Single Horizontal Pivot And Sliding Joints Patents (Class 248/286.1)
  • Patent number: 7611113
    Abstract: A portable electronic device including a secondary body having a touch screen and a primary body having a keyboard is provided. The secondary body slides and rotates relative to the primary body, such that the secondary body selectively makes the touch screen is back towards the primary body and cover the keyboard, so as to provide a first operation mode for operating the touch screen; or the secondary body is inclined relative to the primary body at a certain angle to show the keyboard on the primary body, so as to provide a second operation mode for operating the keyboard. Thus, various operation and accommodation aspects are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2009
    Assignee: Inventec Corporation
    Inventor: Yiu-Wai Lai
  • Patent number: 7600728
    Abstract: A universal flat panel display mounting system includes a central hub and a plurality of telescoping arms pivotably connected to the hub. The arms are intermeshed to provide synchronized movement relative to each other. By telescoping the arms to adjust their length, and adjusting the angles of the arms, connection points on the arms may be positioned so that the universal flat panel display mounting system may work with flat panels in different VESA size categories or for flat panel displays that don't conform to the VESA standard. The universal mounting system is configured to enable the pitch of the flat panel display to be adjusted and to enable the flat panel display to be rotated relative to the mounting system. The mounting system may connect to arms or brackets to enable it to be supported on a pole, a wall mounting system, or in another manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: October 13, 2009
    Assignee: Bretford Manufacturing, Inc.
    Inventors: Christopher Petrick, Robert Coon, Bjorn Gunderson, Jimmy-Quang Viet Doan, Clifford Krapfl
  • Patent number: 7575205
    Abstract: The inventive adjustable keyboard support assembly includes a mounting unit and an adjustable keyboard tray. The mounting unit has an elongated track having opposing first and second ends and opposing top and bottom surfaces; and (b) first means and second means for attaching the mounting unit to the work surface. The first means includes a generally c-shaped clamp having opposing first and second ends, a first substantially horizontal region adjoining a second substantially vertical region, a side flange extending from the second region at the first end of the clamp, and a center flange extending from the second region between the first and second ends of the clamp. The center flange is attached to the first end of the track. The adjustable keyboard tray can be attached to the mounting unit by slidingly engaging it to the bottom surface of the track.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 18, 2009
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Kirchhoff
  • Patent number: 7549246
    Abstract: A display device includes a display, a frame, and two fixing members connecting the display to the frame. The frame includes two support arms, each of the support arms defines a longitudinal sliding slot, and the display is movable along the sliding slots of the frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 22, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 23, 2009
    Assignee: Hon Hai Precision Industry Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Szu-Wei Kuo
  • Patent number: 7540561
    Abstract: An apparatus for providing shade to an individual is adjustable in three planes. In some embodiments, the shading apparatus include a primary shaft secured to a fixed base such as a pedestal seat. A height adjustable and telescoping secondary shaft is inserted concentrically into the primary shaft. A pivot joint assembly is secured to the secondary shaft, and a shading device is mounted to the pivot joint assembly. The pivot joint assembly allows for rotational, pivoting, and sliding adjustment in order to provide positional flexibility to the individual seeking shade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2006
    Date of Patent: June 2, 2009
    Inventors: Joe McWhorter, Timothy Brent McWhorter
  • Patent number: 7533859
    Abstract: An articulating support arm is used with a work station and has a central body with two ends. The inner end has a base pivotally connected thereto and the outer end has a platform pivotally connected thereto. The platform has an angled abutment that is integral with the platform and is located to be contacted by a slider that moves from side to side on a threaded shaft located on the central body. As the shaft is rotated, the slider slides along the abutment to vary the pitch of the platform relative to the body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2007
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2009
    Assignee: CompX International Inc.
