Abstract: A shield assembly for protecting against airborne droplets and other fluids, particularly excreted from humans. The shield assembly may generally comprise a shield, one or more support plates or members, a stand, and, optionally, a frame for holding the shield. The shield can be pivotally engaged with the stand, allowing a user of the shield assembly to change the pitch of the shield. The shield assembly may be engaged with a medical table, bed, or gurney, or alternatively may be engaged with a portable, moveable base. A user may position the shield assembly such that the shield thereof is disposed between the user's face and a source of airborne droplets or fluids.

Abstract: There is provided a lock mechanism for an adjustable rod. The lock mechanism provides a manually locking state and an automatic locking state. The automatic locking state provides a more secure locking engagement than the manual locking state. There is also provided improved end cap systems that minimize the number of components.

Abstract: A liftable television floor stand including a support bracket, a cylinder, and an assembly bracket is provided. An outer support tube is disposed on a base of the support bracket and having an inner support tube moveably mounted therein. The cylinder is disposed in the outer support tube and fixed on the base. An upper end of an output shaft of the cylinder is fixed on an upper end of the inner support tube which is provided with a control member for control of movement of the output shaft. A rotating shaft of the assembly bracket is connected with a top end of the inner support tube by a sleeve so that the assembly bracket can be rotated around the rotating shaft. A front end of the assembly bracket is connected with a back surface of a television. Thereby height and angle adjustment is achieved conveniently.

Abstract: An improved feeding system is provided to permit sequential entry to animals, one at a time, into a feeding station that weighs the animal, and then provides or prevents access to a single feed or feed blend based on body weight or other criteria. It exits each animal if no feed is to be provided, or after feeding for a specified period of time. The system accommodates animals housed in groups and allows individual animals to be fed precisely with minimal labour input. Feed consumption by individual animals is limited by the amount of time they remain in the feeding area of the station and the amount of feed provided to them. The system provides for the ongoing collection of data about the animals' growth, and controls and monitors feed intake and body weight.

Abstract: A locking device for furniture, in particular for furniture which may be adjusted by rotation of a furniture section is provided. The locking device includes an axle which is rotatable for adjusting the furniture and which has an engagement recess limited to an angular segment about the axle. The locking device further includes a blocking element which is configured for rotational blocking of the axle by engaging in the engagement recess. The locking device further includes a support bearing which is configured to support the blocking element in a fixed rotational manner about the axle. The locking device further includes an adjusting ring rotating about the axle, which has a contoured recess for radial adjustment of the blocking element within the support bearing upon rotation of the adjusting ring about the axle. The blocking element is engageable in the engagement recess by the radial adjustment, so that the axle is lockable rotationally with the support bearing via the blocking element.

Abstract: A center post assembly for eliminating sagging of a roof panel in a cabinet, where doors of the cabinet latch to the post assembly. The post assembly includes a base portion and a post portion, where one of the base portion or the post portion includes a plurality of slots and the other one of the base portion or the slot portion includes a plurality of threaded studs. The base portion further includes a first bracket and a jackscrew threaded into a threaded opening in the first bracket and the post portion further includes a second bracket, where the jackscrew engages the second bracket so that rotation of the jackscrew causes the second bracket to move relative to the first bracket so that the studs slide in the slots and increase the length of the post assembly to remove the sag.

Abstract: The present disclosure relates to a tripod comprising a connecting element, at least three legs coupled to said connecting element, each leg being divided into at least two sections able to slide with respect to each other. Each leg provides locking and unlocking means of the sliding movement between the sections of the respective leg. Said tripod further provides an actuation element of said locking and unlocking means. Said tripod is characterized in that said actuation element is arranged on said connecting element, and in comprising transmission means arranged on the connecting element connected to said actuation element and to said locking/unlocking means of each leg and in that said tripod is configured so that by acting on said actuation element said transmission means act simultaneously on said locking/unlocking means of each leg preventing/allowing the sliding movement between said sections of each leg.

