Slidable display housing

• US 9,635,766 B2
• Filed: 09/28/2011
• Issued: 04/25/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 09/28/2011
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Drew, Paul L., Anuez, Tony O., Austin, Peter W.
• Primary Examiner(s): ADE, OGER GARCIA
• Application Number:
  US14/347,335
• Publication Number:
  US 20140236744A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,036 Days
• Field of Search: 705 17
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/045 adapted to left-right translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/028 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/065 with a special structure, e.g. reinforced or adapted for space reduction
• CPC Class Codes: G06Q 20/20 Point-of-sale [POS] network systems
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0017 with operator interface units

Abstract

A display system comprises a display housing and an attachment member. The attachment member attaches to and supports the display housing. Further, the display housing slides relative to the attachment member. In some embodiments, the system comprises multiple displays in which one display slides relative to an attachment hinge that supports such display.

Claims

1. A display system, comprising:

a base;

a support post attached to the base;

a display comprising a display housing; and

an attachment member that supports the display housing, the attachment member rotatably attached to the support post, the attachment member rotatable with respect to the support post along a first rotational direction in a first plane to swivel the display housing along the first rotational direction,

wherein the attachment member is further rotatably attached to a support member separate from the support post, such that the display housing is tiltable relative to the support post along a second rotational direction in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, and

wherein the support member is slideable along a horizontal width of the display housing so that the attachment member is slideable relative to the display housing along the horizontal width of the display housing.

2. The display system of claim 1 wherein the display housing comprises a cavity that extends along the horizontal width of the display housing, and the support member is slideably attached to the display housing in the cavity.

3. The display system of claim 2 wherein the display housing comprises at least one overhanging lip that retains a retaining portion of a plate of the support member within the cavity.

4. The display system of claim 1 wherein the support member comprises a biasing portion having a protrusion, the protrusion mating with each of a plurality of indentations on the display housing as the display housing slides relative to the attachment member, and wherein the biasing portion deflects as the protrusion moves between the indentations.

5. The display system of claim 1 wherein the support member comprises a plate that mates to the display housing, and wherein the display housing is slideable relative to the plate.

6. The display system of claim 1 wherein the display housing has an end portion that includes a slot into which a retaining portion of the support member is inserted to mate the display housing to the attachment member.

7. The display system of claim 6 wherein the display housing has a biasing member and a protrusion, the protrusion received in a groove on the retaining portion.

8. The display system of claim 1 wherein the support member comprises a magnet and the display housing comprises a magnet.

9. The display system of claim 1 wherein the attachment member comprises a hinge.

13. The display system of claim 1, wherein the attachment member is slideable along the horizontal width in a cavity of the display housing, the cavity extending in a lateral direction along the horizontal width, the lateral direction perpendicular to a length of the support post.

14. The display system of claim 1, wherein the display is a first display, the display system comprising:

a second display separate from the first display, the second display supported by the base.

15. The display system of claim 14, wherein the first display faces a first direction, and the second display faces a second direction opposite the first direction.

19. The display system of claim 1, wherein the horizontal width of the display housing is along a direction that is perpendicular to a length in a vertical direction of the support post.

10. A point-of-sale system, comprising:

a base;

a first display supported by the base;

a support post attached to the base;

a second display comprising a display housing;

an attachment hinge that supports the display housing, the attachment hinge rotatably attached to the support post, the attachment hinge rotatable with respect to the support post along a first rotational direction in a first plane to swivel the display housing along the first rotational direction,

wherein the attachment hinge is further rotatably attached to a support member separate from the support post, such that the display housing is tiltable relative to the support post along a second rotational direction in a second plane perpendicular to the first plane, wherein the display housing has a back comprising a cavity, and

wherein the support member is slideable along the cavity along a horizontal width of the display housing so that the attachment hinge is slideable relative to the display housing.

11. The point-of-sale system of claim 10 wherein the support member comprises a biasing portion having a protrusion, the protrusion inserted into a plurality of indentations on the display housing as the display housing is slid relative to the attachment hinge, and wherein the biasing portion deflects as the protrusion moves between the indentations.

12. The point-of-sale system of claim 10 wherein the display housing has an end portion that includes a slot into which a plate of the support member is inserted to mate the display housing to the support member.

16. The point-of-sale system of claim 10, wherein the first display faces a first direction, and the second display faces a second direction that is opposite the first direction.

20. The point-of-sale system of claim 10, wherein the horizontal width of the display housing is along a direction that is perpendicular to a length in a vertical direction of the support post.

17. A method of providing a display system, comprising:

attaching a support post to a base;

attaching a display housing of a display to a support member;

rotatably attaching an attachment member to the support post, the attachment member supporting the display housing and rotatable with respect to the support post along a first rotational direction in a first plane to swivel the display housing along the first rotational direction;

rotatably attaching the attachment member to the support member so that the display housing is tiltable relative to the support post along a second rotational direction in a second plane that is perpendicular to the first plane; and

slideably attaching the support member to the display housing so that the attachment member is slideable relative to the display housing along a lateral direction along a horizontal width of the display housing.

18. The method of claim 17, wherein the support member is slideable in the lateral direction along a cavity of the display housing, the cavity extending in the lateral direction, the lateral direction perpendicular to a length in a vertical direction of the support post.