Video monitor hinge assembly
First Claim
1. In a video monitor having a console and a display housing, the display housing carrying a video display panel, the console including a stowage cavity dimensioned to receive the display housing, the improvement comprising a hinge assembly coupling the console and the display housing, the hinge assembly including a leaf, one end of the leaf being pivotally mounted to the console and the other end of the leaf being pivotally mounted to the display housing, the display housing including a rear casing having a recess, the recess being dimensioned to receive the leaf when the display housing is stowed in the stowage cavity, whereby both viewing angle and linear distance or elevation between a viewer and the display panel may be adjusted by rotating the leaf relative to the casing and the display housing relative to the leaf.
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Abstract
A video monitor includes a display housing which is carried in a stowage recess of an overhead console. A broad rectangular leaf of a hinge assembly is pivotally mounted at one of its ends to the console and is pivotally mounted at its opposite end to a rear casing of the display housing at the approximate mid-height of the housing. The leaf is configured to lie within a recess formed in the rear casing of the display housing when the housing is stowed, overlying ventilation ports in the rear casing. To deploy the display housing in a viewing position, the leaf is rotated about a console pivot and the display housing is rotated relative to the leaf about a housing pivot.
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- 1. In a video monitor having a console and a display housing, the display housing carrying a video display panel, the console including a stowage cavity dimensioned to receive the display housing, the improvement comprising a hinge assembly coupling the console and the display housing, the hinge assembly including a leaf, one end of the leaf being pivotally mounted to the console and the other end of the leaf being pivotally mounted to the display housing, the display housing including a rear casing having a recess, the recess being dimensioned to receive the leaf when the display housing is stowed in the stowage cavity, whereby both viewing angle and linear distance or elevation between a viewer and the display panel may be adjusted by rotating the leaf relative to the casing and the display housing relative to the leaf.
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11. A method of safely ventilating a display housing of a vehicle mounted video monitor, the monitor including the display housing and a console, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) providing a plurality of ventilation ports through a rear casing of the display housing, b) providing a hinge leaf dimensioned to overlie the ventilation ports, c) pivotally interconnecting one end of the hinge leaf to the rear casing and pivotally interconnecting the other end of the hinge leaf to the console, d) overlying the ventilation ports with the hinge leaf when the display housing is stowed in the console, e) pivoting the display monitor relative to the hinge leaf to a viewing position, wherein the hinge leaf is not overlying the ventilation ports, and f) stowing the display housing in the console with the hinge leaf overlying the ventilation ports when viewing has been concluded. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14)
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- 15. In a video monitor having a console and a display housing, the display housing carrying a video display panel, the console including a stowage cavity dimensioned to receive the display housing, the improvement comprising a hinge assembly coupling the console and the display housing, the hinge assembly including a leaf, one end of the leaf being pivotally mounted to the console and the other end of the leaf being pivotally mounted to the display housing, the display housing including a rear casing having a plurality of ventilation ports extending therethrough, the leaf overlying the ventilation ports when the display panel is stowed in the stowage cavity, the ventilation ports being open for air flow therethrough when the display panel is rotated relative to the leaf to an orientation other than that when the display panel is stowed in the stowage cavity.
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