Abstract: A support foot of an electric grill for the cooking of food products is provided. The support foot includes a height regulator, including a first fixed foot portion suitable for rigid connection to the grill's body, and a second orientable foot portion suitable for supporting the grill on a support plane, the first and respectively second foot portions being hinged one to the other along a hinging axis tilted in relation to the support plane.

Abstract: A display support device includes a connecting member and a lower tube. The connecting member is adapted to be mounted on a rear surface of a flat display, and includes an upper tube. The lower tube is disposed below the upper tube. One of the upper and lower tubes has an internally threaded portion, and the other of the upper and lower tubes has an externally threaded portion engaging the internally threaded portion to allow for rotation and therefore movement of the lower tube relative to the upper tube, which results in a change to the total length of the upper and lower tubes.

Abstract: An apparatus or an image forming apparatus including a main body having a first supporting leg configured to be connectable to the main body, a second supporting leg fixed to the main body, and the position of the main body to connect the first supporting leg is selectable. The apparatus may be stable on the installation surface if the center of gravity of the apparatus is transformed.

Abstract: A supporting mechanism for an electronic device includes a connecting bracket configured to connect to the electronic device and a supporting bracket connected to the connecting bracket and configured to support the electronic device. The supporting bracket includes a supporting portion having a receiving space, a locating member received in the receiving space, a supporting plate, and a resilient sliding member engaged in the locating member. A sliding slot is defined in the locating member. The resilient sliding member is secured on the supporting plate through the sliding slot. The resilient sliding member is compressed to disengage from the locating member, and slide in the sliding slot with the supporting plate relative to the locating member and the supporting portion along an extending direction of the supporting portion to change a length of the supporting bracket.

Abstract: The present invention is directed towards flexible assemblies, and in some embodiments, ball and socket joint connectors which, when interconnected, form a flexible assembly. In some embodiments, the ball and socket joint connectors utilize an over-molded strip around the outside of the connector to facilitate in their use for gripping. In an exemplary embodiment utilizing the aforementioned ball and socket joint connectors, a mounting apparatus uses a leg or legs comprising flexible joints and magnetic attachments for support.

Abstract: A simple heat-dissipation pad for a notebook computer includes two symmetrical pad elements which can be coupled to each other via engaging blocks and engaging holes formed thereon, so as to form a decorative object having a spherical shape or other shapes. The pad elements, when separated from each other, can be used to support the notebook computer at a higher position and provide anti-slip and proper heat-dissipation effects.

Abstract: An angle adjusting mechanism (3) of a video projector (1) comprises a support (31) which can be pulled out downward from a bottom (2e) of a lower housing member (2b) to protrude a desired height, a lock member (32) to lock movement of the support (31), a link lever (33) to release locking of the support (31) by the lock member (32) when it is moved, and an operation button (35) having a top end portion (35e) inserted into a button hole (2c) of a upper housing member (2a) and movably held on a mounting base (33b) of the link lever (33) in a direction substantially parallel to the top face (2d) on which the button hole (2c) is formed.

Abstract: Distribution hubs and telecommunications enclosures are disclosed. One example distribution hub includes a cover section and a mounting section. The mounting section is adapted to support telecommunications cables and/or equipment. The cover section is coupled to the mounting section to permit movement of the cover section relative to the mounting section along an axis and between an extended position in which a portion of the mounting section is exposed and a retracted position in which such portion of the mounting section is substantially covered by the cover section.

Abstract: A projection apparatus including a projection body, a support and a pivoting member is provided. The support is disposed underneath the projection body. The pivoting member serves as a pivot between the projection body and the support, and both sides of the support are supported on a supporting surface. The projection body is suitable for swinging with the pivoting member as a pivot and therefore users are able to quickly adjust the degree of elevation and inclination of the projection body.

Abstract: A support structure for use in tables and the like comprises a short I-beam segment having a top section, a bottom section and a center section joining the top and bottom sections. Each of the top and bottom sections has two flanges which are preferably stabilized with tension rods. In a preferred embodiment, the bottom section of the I-beam segment is bolted or otherwise secured to a base to form a strong upright support assembly. When utilized to form a trestle-like assembly, such as a table frame, two or more vertical supports are bolted to two or more stretcher bars spanning the vertical supports. In an alternative embodiment, transverse support bars are bolted or otherwise secured to the top of the stretcher bars and a tabletop surface may be secured thereto.