    Inventor: Nicholas L. Blackburn
  • Patent number: 7506851
    Abstract: A radiator mounting system for allowing access to the area behind a wall mounted radiator includes a radiator that has a top pipe and a bottom pipe attached to and separated from each other. A pair of bracket assemblies mounted to the radiator pivotally couples the radiator to a vertical wall surfaces. The bracket assemblies are spaced from each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 2, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2009
    Inventor: Nigel Tooze
  • Patent number: 7455270
    Abstract: A mechanism for mounting a support including a linkage, wherein the linkage has at least three bars, the mechanism is attached to a base by a mounting member, and the mounting member has a pair of slots wherein the linkage may slide and pivot relative to the mounting member. In another embodiment, the mechanism includes a height indicator whereby a height of the mechanism relative to a height indicating surface is displayed. In a further embodiment, the mechanism includes an angle indicator whereby an angle of the support relative to an angle indicating surface is displayed. In yet another embodiment, the mechanism permits adjustment of the angle of the support relative to the angle indicating surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2008
    Assignee: Weber Knapp Company
    Inventors: Eric W. Maloney, Donald R. Pangborn
  • Patent number: 7448585
    Abstract: A keyboard support assembly that uses a cam system for locking and unlocking the position of the keyboard platform. The keyboard support assembly includes a support platform for supporting a keyboard, connected by a first arm and second arm to a desk mounting bracket, the first and second arms pivotal in relation to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2008
    Assignee: Sunway, Incorporated
    Inventor: Tim Skiba
  • Patent number: 7431253
    Abstract: A supporting device for computer peripheral equipments, such as a Webcam, includes a base for holding the Webcam. The base has a housing compartment to hold a moving member. The housing compartment has two sides, each having a sliding member. The moving member has two sides pivotally coupled on the sliding members. The sliding members can be swiveled and moved back and forth, relative to the base, to adjust the clamping space and clamping angle between the base and the moving member at the same time. The supporting device may also rest and stand on an operation surface in an upright manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2005
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2008
    Assignee: KYE Systems Corp.
    Inventor: Chao-Chin Yeh
  • Patent number: 7413150
    Abstract: A flat panel display stand has a base, a post, a resilient assembly and a holding bracket. The post is securely mounted perpendicularly on the base and has a channel defined inside the post and two guide slots formed through the post opposite to each other. The resilient assembly is mounted slidably in the channel of the post and has two friction feet and a coil spring. The friction feet are mounted respectively in the guide slots and generate adequate friction to hold the resilient assembly in place. The coil spring has an end secured in the channel and provides a resilient force to hold the resilient assembly in position. The holding bracket is connected to a flat panel display and is attached to the resilient assembly through the guide slots. The flat panel display stand is compact and facilitates adjustment of the position of the flat panel display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 19, 2007
    Date of Patent: August 19, 2008
    Assignee: Shin Zu Shing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Chun-Ching Hsu
  • Patent number: 7408596
    Abstract: The invention provides an articulating mount for an in-vehicle video display. A support member mounts the display to a guide fixed to a vehicle wall. The guide has a pair of vertically spaced horizontal tracks on which a pair of carriages travel on slides or rollers. The carriages mount at pivots to the top and bottom of one end of the support member. At one end of the tracks are two swing arms that pivotally mount to the top and bottom of the support member at an intermediate location between its ends. The support member and display can thus articulate with respect to the guide by the carriages translating one end of the support member along the tracks and pivoting the other end of the support member out away from the plane of the tracks.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2006
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2008
    Assignee: Actuant Corporation
    Inventor: James R. Kunz
  • Patent number: 7380765
    Abstract: An easel (20) includes a base (24), a support (28) extending upwardly from the base (24), and first and second arms (38, 40) rotatably attached to the support (28) via a pivot assembly (48). Brackets (54) are positioned on the first and second arms (38, 40) and are slidably moveable relative to a longitudinal axis (58) of the first and second arms (38, 40). The brackets (54) selectively abut edges (68) at each of four corners (70) of a workpiece (22) to retain the workpiece (22). The pivot assembly (48) functions to concurrently rotate the first and second arms (38, 40) and, consequently, the workpiece (22) relative to the support (28).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2005
    Date of Patent: June 3, 2008
    Inventor: Harold H. Shiff
  • Patent number: 7338023
    Abstract: A keyboard carrier for adjusting elevation and inclination of a keyboard position thereon includes a locating mechanism, which includes an outer sleeve, a braking block axially movably disposed in the outer sleeve, a screw rod having an end pivotally connected to the keyboard carrier and the other end perpendicularly extended through the outer sleeve and a round hole on the braking block, a handle located at an end of the outer sleeve, and a pivoting mechanism connected to an inner end of the handle and having a screw bolt screwed into a central axis of the braking block. When the handle is pivotally turned to axially move the braking block in the outer sleeve with the screw rod engaged with a threaded section on the round hole of the braking block, the keyboard carrier is stably supported by the screw rod without the risk of moving.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2005
