Display supporting apparatus

• US 9,546,756 B1
• Filed: 04/21/2016
• Issued: 01/17/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 11/10/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Modernsolid Industrial Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Hung, Chin-Jui
• Primary Examiner(s): Le, Tan
• Application Number:
  US15/134,620
• Time in Patent Office: 271 Days
• Field of Search: 248/274.1, 248/278.1, 248/284.1, 248/917, 248/277.1, 248/287.1, 248/286.1, 361/679.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2097/005 Monitor mounted supports or stands
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/001 Wall mounting or suspension arrangements for blackboards or the like easels or stands A47B97/04
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/043 Allowing translations
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/048 adapted to forward-backward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/12 in more than one direction
• 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 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2085 comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• 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 2200/048 for balancing translational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms

Abstract

A display supporting apparatus includes a supporting unit having an adjustable body which includes two pairs of first adjusting grooves, and a support body which includes two pairs of second adjusting grooves. A first adjustment unit includes two first adjustable members extending respectively and movably through top and bottom ends of the support body and respectively abutting against top and bottom ends of the adjustable body. A second adjusting unit includes two sliding rods each movably extending through one pair of the first adjusting grooves and a corresponding pair of the second adjusting grooves, and two second adjustable members each extending through and rotatable relative to the adjustable body.

Claims

1. A display supporting apparatus comprising:

a supporting unit including a first support frame, a second support frame, and a linkage mechanism pivotally connected to and disposed between said first and second support frames, said second support frame including

an adjustable body extending along a first direction, and having two pairs of first adjusting grooves spaced apart from each other along the first direction, each of said first adjusting grooves extending along a second direction, said first adjusting grooves of each pair of said first adjusting grooves being spaced apart from each other along a third direction transverse to the first and second directions, and

a support body configured to connect a display thereon, said support body defining an elongated receiving space that receives said adjustable body, and having two pairs of second adjusting grooves spaced apart from each other along the first direction, said pairs of said second adjusting grooves respectively corresponding to said pairs of said first adjusting grooves;

a first adjusting unit including two first adjustable members that extend respectively and movably through top and bottom ends of said support body and that respectively abut against top and bottom ends of said adjustable body, said first adjustable members being adjustable to move said support body along the first direction relative to said adjustable body; and

a second adjusting unit including two sliding rods each movably extending through one pair of said first adjusting grooves and a corresponding pair of said second adjusting grooves, and two second adjustable members each extending through and rotatable relative to said adjustable body, each of said sliding rods being sleeved on and being driven by a respective one of said second adjustable members to move along the second direction, said support body being driven by said sliding rods to move along the second direction so as to incline with respect to said adjustable body when one of said second adjustable members is operated;

wherein said first support frame has a pair of first grooves extending along the length thereof and spaced apart from each other in the third direction, said second support frame having a pair of second grooves extending along the length thereof and spaced apart from each other in the third direction, said linkage mechanism including first and second linkage rods intersecting each other, said first linkage rod having one end pivoted to said first support frame above said pair of first grooves, and another opposite end connected slidably to said pair of second grooves, said second linkage rod having one end pivoted to said second support frame above said pair of second grooves, and another opposite end connected slidably to said pair of first grooves; and

wherein said supporting unit is operable between a folded state, in which said first and second support frames are moved toward each other, and an unfolded state, in which said first and second support frames are moved away from each other.

2. The display supporting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said adjustable body includes two spaced-apart side walls extending along the first direction, a first end wall connected between said side walls at one end thereof, a second end wall connected between said side walls at the other end thereof, two abutment walls connected respectively and transversely to said first and second end walls, and a main wall connected between said side walls and between said first and second end walls opposite to said abutment walls, said side walls respectively having said first adjusting grooves and said pair of second grooves, said first and second end walls respectively having said top and bottom ends of said adjustable body.

3. The display supporting apparatus as claimed in claim 1, wherein said support body includes a main supporting wall extending along the first direction for mounting the display thereon, two supporting side walls respectively connected to two long sides of said main supporting wall, a top wall connected to one short side of said main supporting wall, and an assembly member connected to the other short side of said main supporting wall and having a bottom wall opposite to said top wall, and wherein said main supporting wall, said supporting side walls, said top wall and said bottom wall cooperatively define said elongated receiving space, said supporting side walls having one of said pairs of said second adjusting grooves, said assembly member having the other one of said pairs of said second adjusting grooves, said top and bottom walls respectively having said top and bottom ends of said support body.