Monitor stand assembly

• US 9,464,752 B2
• Filed: 06/15/2011
• Issued: 10/11/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 06/15/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Lenovo Singapore Pte Limited (Lenovo Group Ltd.)
• Inventors: Truong, Cuong Huy, Farrow, Timothy Samuel
• Primary Examiner(s): Nguyen, Hoa C
• Assistant Examiner(s): Augustin, Christopher L
• Application Number:
  US13/160,676
• Publication Number:
  US 20120320513A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,945 Days
• Field of Search: 36167901-67907, 361/679.21, 361/679.22, 361/679.27, 248/372, 248/176.1, 248/162.1, 248/123.11, 248/374, 248/284.1, 248/917, 248/274.1, 248/279.1
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage

Abstract

A monitor stand assembly includes a base, an arm that includes a monitor joint configured for pivotable attachment to a monitor and a base joint configured for pivotable attachment to the base, and an adjustable force strut. Such a strut may include a strut housing, a strut rod, an adjustment mechanism for adjusting force exerted by the rod with respect to the housing, an arm joint configured for pivotable attachment to the arm and a base joint configured for pivotable attachment to the base. Such an assembly may be suited to accommodate monitors of various weights and provide for flexible ergonomics. Various other apparatuses, systems, methods, etc., are also disclosed.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

a stand that comprises a platform, a base connected to the platform, an arm connected to a socket of the base, and a strut connected to a socket of the arm and a socket of the base wherein the platform comprises a horizontal bottom surface supportable on a planar surface, an upper surface, a back edge and a front edge;

a computing device mounted to the arm of the stand wherein the computing device comprises a planar touch screen on a touch screen side, a bottom edge, a top edge, and an angled contact surface disposed between the top edge and the bottom edge on a side opposite the touch screen side; and

orientations wherein the orientations comprise

a touch mode orientation wherein the arm and the angled contact surface support the computing device wherein the angled contact surface is disposed in front of the front edge of the platform and below the upper surface of the platform and wherein the top edge of the computing device is disposed in back of the back edge of the platform,

a vertical mode orientation wherein the arm and the bottom edge of the computing device support the computing device wherein the top edge and the bottom edge of the computing device are disposed in front of the front edge of the platform and wherein the bottom edge of the computing device is disposed below the upper surface of the platform, and

a free mode orientation wherein the arm pivotably supports the computing device over a range of angles about a vertical angle.

2. The system of claim 1 wherein the angled contact surface is rubberized and disposed at an acute angle with respect to the planar touch screen.

3. The system of claim 1 wherein the strut comprises an adjustable force strut.

4. The system of claim 3 wherein the strut comprises a force adjustably selected based on mass of the computing device.

5. The system of claim 1 wherein, for the touch mode orientation, an arm mount of the computing device contacts the upper surface of the platform.

6. The system of claim 3 wherein the strut comprises an adjustable force gas strut that comprises an adjustment mechanism for adjusting force exerted by a rod of the gas strut with respect to a housing of the strut.

7. The assembly of claim 6 wherein the adjustment mechanism comprises a relief valve that relieves gas pressure in the housing.