Abstract: A height adjusting device includes an attachment bolt, an adjuster, a female screw portion, and a circular groove. The adjuster includes a flange portion operable from an outside and is fixed to the attachment bolt so as to be rotatable integrally with the attachment bolt. The female screw portion is formed in a piece of furniture. The attachment bolt is screwable into the female screw portion. A circular groove is formed around the female screw portion. The adjuster includes a brake portion protruding from the flange portion in a rotation axis direction of the adjuster. When inserted into the circular groove, the brake portion abuts a wall surface of the circular groove and is at least partially deformed thereby to bias the wall surface, resulting in suppression of rotation of the adjuster.

Abstract: A base (110) for a support foot (100) for supporting heavy bodies on a support surface, comprising a cap (115) intended in the use to be mechanically coupled to coupling means (105) of the base to a body to be supported. The cap is made of a first material of mechanical properties such as to guarantee that the cap is able to support, remaining substantially within the limit of elastic deformability, a first significative fraction of a load received by said coupling means to the body to be supported, and has said concavity on the side that, in the use, faces the support surface. A synthetic material mass (210) is arranged in adhesion to the cap and it is adapted to substantially fill the concavity of the cap, forming a contact surface (215) with a support surface.

Abstract: An exemplary electronic device (30) includes a main body (40) and two supporting mechanisms (60). The supporting mechanisms are formed at two adjacent corners of the main body respectively. Each supporting mechanism includes a support leg (62), a positioning leg (64), and an elastic member (65). The support leg is rotatably connected to the main body, and configured for supporting the main body. The positioning leg is rotatably connected to the support leg, and configured for supporting the support leg. The elastic member is resisted between the support leg and the positioning leg, thus producing an elastic force to drive the positioning leg away from the support leg.

Abstract: A support for a camera comprises a central hub (45) adapted to releasably connect with a plurality of radially displaced interchangeable arm or foot sections (A, B), wherein the arm section is adapted to interconnect if desired with an additional arm section and/or foot section to form a radially extending leg of a desired length. The hub may have a Mitchell type plate and is provided with one or more access windows to allow access to a central cavity.

Abstract: The present invention refers to a support foot for cabinets, in particular outer casings of home electric appliances. The support foot (1) according to the present invention comprises a bush (3) provided with at least one lug (4) for said bush (3) to be able to be clamped and fastened within an aperture (5) provided in the bottom wall (2) of a cabinet; the foot (1) further comprises a resting member (9) associated to the bush (3), and is characterized in that said at least one lug (4) comprises one or more serrations or teeth (8) adapted to cooperate with at least a protrusion (6) provided on said bottom wall (2) in proximity of said aperture (5).

Abstract: The invention relates to a rolling apparatus (1) with rolling stand pillars (9), wherein at least one roll (2) of the rolling stand is located in the spatial region (15) between the stand pillars (9), and wherein at least one adjusting device (6) is provided for adjusting the roll (2), wherein at least one adjusting device (6) is located on the side of the stand pillar (9) facing away from the roll (2).

Abstract: Provided is a glide device for use in stabilizing an object on a support surface. In one embodiment, the glide device is adapted to be mounted between the contact surface and the object and includes a stabilizer, which has opposed first and second surfaces and a body extending therebetween. The stabilizer is mounted to the object with a fastener that includes an elongate shank and at least one lug projecting away from the shank.

Abstract: An adjustable extending stand for panel displays has a body, a sliding panel and multiple positioning devices. The body has a proximal end pivotally mounted to a panel display, a distal end and two mounting slots formed oppositely in the body. The sliding panel is slidably mounted between the mounting slots of the body and has a distal end selective protruding telescopically from the distal end of the body to abut a plane. The positioning devices are mounted securely in corresponding mounting slots and controllably engage the sliding panel to hold the sliding panel in a determined position relative to the body. Accordingly, a length of the adjustable extending stand may be adjusted by changing a position of the sliding panel relative to the body thereby conveniently adjusting an angle of the panel display or allowing different sized panels to be displayed conveniently.