    Date of Patent: March 4, 2008
    Inventor: Chi Way Liu
  • Patent number: 7290297
    Abstract: An adjustable lifting device for a spa cover has a frame for securing to the spa cover and at least one extendible mount for adjustably extending a distance between the frame of the lifting device and a mounting point on the housing of a spa. The extendible mount has an extendible member attached to the frame of the lifting device, and a mounting bracket adapted to be fixed at a mounting location on the housing of a spa. The extendible member is adjustably coupled to the mounting bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 21, 2006
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2007
    Inventor: John Cunerty
  • Patent number: 7261266
    Abstract: A video monitor support movable between stowed and deployed positions includes a base attachable to a surface and a carriage fixed to the base. The carriage includes a shaft extendible between the stowed and deployed positions. A constant linear force is applied to the shaft between the stowed and deployed positions, and a mount is fixed to the shaft opposite the carriage for supporting a video monitor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 2005
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2007
    Inventor: Johnny A. Satterfield
  • Patent number: 7255317
    Abstract: An adjustable support structure for a panel computer includes: a cradle having a slide slot at a middle section, at least two fastening slots placed at a bottom surface of the slide slot, and at least two pairs of positioning holes separately corresponding to the fastening slots are placed on two side walls of the slide slot. The back end of the support prop is optionally pushed against one of the fastening slots in the cradle; therefore, the cradle, the back support and the support prop which form a triangularly linked structure. The elastic unit can be pressed to drive the two positioning tabs to leave the positioning holes, so that the support prop can slide along the parallel track until the back support is at a desired leaning angle.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2004
    Date of Patent: August 14, 2007
    Assignee: Tatung Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Chao-Ming Huang, Wen-Chieh Wang
  • Patent number: 7165750
    Abstract: A caddy is provided for supporting a weapon such as a rifle, gun, pistol, cross bow, or long bow while hunting. The caddy serves as an adjustable cradle for supporting the weapon while aiming at a target and a safety device for transporting the weapon. The caddy may be mounted to any suitable support structure such as a tree stand, tree, hunting blind, fence, all terrain vehicle, wheelchair, or the like. In a particular embodiment, two or more caddies may be mounted on a tree stand to safely secure a weapon during set up in a tree. Each caddy may contain a safety device, such as a detachable rubber strap, for securing a weapon. When the safety device is removed, each caddy may be used as a cradle to support a weapon while aiming at a target, and the cradle may be adjusted horizontally, vertically, and/or pivotally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: January 23, 2007
    Inventors: Scott A. McCuskey, Shane C. McCuskey
  • Patent number: 7086634
    Abstract: An adjustable keyboard tray has a top and a bottom plate made of a polymeric material that are bonded together, preferably by ultrasonic welding. A cavity exists between the top and the bottom plates wherein a pocket can be formed to receive and secure a bracket for a mousing platform. The top and the bottom plates can also be formed with recessed areas to flush-mount brackets and maintain a generally overall smooth outer surface to the adjustable keyboard tray. A slidable mounting plate secures the adjustable keyboard tray to a bracketing mechanism mounted to a horizontal surface. The slidable mounting plate allows the adjustable keyboard tray to move in a lateral direction substantially perpendicular to the bracketing mechanism for repositioning the adjustable keyboard tray with respect to the horizontal surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 20, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 8, 2006
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventor: Kenneth J. Kirchhoff
  • Patent number: 7079389
    Abstract: An electronic apparatus includes a main unit and a display unit. The main unit having a top surface, a front surface and a left and a right side surfaces. The display unit having a front surface having a display screen, and side surfaces, a top surface and a lower surface. The display unit is rotatable between a first position, where the display unit is laid on the main unit, and a second position where the display unit stands up with respect to the main unit. The front surface and the side surfaces of the main unit form a first inclined surface which is inclined in an inward direction of the main unit toward the top surface. The side surfaces, the top surface and the lower surface of the display unit form a second inclined surface which is inclined in an inward direction of the display unit toward the front surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2004
    Date of Patent: July 18, 2006
    Assignee: Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba
    Inventor: Manabu Tago
  • Patent number: 7070154
    Abstract: A storage bracket facilitates storage of portions of a vehicle snow plow. The snow plow has a support frame portion mountable to a vehicle, and a lift frame portion, mountable on the support frame portion, for lifting another portion of the snow plow. The support frame portion and the lift fame portion have inter-engagement segments that inter-engage when the lift frame is mounted on the support frame segment. The storage bracket includes a first segment for engaging the inter-engagement segment of the support frame portion when the support frame portion is removed from the associated vehicle. The storage bracket also includes a second segment for engaging the inter-engagement segment of the lift frame portion when the lift frame portion is removed from the associated vehicle. The storage bracket retains the lift frame portion relative to the support frame portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 4, 2006
    Assignee: All-Type Welding and Fabrication, Inc.