Abstract: A coupling mechanism controls the location of the central primary draft load transmitting fixed-length link independently of the coupler. The coupling mechanism allows for translation in at least three orthogonal directions and for rotation of two distinct planes between coupled components, thereby providing a means for lateral shifting and articulation. The coupling mechanism mitigates unexpected rotation by restricting rotation along a longitudinal axis of the fixed-length link. Rotation of the coupling mechanism is furthermore controlled by means of a indexing turntable. The orientation and the position of the coupling mechanism is therefore determinant and predictable.

Abstract: This invention in the field of weightlifting assists a weightlifter in training more effectively, by providing an apparatus for decreasing weight during a weightlifting movement, such that more weight is lifted initially than must be set down again afterward. The apparatus consists generally of an arm extending from a hinge anchored at a fixed height, such that the arm may be placed atop a bar or barbell to be lifted. When the bar is lifted, the arm's position relative to the hinge causes the arm to fall off of the bar and remove the weight of the arm from the weight being lifted by the weightlifter. Thus, the amount of weight the weightlifter is lowering back down again is reduced compared to the amount of weight the weightlifter initially lifted.

Abstract: A dual-purpose lift pedestal for use in recreational vehicles having a top and bottom base plate, a housing moveable between a down position, an up position and an extended position, the housing having an upper tube, a middle tube, and a lower tube, a first set of slider pads supporting a second end of the upper tube within the middle tube, a second set of slider pads supporting the second end of the middle tube within the lower tube, a spring cage supporting within the middle tube, a pair of springs at least partially supported within the spring cage with the springs co-acting to assist the movement of the housing between the various position, and a locking member to maintain the housing at the upper position and at the down position.

Abstract: A mobile workstation with adjustable height of the present disclosure may comprise a top assembly, an adjustment assembly, and a bottom assembly. Adjustment assembly may comprise telescopically engaged segments. One or more pulleys or pulley assemblies may be disposed within one or more of the segments to allow for withdrawing and retracting segments from one another at the same rate. Actuation of the raising or lowering of the overall height of the mobile workstation may be realized through either a manual actuation or an electronic element such as a linear actuator.

Abstract: A clamping mechanism comprises: a main body; a pair of clamps are arranged on the main body, and each clamp may be moved along the clamping main body thereof the holding direction reciprocates relative to the main body; the clamping width maintaining mechanism is disposed on the main body for maintaining the clamping width of each pair of clamps to be adapted to the photographing device to be clamped; the adjusting mechanism is disposed on the main body for adjusting the spacing between one of each pair of clamps and the main body in the clamping direction for adjusting the clamping center of each pair of clamps while maintaining the clamping width of each pair of clamps relative to the center of the subject.

Abstract: In one aspect, the present invention relates to a support apparatus including a base member, a ball joint member movably mounted to base member, an adjustable stand interconnected with ball joint member, and a receiving member removably mounted to the adjustable stand for securely receiving an object or device. In another aspect, the present invention relates to the combination of the support structure and a device comprised of anyone of an appliance, a tool, a portable electronic device, and an adult sexual stimulation device removably securely mounted to the support structure at various preselected positions relative to the base member.

Abstract: A portable electronic apparatus comprises a first housing, a display panel, a shaft housing, a second housing, and a circuit board. The display panel is embedded in the first housing. The shaft housing is connected and fixed to a side of the first housing, and two ends of the shaft housing are hinged on a side of the second housing, such that the first housing is rotated with respect to the second housing through the shaft housing. The circuit board is disposed in the shaft housing and electrically connected to the display panel.

Abstract: A robotic mount is configured to move an entertainment element such as a video display, a video projector, a video projector screen or a camera. The robotic mount is moveable in multiple degrees of freedom, whereby the associated entertainment element is moveable in three-dimensional space. In one embodiment, a system of entertainment elements are made to move and operate in synchronicity with each other, such as to move a single camera via multiple robotic mounts to one or more positions or along one or more paths.