Abstract: A support stand includes a supporting leg and a hinge subassembly. The supporting leg includes a connecting portion. The hinge subassembly includes a shaft and a leaf rotatably sleeved on the shaft. The shaft has a connecting portion engaging with the connecting portion of the supporting leg. One of the connecting portions of the supporting leg and the shaft is a connecting slot, and the other one of the connecting portions of the supporting leg and the shaft is a protrusion engaged in the connecting slot, thus fixing the shaft to the supporting leg. A friction is created between the shaft and the leaf.

Abstract: A piece of furniture includes a plurality of leg units and an upper furniture part. Each of the leg units includes a vertically extending outer tube having a plurality of positioning holes, an inner tube extending slidably into the outer tube and having a through hole, and a positioning component connected to the inner tube for positioning the inner tube at a selected extended state relative to the outer tube. The upper furniture part is connected to the leg units. The inner and outer tubes are vertically movable relative to each other so as to align the through hole with a selected one of the positioning holes. The positioning component includes a spring part disposed in the inner tube, and a limiting part connected to the spring part and projecting removably into the through hole and the selected one of the positioning holes.

Abstract: A thin display structure including a case, at least two joining sleeves disposed at the bottom of the case, and at least two support units with the transverse width similar to the thickness of the case is provided. The support units are rotatably disposed in the joining sleeves, such that the support units can rotate with respect to the case, so as to have a receiving position hiding in the case and a supporting position protruding from the case. In the receiving position, the thin display can be received in a packing case or hung on a wall surface, and in the supporting position, the thin display can stand on a plane.

Abstract: A foldable easel strut assembly is provided for supporting the easel when the easel is in use, and for moving the legs of the easel to a storage position when the easel is to be stored. The invention comprises an easel support board to which a rear leg assembly is pivotally connected. A pair of forward struts are pivotally connected at a first end to the support board. A pair of rear struts each have a first end pivotally connected to a second end of a corresponding forward strut, and a second end of each rear strut is pivotally connected to the rear leg assembly. Each rear strut includes a stop flange that abuts an upper edge of a corresponding forward strut when the rear leg assembly is pivoted away from the support board to a maximum position. In an embodiment, two front legs are pivotally connected to the support board, and the rear leg assembly comprises a rear leg member that pivotally folds against a bracket, and the bracket folds against the support board, when the easel is in its storage position.

Abstract: An automatic height adjustment leg of a laundry handling apparatus according to the present invention comprises a cylinder mounted to a base of a laundry handling apparatus; a piston movably arranged inside the cylinder; a elastic member installed in the cylinder so as to elastically support the piston; and a leg penetrating the cylinder and fixed to the piston. There are provided advantages that the horizontality of the laundry handling apparatus may be automatically adjusted as the piston and leg move on and vibration may be absorbed and reduced by the elastic member.

Abstract: A leg device for height-adjustably supporting a supported object includes a leg shaft having a male thread portion, and an ascending/descending body supported on the leg shaft to be capable of ascending and descending. The ascending/descending body includes a base having a fixing part to be fixed to the supported object, a through hole for receiving the leg shaft therein, and an elastic piece, a lock body, and a release body. The lock body has an upper part pivotally assembled onto the base, and a female screw part engageable with the male thread portion. The lock body is pushed by the elastic piece toward the leg shaft inserted into the through hole. The release body has an operating part projecting outward from the base, and a striking part positioned inside the base. The release body can be operated to release the lock body.

Abstract: A stand for an image display device is provided. In the stand, a supporting member supports the image display device, a connecting member is rotatably coupled to the supporting member, and a base member supports the image display device with respect to a floor. The base member is rotatable in the same direction as the rotation direction of the connecting member for being folded to a back of the image display device. Therefore, a bottom surface of the stand can be folded to the back of the image display device, maximizing the number of image display devices that can be packed into the same containing space.

Abstract: A rotatable module includes a pivotal shaft, a rotating washer, a stationary washer, a resilient member, and a fixing member. The rotating washer is rotatably sleeved on the pivotal shaft. The stationary washer is non-rotatably sleeved on the pivotal shaft. The fixing member prevents the above mentioned components from detaching from each other. The rotating washer and the stationary washer have an engaging surface and a resisting surface respectively. The engaging surface resists the resisting surface due to a force of the resilient member. The engaging surface forms a plurality of protrusions, and the resisting surface defines a plurality of grooves to engage with the protrusions. The resisting surface further defines at least one buffering portion adjacent to at least one of the grooves or in at least one of the grooves to receive material flowing from other portions adjacent to the at least one of groove.

