rack (3) has a structure consistent with that of the left rack (2), to achieve the objective of design.

Claims

1. A television stand, comprising:

a wall panel; and

at least one rack, which comprises;

a hook having an upper end and a lower end, said hook securely connected to said wall panel;

a support rod having an upper portion and a lower portion, said lower portion of said support rod being pivotally connected to said lower end of said hook; and

a ratchet connector, comprising;

a ratchet governing device which is connected to said hook and comprises a ratchet received in said ratchet governing device;

a left connecting piece connected between said ratchet governing device and said support rod;

a right connecting piece connected between said ratchet governing device and said support rod; and

a shifting lever provided on said ratchet governing device to move between a middle position and a front position,

wherein in said middle position, said shifting lever disengages from said ratchet so as to allow said left connecting piece and said right connecting piece to pivotally move in a direction away from said wall panel,

wherein in said front position, said shifting lever is driven to engage with said ratchet so as to allow said left connecting piece and said right connecting piece to pivotally move in a direction toward said wall panel while securely locking said left connecting piece and said right connecting piece to move in a direction away from said wall panel;

wherein said ratchet governing device further comprises a housing for receiving said ratchet, and a ratchet pawl received in said housing and connected to said shifting lever, said ratchet pawl being driven by said shifting lever to selectively engage with said ratchet;

wherein said shifting lever has an L cross sectional shape, and defines a handle end extended out of said housing of said ratchet governing device, and a shifting lever end configured as having a notch structure and extended at a position between said ratchet pawl and said ratchet.

2. The television stand, as recited in claim 1, wherein said left connecting piece has a front stop column and a rear stop column spacedly formed on an inner surface thereof, said handle end of said shifting lever being extended at a position between said front stop column and said rear stop column so that when said left connecting piece is driven to pivotally moved toward said wall panel, said front stop column is arranged to drive said handle end of said shifting lever to move to said middle position for allowing said shifting lever end to drive said ratchet pawl to disengage from said ratchet.

3. The television stand, as recited in claim 2, wherein said rear stop column is extended from said left connecting piece at a position such that when said support rod pivotally moves away from said wall panel, said rear stop column is arranged to drive said handle end of said shifting lever to move to said front position so as to drive said ratchet pawl to engage with said ratchet.

4. The television stand, as recited in claim 3, wherein said ratchet governing device further comprises a return spring received in said housing and is connected to said ratchet pawl for normally retaining said ratchet pawl at said middle position.

5. The television stand, as recited in claim 4, wherein a lower end of said ratchet governing device is movably connected with a lower end of said left connecting piece and a lower end of said right connecting piece, while an upper end of said ratchet governing device is movably connected with an upper end of said hook.

6. The television stand, as recited in claim 4, wherein an upper end of said left connecting piece and an upper end of said right connecting piece are movably connected to said upper portion of said support rod.

7. The television stand, as recited in claim 4, wherein said rack is movably mounted on said wall panel in such a manner that said rack is capable of moving on said rack along a longitudinal direction thereof.

8. The television stand, as recited in claim 4, wherein said wall panel has an upper rail formed at an upper edge of said wall panel, and a lower rail formed at a lower edge of said wall panel, said rack being movably mounted on said upper rail and said lower rail.

9. The television stand, as recited in claim 1, wherein a lower end of said ratchet governing device is movably connected with a lower end of said left connecting piece and a lower end of said right connecting piece, while an upper end of said ratchet governing device is movably connected with said upper end of said hook.

10. The television stand, as recited in claim 1, wherein an upper end of said left connecting piece and an upper end of said right connecting piece are movably connected to said upper portion of said support rod.

11. The television stand, as recited in claim 1, wherein said rack is movably mounted on said wall panel in such a manner that said rack is capable of moving on said rack along a longitudinal direction thereof.

12. The television stand, as recited in claim 1, wherein said wall panel has an upper rail formed at an upper edge of said wall panel, and a lower rail formed at a lower edge of said wall panel, said rack being movably mounted on said upper rail and said lower rail.