Abstract: A fan device and a fan holder are provided. The fan device includes the fan holder and a fan. The fan holder includes a bracket, four ratchet sets, a seat, and a frame. Each of two ends of the bracket is connected to two of the four ratchet sets. The seat is connected to the two of the four ratchet sets arranged to the one of two ends of the bracket. The frame is connected to the other two of the four ratchet sets arranged to the other one of two ends of the bracket. The seat and the frame are rotatable between a use position and a storage position relative to the bracket through the four ratchet sets. The fan is connected to the frame. The seat and the frame are rotated to the storage position, so that the bracket can be arranged on the seat.

Abstract: A rotating painting apparatus includes a predetermined number of painting stations rotatably mounted to a base plate and each station having 2, 3, 4, or more faces on which to apply paint. A painting station includes a bottom wall from which a drive shaft by which the bottom wall is rotatably coupled to the base plate. Rotation of the drive shaft causes the painting station to swivel, i.e. to rotate. The stretched frame member includes upstanding side support members extending from the bottom wall and about which a length of canvas may be stretched to form a painting station having two faces (front and rear), three faces (triangular), or four faces (cube), and so on. The rotating painting apparatus may include a plurality of frame assemblies adjacent to yet separated from one another. A chain drive operated by a drive motor enables all of the frame assemblies to be rotated together.

Abstract: A tension rod has an outer shaft slidably receiving an inner shaft. A tension mechanism includes a partially threaded rod with a threaded portion. A first end extends from the threaded portion and is adapted for fixing to an inner surface of the inner shaft; a second end has a tapered body with a greater transverse dimension closer to the second end. A wedge has a slot and an inner surface in facing sliding engagement with the tapered body between a nut threadedly engaged with the threaded portion and the second end. The nut is rotationally fixed to the outer shaft. Upon relative rotation of the inner and outer shafts, the nut moves along the threaded portion toward the second end, the wedge abutting and moving with the nut. The wedge contacts the tapered body, expands radially, and contacts the inner surface of the outer shaft, locking the shafts together.

Abstract: A temperature sensing assembly includes a temperature sensor having a first end and a second end and an adjustable clamping mechanism configured to adjustably couple the temperature sensor to a tube of the temperature sensing assembly. The temperature sensing assembly further includes a thermowell having a proximal and distal end, the proximal end being configured to attach to an adapter of the temperature sensing assembly and the distal end being configured to receive the second end of the temperature sensor. In addition, the adjustable clamping mechanism may be configured to fix the temperature sensor to the tube at any point along the temperature sensor.

Abstract: A telescopic table frame part, in particular a height-adjustable table leg (26), comprising an outer tube (12) and an inner tube (10) which can be moved relative to the former and which is guided by means of a sliding guide, characterized in that the sliding guide comprises at least one injection-molded sliding element (24) made from a slide-promoting plastic, a method for producing a sliding guide for guiding an inner tube (10) in an outer tube (12) movable relative thereto of a telescopic table frame part, comprising attaching of at least one sliding element (24) made from a slide-promoting plastic onto the inner surface (23) of the outer tube (12) or onto the outer surface (25) of the inner tube (10) by injection molding, wherein said plastic is introduced into the inside of the inner tube through an injection molding tool access opening (16) in same, and an apparatus for carrying out the method.

Abstract: A method of calibrating a laser measurement device includes positioning a calibration part, having known geometric specifications, at varying distances from the laser measurement device (within a measurement depth-of-field of the laser measurement device). The detected geometric specifications, measured at these different positions, are compared with the known specification(s) of the calibration part in order to improve the accuracy of the calibration. A calibration standoff fixture having a plurality of adjustable legs may be used in conjunction with the method to facilitate changing the position of the calibration part relative to the laser measurement device.