Abstract: Embodiments of the present invention provide a leveling assembly configured to be secured to an appliance. The leveling assembly supports the appliance on a floor, and includes a base having a column integrally connected to a ledge, which is integrally connected to a stem. The assembly also includes a spring positioned around the stem, and a sleeve secured to the stem and positioned around the spring. The spring exerts equal and opposite forces into the sleeve and the ledge, respectively.

Abstract: A stand (20) from which a planter (22) can be suspended includes a hollow center post (28) having one end (48) which opens downwardly when the post is arranged substantially vertically. A plurality of openings (66) are defined about the center post, and a plurality of leg members (72) are arranged about the center post. Each of the leg members includes a foot end (76) and two post-engaging portions (94 and 84) wherein a first (94) of the post-engaging portions is accepted by a corresponding one of the openings defined about the center post and a second (84) of the post-engaging portions is accepted by the downwardly-opening end of the center post. In addition, a retainer assembly (70) cooperates between the center post and the leg members for preventing the withdrawal of the first of the post-engaging portions from the openings defined about the center post and for preventing the withdrawal of the second of the post-engaging portions from the downwardly-opening end of the center post.

Abstract: A stand includes a suction base and a load-supporting module mounted on the suction base. The load-supporting module includes a housing to house a pair of clamps, a gear, and a locking structure. The house defines a groove therein. Each clamp includes a vertical part and a horizontal part. The horizontal part includes a rack gear, and is received by the groove. The vertical parts are positioned upwardly from opposite sides of the housing respectively. The gear is rotatably mounted in the housing and meshes with the rack gears respectively. The locking structure is used for locking or unlocking the clamps. The stand is adapted for supporting different types and sizes of devices.

Abstract: A seat structure is provided for disposing below an assembly in order to support the assembly from underneath. The assembly has a base portion formed with an opening. The seat structure includes a bottom seat for placing within the opening in the base portion and a plurality of flexible connecting elements. Each flexible connecting element includes an outer bent end connected to a periphery confining the opening in the base portion, an inner bent end connected to the bottom seat and a main body between the outer and inner bent ends. The vibration of the assembly is absorbed by the seat structure to provide stability to the assembly.

Abstract: A table-top advertising support with illuminated magnifier includes a taller section containing a fresnel lens and a lamp-switch-battery assembly in a lower portion and an upper portion having vertically aligned elongated slots formed by cooperation of staggered opposing tabs. The taller section is attached to a shorter section containing a second fresnel lens disposed within a frame.

Abstract: An exemplary electronic device (30) includes a main body (40) and two support leg (60). The main body has two guiding rails (413). The guiding rails are formed at two adjacent corners of the main body correspondingly. Each support leg is slidably disposed at one corresponding guiding rail so that the main body aslant supported.

Abstract: A monument fitting assembly for installing a monument in an aircraft. The fitting assembly is comprised of a ramp member and a fastening bracket member. The ramp member is attached to a floor of the aircraft. Further, the fastening bracket member is attached to a monument. The fastening bracket member is releasably attached to the ramp member and positions the monument a predetermined height above the floor in a predetermined position within the aircraft and supports the monument in a plurality of load-bearing directions.

Abstract: A piece of furniture, for example, a table, having a frame, supported on legs and carrying a table top, embodied with two parallel separate longitudinal profiles and at least two connected transverse struts and which has hollow recesses, accessible from an underside thereof, for the upper end sections of the legs. A simple and stable leg fixing is thus achieved, whereby coil-section shaped contact elements are arranged on circumferential inner surfaces in the recesses, and contact elements, cooperating with the above for a play-free fixing of the legs, are arranged on the external surface of the end sections, or conversely the spiral section shaped contact elements are embodied on the end sections and the contact elements are embodied in the recesses.