    Inventor: Michael DiStaulo
  • Patent number: 7063381
    Abstract: A garment support assembly which is adapted to be fitted to a backrest of a seat is described. The seat backrest includes a rear face and a forward face against which a user's back can rest when seated. The assembly includes a support movable between a first stowed non-usable position within the rear face of the backrest and a second usable position projecting from the backrest. The assembly is adapted when in use to support a garment, preferably a jacket sports coat or similar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 10, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 20, 2006
    Inventors: Patrick Joseph Scahill, Stephen James Garlick
  • Patent number: 7036785
    Abstract: A vehicle cupholder comprises a generally planar support member that is pivotable about a horizontal axis between a horizontal open position and a vertical stowed position. The support member includes a first curved wall and a first retaining arm retaining a container when in a horizontal open position. A first retaining arm is pivotally mounted to the support member in a plane parallel to the plane of the support member. A first mounting bracket includes a cam-shaped outer perimeter surface in constant contact with first retaining arm. The retaining arm is slideable along the outer perimeter surface between the extended position and the retracted position. The outer perimeter surface exerts a biasing force on the first retaining arm as the support member is pivoted from the horizontal open position to the vertical stowed position so as to pivot the first retaining arm from the extended position to the retracted position.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 2003
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2006
    Assignee: Lear Corporation
    Inventors: Scott A. Moyer, Alan G. Dry
  • Patent number: 6996875
    Abstract: A securing device for a window includes a fixed support, a slide rod pivoted to the window and displaceably passed through a transverse hole of the fixed support, and a knob screwed into an axial screw hole of the fixed support for securing the slide rod after the window is moved to an intended position; a pair of curved pads is used for protecting the slide rod from scratching of the fixed support; each pad has a curved main body with convex and concave sides, an engaging protrusion on the convex side, and several ribs formed around and connected to the engaging protrusion; the pads are respectively positioned in the axial hole, and the fitting cavity with the concave sides facing each other, and with the ribs being pressed against inner sides of the fixed support for preventing the pads from falling off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 6, 2004
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2006
    Assignee: Door & Window Hardware Co.