Abstract: A standing handbag rack with charging station, having a vertical extending support structure having an upper portion and a lower portion, a base secured to the lower portion of the vertical extending support structure, one or more hooks for receiving a handbag or the like, the hooks are secured to the standing handbag rack, a tray secured to the vertical extending support structure, the tray including one or more cable openings, the tray adapted for receiving a portable electronic device, one or more power connectors provided at the tray, the power connector adaptable for coupling to a portable electronic device, a battery housing secured to the standing handbag rack, at least one cable, the cable having a first end and a second end, the first end connected to a power connector adaptable for extending through the cable opening for coupling to a portable electronic device, and the second end extending to the battery housing for coupling to a removable and rechargeable battery, for charging the portable electro

Abstract: A wall-hung toilet including a bowl, a water inlet chamber receiving water, a rim channel, a shroud surrounding at least a portion of the bowl, a rear mount, and a pocket. The rim channel is provided above the bowl and is fluidly connected to the water inlet chamber to receive the water. The rim channel includes an opening that introduces water into a rear portion of the bowl at an angle relative to vertical. The rear mount includes a mounting hole that is configured to connect the toilet to a wall via a fastener engaging the wall and the mounting hole. The pocket is formed in a side of the toilet and extends through the shroud to provide access to an interior side of the mounting hole from the side of the toilet, such that the fastener can be accessed through the pocket from the side of the toilet.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for mounting a display or other unit and providing assisted motion when adjusting the height of the display is included in an electronic device. The mounting apparatus includes first frame, pushing member, and slidable connecting unit. The connecting unit includes a second frame and a rotatable pivot pin corresponding to the pushing member. When the connecting unit is moved along a predetermined adjusting direction, the first elastic member restores, and the rotating pivot pin deforms the second elastic member. The connecting unit stops at a position, itself adjustable, where respective restoring forces of the first elastic member and the second elastic member are balanced.

Abstract: A microwave safe tray may be configured to provide a user with multiple surfaces on which to heat items. The tray may include a rectangular support surface including a plurality of flow orifices, the rectangular support surface configured to support items to be heated; and a plurality of legs extending substantially perpendicularly from the rectangular support tray. The microwave-safe tray may be configured to support a second microwave-safe tray in a stacked configuration.

Abstract: A versatile item of home furniture having multiple sections joined by glides to allow all sections to be nested or encapsulated together in an ottoman configuration or, alternatively, be positioned as steps in a step configuration. The sections may include being in a seating configuration wherein the steps are disengaged from each other and include cushions received in recesses at the tops of the structure.

Abstract: An adjustable light for a medical environment comprises a first housing adapted for engagement with a handle of an overhead light, a second housing including a lamp operatively connected to a power source for generating illuminating light, and a flexible shaft extending between and interconnecting the first housing at a proximal end of the shaft and the second housing at a distal end of the shaft. The first housing is adapted to be releasably coupled to the handle of the overhead light over a work area such that the flexible arm and the second housing are selectively movable relative to the first housing toward a target in the work area for illuminating the target.

Abstract: An electronic device includes: a first unit having a display; and a second unit having an input part, and is constructed such that the first unit and the second unit are detachable. The second unit includes a socket capable of housing a lower side of the first unit. The socket has a bottomed socket body that opens on a side in which the lower side (a predetermined side) of the first unit is housed. The socket body is provided with a through-hole for draining water that establishes communication between an outside and an inside of the socket body.

Abstract: The invention relates to an operating table column (10) for an operating table (100), said operating table column comprising a basic body (12) and a column head (14) to which a patient support (103) may be connected. Further, the operating table column (10) comprises a first linear actuator (20) and a second linear actuator (22) which are independently adjustable for changing the position of the column head (14) relative to the basic body (12). The first linear actuator (20) and the second linear actuator (22) each are oriented and arranged so as to perform an actuating motion in vertical direction when activated. The first linear actuator (20) is mechanically connected to the column head (14) via a first connecting area (30), and the second linear actuator (22) is mechanically connected to the column head (14) via a second connecting area (32).