Abstract: An exemplary electronic device (30) includes a main body (40) and two supporting mechanisms (60). The supporting mechanisms are formed at two adjacent corners of the main body respectively. Each supporting mechanism includes a support leg (62), a positioning leg (64), and an elastic member (65). The support leg is rotatably connected to the main body, and configured for supporting the main body. The positioning leg is rotatably connected to the support leg, and configured for supporting the support leg. The elastic member is resisted between the support leg and the positioning leg, thus producing an elastic force to drive the positioning leg away from the support leg.

Abstract: A telescoping leg for supporting an elevated platform includes an outer leg. An inner leg is slidably disposed within the outer leg. An off-axis slot is disposed through a sidewall of one of either the inner leg or the outer leg and an aperture is disposed in the other. The inner leg is slidably positionable within the outer leg to align the off-axis slot with the aperture. A pin is disposable through the aperture and the slot when the aperture and the slot are aligned such that a bearing surface of the pin contacts a bearing surface of the slot to laterally push the inner leg against the outer leg.

Abstract: An auto-eject foot stand assembly with multi-viewing angles for a visual device includes a foot having an axle perpendicular to the foot. The axle rotatably extends in a bracket. A gear is securely provided outside the axle and between the bracket and the foot. A spring is provided between the gear and the bracket. An elasticity plate is engaged with the gear. A locker is pivotally mounted on the bracket and operated by a metal spring plate to lock the gear. When the metal spring plate is pressed, the gear is released from the locker and the foot can be ejected under the elastic force of the spring. By the engagement between the gear and elasticity plate, the foot can be rotated and positioned at various desired viewing angels.

Abstract: A height adjusting apparatus to expand a height adjustment range of a household electric appliance, and the household electric appliance provided with the height adjusting apparatus. The height of a main body of the household electric appliance provided with the height adjusting apparatus is adjusted using support members installed at a base of the main body and support legs connected to the support members, thereby highly expanding the height adjustment range of the main body.

Abstract: For stabilizing a stand to mount a display, the stand includes a base support member having a center portion with a circular recess formed about an axis perpendicular to the base support member. A swivel member removably coupled to the center portion is rotatably movable about the axis and within the circular recess. A linking member removably coupled to the center portion is frictionally coupled to the swivel member. The linking member is rotatably movable in response to a rotational motion of the swivel member. An extensible member removably coupled to the center portion is frictionally coupled to the linking member. The rotational motion of the swivel member is transferred by the linking member to cause a linear motion of the extensible member. The linear motion of the extensible member increases a virtual base boundary formed by the extensible member and the base support member thereby improving the stability of the stand.

Abstract: The present invention discloses a support stand for electronic devices, and the support stand includes a base, a flexible support body connected to the base, a support stand connected to the support body, a resilient clamp installed onto the support stand, and an electric connector installed to the support body, and another end of the electric connector is passed through the base and connected to an electrical signal connector, such that the electrical signal connector can be connected to an external computer or another electronic device. A peripheral (such as a fan or a lamp) of a different size or specification can be replaced by extending or fixing the clamp, and the electronic device can obtain electric power through the electric connector. Further, the support body has the property of being bent flexibly, and thus the support body can be bent and fixed to a desired position.

Abstract: A sign stand assembly includes a support base with a plate portion defining a locking recess, an upright mast joined to the support base, and at least one leg having a wall defining a hollow interior of the leg. The leg is pivotally attached to the plate portion, and a locking pin carried on the leg, is provided for movement toward and away from the locking recess defined by the plate portion of the support base. An actuator is movable between lock and unlock positions and has a first end portion engaging the locking pin, and an opposed second end portion with a hollow bail member defining a hollow interior for receiving the leg. A fulcrum portion is located adjacent the first end portion and engages the leg, whereby, upon pressing the bail member, the locking pin is retracted to the unlock position.

Abstract: In some embodiments, a camera support mechanism may be used as a mount to couple a camera to a display. The camera support mechanism may include a front lip and rear leg to hold the camera in place. The front lip may align with a front edge of a display. In some embodiments, the rear leg may be adjustable by an adjustment knob. The rear leg may further have a compliant tip to allow the camera support mechanism to adapt to different sizes and shapes of displays. The camera may be mounted on the camera support mechanism through a fastener.