    Inventor: Fanny Chiang
  • Patent number: 6971617
    Abstract: An apparatus for supporting medical fluids for delivery to a patient during surgery, in particular for fluids for intravenous delivery to the patient, is provided. The apparatus comprises a clamp for removably securing the apparatus to an object, such as a surgical table or bed, to allow the object to support the apparatus, the object being immovable relative to the patient to which the fluids are to be delivered. An arm is provided extending from the clamp. A support is connected to the arm remote from the clamp, the support being adapted to retain a receptacle containing medical fluids. In one embodiment, the arm is movable longitudinally with respect to the clamp, thereby allowing the position of the support with respect to the clamp to be adjusted. In a second embodiment, the arm is rotatable about the clamp such that the fluid receptacle support may be moved within a plane containing the longitudinal axis of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2005
    Assignee: Texas Children's Hospital
    Inventor: Van Nguyen
  • Patent number: 6961246
    Abstract: A cabinet, rack frame or equipment that includes a temporary workshelf that may be stowed within the profile of a cabinet, rack frame or equipment when not in use. When in use, the workshelf extends to provide a work surface that may be used, for example to hold a laptop computer or other portable equipment, as a writing surface. The workshelf may be positioned in the cabinet or rack so that when extended, the workshelf provides an ergonomic work surface. Additionally, when extended, the workshelf may expose a portion of a front face of the cabinet, rack frame or equipment. The front face may house one or more functional units such as a data port, door latch, power switch, display or a control panel. When the workshelf is extended, a technician may have access to the functional units.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 9, 2003
    Date of Patent: November 1, 2005
    Assignee: Quantum Corporation
    Inventors: Peter Dickey, Kurt Buckland
  • Patent number: 6921056
    Abstract: A mechanical assembly includes an arm and an extension link that rotate about a pivot point, a yoke, and a force generating device. The yoke includes a first slot in which a pin of the link resides. The yoke translates in a plane responsive to rotation of the counterbalance extension link pin about the pivot point. The force generating device is connected between the counterbalance extension link pin and a fixed point on the yoke to exert a force on the counterbalance extension link pin. The orientation and magnitude of the force produced by the force generating device remains constant as the yoke translates. The force generating device and extension link produce a torque that is equal and opposing to the torque produced by the force of gravity acting on the arm so that the arm is in static equilibrium. The static equilibrium condition is independent of the rotational position of the arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 26, 2003
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2005
    Assignee: International Business Machines Corporation
    Inventor: Joseph Anthony Holung
  • Publication number: 20040178312
    Abstract: An electronic display assembly for viewing by a person in a resting position includes a first arm rotatable about a swivel axis, a second arm coupled to the first arm that is pivotable about a pivot axis orthogonal to the swivel axis, and an electronic display coupled to the second arm. The display is adjustably positionable both about the swivel axis and about the pivot axis. The assembly further includes an apparatus for receiving a person in a resting position, with the electronic display being suspended above the apparatus. The electronic display is adjustably positionable about the swivel axis generally independent of its positioning about the pivot axis, and the electronic display is adjustably positionable about the pivot axis generally independent of its positioning about the swivel axis.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2004
    Publication date: September 16, 2004
    Applicant: TGR INTELLECTUAL PROPERTIES, LLC
    Inventor: Shannon G. Parsons
  • Publication number: 20040144905
    Abstract: The invention relates to a fastening block for mounting objects on a profiled rail (12) having an at least approximately rectangular cross-section. The fastening block comprises a housing part (14) with at least one claw (26), which is fixed to the housing and reaches over the profiled rail (12) so that the housing part (14) rests against two faces of the profiled rail (12) via contact surfaces that are parallel to the profiled rail (12). The fastening block also comprises an L-shaped moving clamping part (28) which, with its first L-limb (30), is mounted on the housing part (14) in a manner that permits it to pivot about a first axis (32) that is parallel to the contact surfaces and which is pretensioned into a clamping position in which it reaches around the profiled rail (12) with its second L-limb (34) provided in the form of a claw. Lastly, the fastening block comprises a tightening device (40, 46, 72) for tightening and blocking the clamping part (28) in the clamping position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2003
    Publication date: July 29, 2004
    Inventors: Frank Ropertz, Lothar Merkel, Reinhard Pfeuffer
  • Publication number: 20040135040
    Abstract: Apparatus for and associated methods of controlling movement of a microphone that may be held in some manner by a microphone support boom are disclosed. More specifically, the invention focuses upon novel techniques for isolating yaw of a microphone support boom from the microphone stand that may provide a majority of the height required for a desired microphone spatial positioning. The invention also focuses on apparatus that may be used achieve preferential isolation of microphone support boom yaw with respect to motion in any other microphone support boom degree of freedom. A specific type of apparatus that may be used to achieve this preferential isolation—the double conical clutch—is also an aspect of the inventive technology.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2003
    Publication date: July 15, 2004
    Applicant: Ultimate Support Systems, Inc.