Abstract: In an electronic device, a socket side first fitting part and a socket side second fitting part, which constitute one shape of a recess and a projection, are formed near a hinge on a principal surface of a socket of a second unit from which a first unit is detachable. In a state in which a principal surface of an input unit and a principal surface of the socket are substantially parallel to each other, an input unit side first fitting part and an input unit side second fitting part, which constitute another shape of the recess and the projection, are formed on the principal surface of the input unit so as to respectively fit to the socket side first fitting part and the socket side second fitting part of the socket.

Abstract: A device for table elevation includes: two decorative covers; two guiding bases connected by a connecting rod and each having four fixed sides; plural guide bearings provided in pairs, each pair arranged opposite, and at an angle with respect to, each other; two guide posts having plural guided sides corresponding in number and position to the fixed sides, the guided sides being in contact with the guide bearings so that the guide posts can slide with respect to the guiding bases respectively, the guide bearings abutting against the guided sides in the aforesaid pairs; two driving units each including an elevating rod; and a tabletop with a guide post fixing base fixed at the top ends of the guide posts and of the elevating rods so as to move vertically with the elevating rods and the guide posts while the decorative covers and the guide posts stay vertical and stable.

Abstract: A jack stand for a vehicle includes a plurality of walls joined together to form a body, the body being hollow. A base is formed by lower edges of the walls and a top surface joins top edges of the walls. One of the walls includes a wall opening and the top includes a top opening, the wall opening and the top opening extending towards one another, meeting proximate the top edge of one of the walls, thereby forming a single, continuous opening extending from the top into one of the walls.

Abstract: A tripod (1) for mounting a camera or the like is disclosed. The tripod (1) comprises a support (5) having three legs (40) which are moveably mounted at a proximal end about the support (5) and circumferentially equidistant from each other. The legs (40) are moveable between an expanded configuration to support the tripod (1) and a folded configuration when the legs (40) lie adjacent to each other. In order to retain the legs in the folded configuration, at least one leg (40) includes a magnet (11) spaced distally along the leg (40) from the support. Each of the other two legs (40) includes a further magnet (12) or a magnetically attracted portion to magnetically engage the magnet (11) and releasably retain the tripod (1) in the folded configuration.

Abstract: A bicycle seatpost assembly comprises a first cylinder, a second cylinder, a mounting structure, a first engagement portion, and a second engagement portion. The second cylinder is configured to be telescopically received in the first cylinder. The mounting structure is attached to a distal end part of the second cylinder. The mounting structure is configured to fixedly mount a bicycle saddle to the distal end part of the second cylinder. The first engagement portion is provided to an outer periphery of the second cylinder. The second engagement portion is configured to engage with the first engagement portion such that a circumferential position of the mounting structure relative to the second cylinder is selectively adjustable.

Abstract: The chair is of the type with mutually synchronous adjustment between back inclination and seat inclination, namely via a region between a respective zero position of back inclination (R0) and seat inclination (S0) and a respective maximum back inclination and seat inclination. The chair has a substructure (1) which is intended for placing on the floor and on which a base (2) is fastened rigidly. A seat support (6) which has a seat region and a back region is connected to the base (2). Furthermore, the chair includes two backrest bows (3) which are deflectable differently with respect to each other and are fastened on one side to the base (2) and on the other side to the back region of the seat support (6). The two backrest bows (3) are coupled independently of each other to the base (2) on a stationary first axis of rotation (D1). The seat region of the seat support (6) is coupled to the base (2) on a stationary second axis of rotation (D2).

Abstract: A slip joint assembly that is usable with a well includes first, second and third tubular housing sections; and first and second mandrels. The first tubular housing section is adapted to connect to a first tubing string segment; the second tubular housing section is adapted to connect to a second tubing string segment; the third tubular housing section disposed between the first and second tubular housing sections; the first mandrel forms a slidable connection with the first tubular housing section; and the second mandrel forms a slidable connection with the second tubular housing section.

