Tensile switchable supporting frame

• US 9,341,305 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2015
• Issued: 05/17/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 09/16/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Syncmold Enterprise Corp.
• Original Assignee: Syncmold Enterprise Corp.
• Inventors: Yeh, Ching-Yi, Wang, Juei-Hsien
• Primary Examiner(s): WENDELL, MARK R
• Application Number:
  US14/660,396
• Publication Number:
  US 20160076693A1
• Time in Patent Office: 427 Days
• Field of Search: 248/162.1, 248/127, 248/454, 248/917, 248/922, 248/371, 248/455, 248/457, 248/372.1, 248/919, 248/676, 248/133, 248/125.1, 248/920, 248/921
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head

Abstract

A tensile switchable supporting frame is provided. The supporting frame with an adjustable tensile structure includes at least two elastic modules, which are composed of a plurality of tension springs to achieve the objective of multi-stage adjustment. According to the weight of the loaded device, the user is capable of selecting the suitable elastic module to appropriately activate the amount of tension springs. The proper tension also provides the user with a better operative experience.

Claims

1. A tensile switchable supporting frame, comprising:

a frame body;

a pivoting shaft;

a base being pivoted to the frame body via the pivoting shaft; and

an adjustable tensile structure, comprising;

an accommodating base being slidably disposed on the base;

a connecting string having two ends engaging with the pivoting shaft and the accommodating base respectively, wherein when the frame body pivots with respect to the base, the pivoting shaft pivots along with the frame body to drive the connecting string so as to drive the accommodating base;

a first elastic module being disposed in the accommodating base and having two ends which connect with the accommodating base and the base respectively;

a second elastic module being disposed in the accommodating base;

a positioning plate having a first groove, wherein the first groove has a first sliding region and a first limiting region that communicate with each other and extend in different directions; and

a first connecting element wherein two ends of the second elastic module are connected with the first connecting element and the accommodating base respectively, the first connecting element further having a first column which penetrates through the first groove and selectively moves between the first sliding region and the first limiting region;

wherein when the positioning plate is located at a first position, the first column is located in the first sliding region, and when the frame body is folded towards the base, the connecting string is winded by the pivoting shaft to pull the accommodating base so that the first elastic module is tensioned; and

when the positioning plate is located at a second position, the first column is located in the first limiting region, and when the frame body is folded towards the base, the connecting string is winded by the pivoting shaft to pull the accommodating base so that both the first elastic module and the second elastic module are tensioned.

2. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a third elastic module being disposed in the accommodating base; and

a second connecting element having a second column, wherein two ends of the third elastic module are connected with the accommodating base and the second connecting element respectively;

wherein the positioning plate further comprises a second groove having a second sliding region and a second limiting region that communicate with each other and extend in different directions, the second column of the second connecting element penetrating through the second groove and selectively moving between the second sliding region and the second limiting region;

when the positioning plate is located at a third position, the first column being located in the first limiting region and the second column being located in the second limiting region, and when the frame body is folded towards the base, the connecting string is winded by the pivoting shaft to pull the accommodating base so that the first elastic module, the second elastic module and the third elastic module are tensioned simultaneously.

3. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 2, wherein when the positioning plate is located at the first position, the first column is located in the first sliding region, and when the frame body is folded towards the base, the first connecting element is driven by the accommodating base via the second elastic module to move the first column from a first end of the first sliding region towards a second end of the first sliding region so as to keep the second elastic module being untensioned.

4. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 3, wherein when the positioning plate is located at the first position or the second position, the second column is located in the second sliding region, and when the frame body is folded towards the base, the second connecting element is driven by the accommodating base via the third elastic module to move the second column from a third end of the second sliding region towards a fourth end of the second sliding region so as to keep the third elastic module being untensioned.

5. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 4, wherein a width of the second sliding region is greater than a width of the first sliding region.

6. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 5, wherein the base comprises a through hole, an adjusting knob and a positioning column, the positioning plate comprising a first positioning hole, a second positioning hole and a third positioning hole, the adjusting knob being slidably disposed on a lower surface of the base by penetrating the through hole and having at least one fixing column extending to be fixed to the positioning plate, the positioning column being fixedly disposed on an upper surface of the base, wherein when the adjusting knob slides to a first location, the positioning plate is driven to slide with respect to the base to engage the positioning column into the first positioning hole so that the positioning plate is positioned at the first position, when the adjusting knob slides to a second location, the positioning plate is driven to slide with respect to the base to engage the positioning column into the second positioning hole so that the positioning plate is positioned at the second position, and when the adjusting knob slides to a third location, the positioning plate is driven to slide with respect to the base to engage the positioning column into the third positioning hole so that the positioning plate is positioned at the third position.

7. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 6, wherein the positioning column has two elastic pieces, and the first positioning hole, the second positioning hole and the third positioning hole are intercommunicated with each other so that the positioning column is capable of sliding between the first positioning hole, the second positioning hole and the third positioning hole.

8. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first elastic module comprises at least one first tension spring, the second elastic module comprises at least one second tension spring, the third elastic module comprises at least one third tension spring, and the first sliding region and the second sliding region extend in a direction parallel to a tensioning direction of the second tension spring and the third tension spring.

9. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 2, wherein the first sliding region and the second sliding region intersect with the first limiting region and the second limiting region at an angle respectively.

10. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 1, wherein the pivoting shaft comprises at least one first engaging groove, the accommodating base comprises at least one second engaging groove, and each of the two ends of the connecting string are provided with a protrusion to correspondingly engage with the first engaging groove and the second engaging groove respectively.

11. The tensile switchable supporting frame as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a torsional spring assembly disposed on the base and joined to the pivoting shaft.