    Inventor: Donald H. Eason
  • Patent number: 6715718
    Abstract: An adjustable bracket device of a cable management arm. The device includes an adjustable bracket and a positioning unit adapted to position the cable management arm with respect to the adjustable bracket between a rack and a chassis. The adjustable bracket includes a guiding groove adapted to receive the positioning unit to adjust an assembled position of the cable management arm with respect to a predetermined position of the rack, to apply a universal specification of the cable management arm to various depth sizes of the rack.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 6, 2004
    Assignee: King Side Works Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Ken-Ching Chen, Shih-Long Hwang, Chun-Chiang Wang, Jung-Pin Chen, I-Ming Tseng
  • Patent number: 6691350
    Abstract: An accessory holder is provided for use with a patient support. The holder is configured to position an accessory relative to the patient support.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 13, 2000
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Hill-Rom Services, Inc.
    Inventor: Matthew W. Weismiller
  • Patent number: 6672553
    Abstract: A suspension arm is constructed to include a mounting base for fastening to the top of a table by a mounting assembly, an axle block, a link pivotally coupled between the mounting base and the axle block, a gyro block pivoted to the a axle block to hold a swivel holder for holding a article, an elongated hollow support, the support arm having two bottom clamping plates arranged pivotally coupled to the mounting base and two top eyelets pivotally coupled to the gyro block, a first torsion mechanism adapted to lock the support arm and the mounting base, a second torsion mechanism adapted to lock the support arm and the gyro block, and a traction mechanism connected between the gyro block and the support arm and adapted to share the burden of the weight of the article to be carried on the suspension arm.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Inventor: Chin-Chih Lin
  • Patent number: 6655646
    Abstract: A keyboard support apparatus comprises a storage compartment adapted to be mounted to the undersurface of an overhead cabinet, a low ceiling, and the like. The keyboard support apparatus further comprises at least one extendable support arm pivotally coupled at one end to the storage compartment, and a keyboard platform pivotally coupled at opposite sides to the other end of the support arms. Each support arm is adapted to extend downwardly from the storage compartment to position the keyboard platform below the storage compartment in an operational configuration. Each support arm is also adapted to contract upwardly to position the keyboard platform inside the storage compartment in a storage configuration.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2003
    Assignee: Gateway, Inc.
    Inventor: Bobbi J. Johnson
  • Publication number: 20030205653
    Abstract: An aiming support apparatus dependable from a central portion of a shooting platform is provided. The apparatus includes an arm having a base and an extension selectively extendible from a free end of the arm base. The arm extension includes a socket adapted to receive a shooting staff. The arm base is suspended from a bracket assembly for pivot motion about a pivot axis. The bracket assembly is affixable to the shooting platform so as to substantially underlay a shooter positioned thereon, the socket being swingingly positionable beyond a perimeter of the shooting platform in response to a marksman's torso motions in furtherance of pursuit of a scoped target.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 14, 2001
    Publication date: November 6, 2003
    Inventor: Thomas K. M. Peterson
  • Publication number: 20030201372
    Abstract: A mount for attaching a flat screen display panel is disclosed in which a wall bracket is attached to a support surface, a panel bracket is secured to a display panel, and the two brackets then cooperate to securely affix the display panel to the support surface while allowing subsequent lateral and pivotal adjustment.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 26, 2002
    Publication date: October 30, 2003
    Inventor: Leonard Dozier
  • Patent number: 6601812
    Abstract: A keyboard support assembly includes first and second arms which interconnect from a desktop mounting plate to a keyboard support platform. The first arm connects directly by pivot connections between the desk mounting plate and the keyboard support platform. The second arm connects from the desk mounting plate to the first arm and acts as a brace for the first arm. A locking wedge mechanism locks the arms together when weight is placed on the support platform due to engagement of an actuating arm which projects from the keyboard support platform and activates the wedge mechanism. Release of the weight or force on the platform releases the wedge locking mechanism and permits pivotal movement of the arms and reorientation of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Waterloo Furniture Components, Ltd.