Abstract: The invention relates to a device for damping an upper suspension part in at least one spatial direction (X, Y, Z) with respect to a lower suspension part movable relative thereto, wherein a spring apparatus which acts between the upper suspension part and the lower suspension part is provided for damping, wherein an actuating element is provided by way of which a force can be introduced into the device bidirectionally in the operating direction of the spring apparatus, wherein the actuating element is actuable via a control apparatus.

Abstract: A work vehicle has an operator cabin and an adjustable seat, which is supported by a seat mount surface located within the operator cabin. An elongated opening opens to the interior of the cabin. A mechanical control system may include an operator input device, such as a joystick device, which is mounted to the adjustable seat and which moves therewith as the adjustable seat is slid along a first axis. The mechanical control system includes a port, which is located beneath the seat mount surface and spaced from the elongated opening. A mechanical linkage, such as a push-pull cable, extends from the operator input device, through the elongated opening and the port, and to the exterior of the operator cabin.

Abstract: An electric hairdryer comprises an electric motor, having an electric motor shaft, on which an air fan is assembled, said hairdryer comprising moreover an electric motor protecting device including a tapering body arranged between the electric motor and the air fan, and so designed as to hold therein an electric fan impeller hub, at a base portion of said electric fan, and to prevent a clearance from forming between the motor shaft bushing or ball bearing and the air fan.

Abstract: A seating device can include a seat and a base connected to the seat to support the seat. A tilt mechanism can be connected to at least one of the base and the seat. The tilt mechanism can include at least one of (a) at least one seat connecting member connecting the seat to an upper portion of the base, (b) a plurality of resilient fingers that are attached to the base to engage a floor and flex in response to a user providing a force while sitting or leaning on the seat, and (c) an elastomeric floor engagement member that is attached to the base and has a bottom peripheral portion that contacts a floor and is flexible in response to a user providing the force. In some embodiments, the tilt mechanism may include all of elements (a)-(c).

Abstract: A device for retaining flat, approximately rectangular appliances such as tablet computers or mobile telephones in the interior of a motor vehicle, has a fastening apparatus for fastening the device to a vehicle component, a retainer for accommodating the appliances, and a transfer assembly, which is provided between the retainer and the fastening apparatus and with which the retainer can be moved into different positions in relation to the vehicle component. The transfer assembly has a support element, which is arranged on the fastening apparatus and which has a first revolute joint having an axis of rotation oriented approximately vertically, and a pivot arm, which is arranged near the upper end of the support element and which has a second revolute joint having an axis of rotation oriented approximately horizontally. The pivot arm is connected to the retainer.

Abstract: An adjustable gas pressure spring includes a gas pressure spring portion, a gas reservoir and a connecting means fluidically connecting the gas reservoir and the gas pressure spring portion with each other. The spring force of the gas pressure spring portion is adjustable by means of pressure equalization with the gas reservoir and/or the ambient pressure. Such a gas spring is provided in an adjustable column, in particular an adjustable table column. The table column is in turn provided in a height-adjustable table.

Abstract: An extension/retraction device includes a cylindrical stationary leg section having a base at the upper end thereof, a cylindrical movable leg section in which the stationary leg section is fitted so as to be slidable in the longitudinal direction, an engagement tube having an upper end formed in a stepped shape and installed in the stationary leg section so as to be coaxial with the movable leg section and so as to be pivotable about the cylinder axis of the movable leg section, a pressing spring installed within both the movable leg section and the stationary leg section, a pulling spring held within the pressing spring, a guide tube having an upper end affixed to the base and installed in the engagement tube, an engagement section fitted to the lower end of the engagement tube, and a spacer installed between the lower end of the guide tube and the engagement tube.