Abstract: An angle regulator (10) includes an outer shell (14) having a deflecting arm (146) and an inner supporting pole (15) received in the outer shell. The deflecting arm includes a main rod (1464), and a press-button (1462) and a hook (1466) respectively located at two opposite ends of the main rod. The press-button extends from the main rod and protrudes out of the outer shell. A plurality of spaced grooves (156) are defined in the inner supporting pole along an axial direction thereof. When the press-button is pressed, the hook is detached from one of the grooves that is engaged with the hook such that the inner supporting pole can slide with respect to the outer shell, and when the press-button is released, the hook is selectively engaged in another one of the grooves so that the inner supporting pole and the outer shell are fixed to each other.

Abstract: A foot for adjusting the height of an appliance such as, for instance, a dishwasher or washing machine, provided with a threaded shank and a sprocket seated thereon for rotation relative thereto. The sprocket may be shifted between a first orientation in which the shank may be rotated while the sprocket is secured against rotation to adjust the height of the appliance by translatory movement of the shank and a second orientation in which the sprocket may be rotated and the shank is secured against rotation but is free to move axially.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a case (100) and a supporting member (40). The case includes a cover (10), a base (20), and a receiving member (30) received between the cover and the base. The cover includes a first bottom wall (12), and the base includes a second bottom wall (22). A receiving recess (144) is formed in the first and second bottom walls. A retaining portion (32) is formed in the receiving member, and received in the receiving recess. The retaining portion includes at least one slot (328). The supporting member is mounted to the retaining portion, and includes at least one locating portion (426) slideable in the slot. Thereby, when the electronic device is in a horizontal position, the supporting member is fully received in the receiving recess of the case; when the electronic device is in an upright position, the supporting member is perpendicular to the receiving recess of the case.

Abstract: A support structure for an image processing apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus has an apparatus body, a base provided at a lower portion of the apparatus body for supporting the body, and an image processing unit disposed inside the apparatus body or attached thereto. The processing unit is capable of effecting at least either an image forming operation or an image reading operation. The support structure includes a grounding portion formed at and integrally with a bottom of the apparatus base for coming into contact with a contact-object surface such as a floor surface at at least three positions thereof thereby to support the base parallel with the contact-object surface and includes also an elastic projecting portion formed of a material having greater elasticity than a material forming the grounding portion. The elastic projecting portion has a ground-contacting face which projects from a bottom face of the grounding portion under a non-grounded condition of the support structure.

Abstract: The invention relates to a modular furniture assembly that is convenient and versatile. One embodiment of the modular furniture assembly comprises a base and a transverse member manually, detachably coupled to the base by a coupler. The base and the transverse member have a defined spatial relationship which enables a variety of different types, configurations and sizes of furniture assemblies to be formed therefrom. Further, the base is configured such that the transverse member can be coupled to the base in a first position to form a first furniture assembly, and can be coupled to the base in a second position to form a second furniture assembly.

Abstract: The present invention is directed to a base member for a portable intravenous stand. The base member includes a plurality of segments configured to facilitate the close nesting or alignment of multiple portable intravenous stands; and thus reducing the amount of space required for storing the portable intravenous stands when not in use.

Abstract: A furniture glide is mountable on the foot of a furniture leg. The glide is constructed around a glide base having an inner portion and foot support surface. A plurality of spring fingers positioned on the glide base have attached and distal ends. The distal ends extend in an inward direction toward the inner portion of the glide base. The distal ends also extend in an outward direction away from the foot support surface. The positioning of heads at about the distal end of each spring finger allows the spring fingers to receive an outward expansion force when the foot is moved toward the foot support surface. The spring fingers are positioned to move in an inward direction toward the inner portion of the glide base to lock the foot to the furniture glide when the foot contacts the foot support surface.

Abstract: A height-adjustable apparatus, including a chassis, an actuation unit, an adjustment unit, and an elastic unit, is disclosed. The chassis has a positioning unit and an opening. The actuation unit, movably disposed on the chassis, had a first hole and a first engagement part. The first hole accommodates the positioning unit. The adjustment unit passes through the opening and is movably disposed on the chassis. The adjustment unit has a plurality of second engagement parts. The elastic unit is disposed in the first hole and between the positioning unit and the actuation unit. When the actuation unit is actuated, the first engagement part disengages with the second engagement part to allow movement of adjustment unit. When the actuation unit is non-actuated, the elastic unit forces the first engagement part to engage with a selected second engagement part to lock the adjustment unit.