    Inventors: James L. LeClair, Borge Peterson
  • Patent number: 6601815
    Abstract: The article of the invention is a tray for a furniture unit of the type used as a workstation. The tray has a base with two supports attached to parallel sides of the base. The supports are in slidable, rotatable communication with a support member which may be moved between a substantially upright and a substantially co-planar position with respect to the base. In the substantially upright position, the support member may support copy such as documents or a book, for example. In the co-planer position, the support member may function as a writing surface or as a shelf for supporting small articles and the like.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Hooker Furniture Corporation
    Inventor: Harvey Lewis Thompson
  • Patent number: 6592090
    Abstract: An object supporting structure includes a load element that is downwardly connected to a first U-shaped piece that is connected by abutment to a sliding axle of a connecting element. The connecting element is provided with a second U-shaped piece that is placed inside the first U-shaped piece. Thereby, a loading charge of the load element is uniformly distributed on the connecting element by means of the first and second U-shaped pieces. As a result, the loading charge from the load element is dissipated, which prevents the connecting element from receiving an excessive loading charge so that the sliding axle can favorably slide along the grooves of the attachment base.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: July 15, 2003
    Inventor: Chin-chu Li
  • Patent number: 6554242
    Abstract: A grade control apparatus of display set for tapestry. The apparatus includes at least two guide brackets attached to a wall; holding-down brackets for holding a display device, each having one end being pivotably connected to one end of the corresponding guide bracket; adjusting link transmission shafts installed within each guide bracket, each having one end on which a bevel gear is installed and the other end on which a shifting boss is installed; an angle adjustable shaft being installed between the guide brackets and having gears for being engaged with each bevel gear; and an angle adjustable hand lever for receiving an external force, the angle adjustable hand lever being formed on at least one angle adjustable shaft. The present invention easily adjusts the angle of the display device so as to comply with a user's wishes, and finely adjusts the angle of the display device by a small force.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: LG Electronics Inc.
    Inventor: Sang Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 6536728
    Abstract: An adjustable keyboard support assembly, which generally includes a housing comprising a first side panel having a first guide rail system and a second side panel spaced from the first side panel and having a second guide rail system. The assembly further includes a generally U-shaped member comprising a support member with first and second ends, a first side arm attached to the first guide rail system and extending from the first end of the support member, wherein the first side arm comprises at least one notch, and a second side arm attached to the second guide rail system and extending from the second end of the support member, wherein the second side arm comprises at least one notch. The first and second side arms have rotatable and slideable connections with the guide rail system of their respective side panels. A keyboard platform is rotatably attached to the support member of the U-shaped member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Assignee: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joel K. Hagglund, Kenneth J. Kirchhoff, James E. Nash
  • Patent number: 6533229
    Abstract: An adjustable keyboard tray is composed of a sliding base (10), a connecting arm (20), a limit link (25), a drive assembly (30), a keyboard support (40) and a locking device (50). The connecting arm (20) is pivotally attached to the sliding base (10) and the keyboard support (40) at two ends respectively, wherein the limit link (25) and the drive assembly (30) are movably pivoted on one end of the connecting arm (20). The locking device (50) directly controls the drive assembly (30) to release/compress the limit link (25) and then to unlock/lock the connecting arm (20) by rotating an eccentric cam (53). When the connecting arm (20) is unlocked, the angle and height of the keyboard support (40) are simultaneously adjustable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 14, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 18, 2003
    Inventor: Ray Hung
  • Patent number: 6530547
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a devised supporting device for rotatably engaging a display device and a housing device and a disengaging device so that the display device may be easily and speedily attached to or detached from the housing device. A display apparatus includes supporting portions (30, 31) and supported portions (32, 33) serving as a supporting device for rotatably engaging a display device (10) and a housing device (20) and a disengaging device (40) for disengaging the engagement between the display device (10) and the housing device (20) and in which the disengaging device (40) disengages the engagement between the supporting portions (30, 31) and the supported portions (32, 33) to thereby disengage the engagement between the display device (10) and the housing device (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: March 11, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsuko Wada
  • Publication number: 20030042380
    Abstract: An adjustable keyboard support assembly, which generally includes a housing comprising a first side panel having a first guide rail system and a second side panel spaced from the first side panel and having a second guide rail system. The assembly further includes a generally U-shaped member comprising a support member with first and second ends, a first side arm attached to the first guide rail system and extending from the first end of the support member, wherein the first side arm comprises at least one notch, and a second side arm attached to the second guide rail system and extending from the second end of the support member, wherein the second side arm comprises at least one notch. The first and second side arms have rotatable and slideable connections with the guide rail system of their respective side panels. A keyboard platform is rotatably attached to the support member of the U-shaped member.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 6, 2001
    Publication date: March 6, 2003
    Applicant: 3M Innovative Properties Company
    Inventors: Joel K. Hagglund, Kenneth J. Kirchhoff, James E. Nash
  • Patent number: 6523797
    Abstract: A keyboard support assembly includes first and second arms which interconnect from a desktop mounting plate to a keyboard support platform. The first arm connects directly by pivot connections between the desk mounting plate and the keyboard support platform. The second arm connects from the desk mounting plate to the first arm and acts as a brace for the first arm. A locking wedge mechanism locks the arms together when weight is placed on the support platform due to engagement of an actuating arm which projects from the keyboard support platform and activates the wedge mechanism. Release of the weight or force on the platform releases the wedge locking mechanism and permits pivotal movement of the arms and reorientation of the platform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 25, 2003
    Assignee: Waterloo Furniture Components, Ltd.