Abstract: A mechanism for vertically adjusting a component on a shaft has a collet sleeve riding on the shaft. A spiral track of the component's hub receives a radially outwardly projecting pin on the collet sleeve. The outer surface of the collet sleeve and the inner surface of the hub are tapered so that the hub can rotated one direction to advance the hub on the collet sleeve and compress the collet sleeve onto the shaft to frictionally lock the collet sleeve to the shaft. Because the hub is joined to the collet sleeve by the pin, this also locks the vertical position of the component. Conversely, the hub can be oppositely rotated to release the compression of the collet sleeve so that the collet sleeve, and therefore the vertical component, is slidable on the shaft.

Abstract: A telescoping support stand comprising a first tube partially defining a first enclosed area and a second tube partially defining a second enclosed area. A first end of the second tube may be telescopically slidable within the first tube. The telescoping support stand may also comprise a first locking mechanism attached to the second tube. The first locking mechanism may releasably secure the first tube to the second tube. The telescoping support stand may also comprise a first air exchange aperture dimensioned to allow air to flow between the first and second enclosed areas. The telescoping support stand may further comprise a release mechanism and a release rod attached to the first locking mechanism. The release mechanism may comprise a displacement member adjacent to the release rod, the displacement member being configured to displace the release rod and release the first locking mechanism.

Abstract: An apparatus for supporting a person's upper torso while kneeling and leaning forward against another substantially vertical surface while keeping the user's hands free. The device features a horizontal base connected to a rigid, canted support structure that extends up and away from the base to a planar surface. The support structure can be outfitted with a support member to contact the substantially vertical surface and provide further stability. Furthermore, the device can be outfitted with a horizontal tray including a reservoir to store tools and other objects.

Abstract: A telescopic support stand (1) comprises a telescopic column (2) extending along a longitudinal axis (X) and a supporting base (10) provided with a sleeve (15) intended to receive a base portion (3a) of the column (2) along which there is defined an opening bordered by an edge (15a) through which the column (2) is inserted into and extracted from the sleeve (15), the column (2) being provided with a coupling device (30) which can be moved between a coupling configuration (W) in which the column (2) is coupled with the sleeve (15) and a release configuration (W?) in which the column (2) is released from the sleeve (15), the coupling device (30) comprising an abutment element (31) which can move radially within the column (2) between the coupling configuration (W) in which an end portion (40) of the abutment element (31) projects radially from the column (2) and the release configuration (W?) in which the abutment element (31) is withdrawn towards the interior of the column (2), the end portion (40) and the edg

Abstract: Embodiments include a balance mechanism having a first cam and a second cam configured to convert a variable force exerted by the energy storage member into a substantially constant force applied to a mounting portion. The balance mechanism may be useful for balancing forces such that a user can set the height of an electronic display and/or other equipment attached to the balance mechanism at a number of heights within the range of travel allowed by the mechanism. Lift mechanisms, display positioning apparatuses, and height adjustable desks incorporating a multi-cam balance mechanism are also provided. A method of positioning a display is also provided.

Abstract: The present technology provides an extendable pillar having a lower section with a base column, and an upper section with an upper column. The base column includes a ratchet mechanism that operates with a fastener rod in the upper column. When the ratchet mechanism is in a locked position, the position of the upper section is fixed. When the ratchet mechanism is in an open position, the upper section can slide along the base column to extend or compress the length of the pillar. In certain embodiments, the upper column and the base column include friction connection mating components. The friction connection mating components cooperate to allow the upper section to slide along the base column when a sufficient force is applied to the upper section, while supporting the upper column at a fixed position when the force is removed.

Abstract: A mounting apparatus for repeatable positioning of an item may include a first mount, a second mount, and a third mount. The first mount may be configured to receive a first member coupled to the item wherein the first mount may constrain the first member against movement along three mutually-orthogonal directions. The second mount may be configured to receive a second member coupled to the item and constrain the second member against movement along two of the directions. The third mount may be configured to receive a third member coupled to the item and constrain the third member against movement along one of the directions. The first, second, and third member may be at least partially-spherical and may be engaged to the respective first, second, and third mount.