    Inventors: James L. LeClair, Borge Peterson
  • Publication number: 20030025055
    Abstract: A keyboard support assembly includes first and second arms which interconnect from a desktop mounting plate to a keyboard support platform. The first arm connects directly by pivot connections between the desk mounting plate and the keyboard support platform. The second arm connects from the desk mounting plate to the first arm and acts as a brace for the first arm. A locking wedge mechanism locks the arms together when weight is placed on the support platform due to engagement of an actuating arm which projects from the keyboard support platform and activates the wedge mechanism. Release of the weight or force on the platform releases the wedge locking mechanism and permits pivotal movement of the arms and reorientation of the platform.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 9, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Applicant: Waterloo Furniture Components, Ltd.
    Inventors: James L. LeClair, Borge Peterson
  • Patent number: 6502795
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a supporting device for rotatably engaging a display device and a housing device and a disengaging device so that the display device may be easily and speedily attached to or detached from the housing device. A display apparatus includes supporting portions (30, 31) and supported portions (32, 33) serving as a supporting device for rotatably engaging a display device (10) and a housing device (20) and a disengaging device (40) for disengaging the engagement between the display device (10) and the housing device (20) and in which the disengaging device (40) disengages the engagement between the supporting portions (30, 31) and the supported portions (32, 33) to thereby disengage the engagement between the display device (10) and the housing device (20).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2003
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Atsuko Wada
  • Patent number: 6478279
    Abstract: An adaptor bracket for attaching a keyboard arm having a plate to a base frame wherein the adaptor bracket includes a housing having a projecting hook at one end and a projecting flange at the other end and the hook is adapted to fit over a slide member of the base frame and further wherein the adaptor is connectable to the slide member by engaging the hook with the slide member and attaching the flange to the slide member with a fastener.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2002
    Assignee: CompX International Inc.
    Inventor: Peter M. Barber
  • Patent number: 6457686
    Abstract: A handheld dryer support device for supporting a handheld electric dryer at various angles without the user having to use one's hands. The handheld dryer support device includes a base member being adapted to be securely mounted to a structure; and also includes an arm assembly being pivotally mounted to the base member and including a plurality of elongate tubular members; and further includes a dryer support member being removably and securely attached to the arm assembly for supporting a handheld dryer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2002
    Inventor: Barbara A. Hill
  • Patent number: 6450467
    Abstract: A keyboard supporting member has a generally planar keyboard support surface whose orientation is adjustable. A keyboard engaging member defines aligned incline defining slots on opposite sides of a center section. A second, workstation engaging member allows the user to move the keyboard back and forth with respect to a workstation. This allows the user to move the keyboard between a storage position and an in use position. A linkage interconnects the two members for adjusting a relative position of the keyboard engaging member with respect to the workstation engaging member thereby allowing the keyboard position and orientation to be controlled by the user. The linkage includes a first elongated member having one end rotatably mounted to the workstation engaging member which has an arcuate slot at one end spaced from the end that is connected to the workstation engaging member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 10, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2002
    Assignee: Work-Rite Ergonomic Accessories, Inc.
    Inventor: Derek Timm