Display support device having a tightening unit

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9706843-B2
Application number	US-201615134609-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2016
Priority date	Dec 1, 2015
Publication date	Jul 18, 2017
Grant date	Jul 18, 2017

Abstract

A display support device includes a support arm, a carrier unit, a positioning unit and a tightening unit. The support arm includes an arm main body, and first and second first sleeve portions respectively pivoted to two opposite ends of the arm main body. The carrier unit includes a first rotary tube connected to the first sleeve portion. The positioning unit includes a second rotary tube connected to the second sleeve portion. The tightening unit includes a tightening tube sleeved on one of the first and second rotary tubes, and an adjustable member operable to move and extend through one of the first and second sleeve portions so as to tighten the tightening tube on the one of the first and second rotary tubes.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display support device comprising:
a support arm including an arm main body, and first and second joint members respectively pivotally connected to two opposite ends of said arm main body, said first joint member having a first pivot portion pivotally connected to one of the opposite ends of said arm main body, and a first sleeve portion connected to said first pivot portion, said second joint member having a second pivot portion pivotally connected to the other one of the opposite ends of said arm main body, and a second sleeve portion connected to said second pivot portion;
a carrier unit including a first rotary tube rotatably connected to said first sleeve portion, and a display mounting seat connected to said first rotary tube at a position opposite to said first joint member;
a positioning unit including a second rotary tube rotatably connected to said second sleeve portion, and a fixing seat connected to said second rotary tube at a position opposite to said second joint member; and
a tightening unit including at least one tightening tube sleeved on an outer peripheral surface of one of said first and second rotary tubes, and an adjustable member adjustably connected to one of said first and second sleeve portions, said tightening tube having an inner surrounding surface contacting with said outer peripheral surface of said one of said first and second rotary tubes, an outer surrounding surface opposite to said inner surrounding surface, and a slit formed through said inner and outer surrounding surfaces and extending along a length of said tightening tube, said adjustable member being operable to move and extend through said one of said first and second sleeve portions so as to push said outer surrounding surface of said tightening tube and adjust a width of said slit, thereby tightening said tightening tube on said outer peripheral surface of said one of said first and second rotary tubes,
wherein said carrier unit further includes a wire collection box connected between said first rotary tube and said display mounting seat, said wire collection box having a box body that includes a pivot end portion and a movable end portion opposite to each other along a length of said box body, a protruding flange protruding outwardly from said movable end portion in a direction transverse to the length of said box body, and a blocking member connected to said protruding flange, said pivot end portion being connected to said first rotary tube, said display mounting seat being connected to said first rotary tube through said box body, said display mounting seat being coaxially and rotatably sleeved on said protruding flange.

2. The display support device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said at least one tightening tube comprises two tightening tubes respectively sleeved on said outer peripheral surfaces of said first and second rotary tubes, and said two adjustable members respectively and adjustably connected to said first and second sleeve portions.

3. The display support device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said blocking member is circular, and includes an arcuate blocking part protruding radially and outwardly from an outer periphery thereof and having two angularly spaced-apart blocking edges, said display mounting seat including a seat main body having a seat main wall, a through hole extending through said seat main wall, and an arcuate positioning part that is proximate to said through hole, that projects outwardly from said seat main wall and that has two angularly spaced-apart abutment edges, said display mounting seat being sleeved on said protruding flange through said through hole and being rotatably secured to said protruding flange through engagement of said blocking member with said protruding flange, each of said abutment edges of said arcuate positioning part being abuttable against a respective one of said blocking edges of said blocking part when said display mounting seat is rotated relative to said protruding flange.

4. The display support device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein said box body defines a receiving space, said protruding flange having a through hole communicating with said through hole of said seat main wall and said receiving space, said wire collection box further having a cover for covering said receiving space.

5. The display support device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said first joint member further has an arcuate first stopper connected to a lower end of said first sleeve portion and having two angularly spaced-apart stop edges, said carrier unit further including a first rotary ring sleeved on and configured to be driven by said first rotary tube to rotate therealong and located between said first sleeve portion and said display mounting seat, said first rotary tube having a first protrusion protruding outwardly and radially from an outer surface thereof, said first rotary ring having a first limiting groove that is indented from and that extends along an inner circumferential surface of said first rotary ring and that has two closed ends circumferentially spaced apart from each other, a second limiting groove that is indented from and that extends along said inner circumferential surface of said first rotary ring axially spaced apart from said first limiting groove, and an arcuate first limiting projection formed in said second limiting groove and having two angularly spaced-apart abutment edges, said first limiting projection and said first stopper being disposed on a same plane and being coaxially rotatable relative to each other, said first protrusion being slidably received in said first limiting groove and being abuttable against said closed ends of said first limiting groove when said first rotary tube is rotated relative to said first sleeve portion, said first stopper being slidably received in said second limiting groove, each of said abutment edges of said first limiting projection being abuttable against a respective one of said stop edges of said first stopper when said first rotary ring is driven by said first rotary tube to rotate therealong.

6. The display support device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein said positioning unit further includes a hollow extension arm, said fixing seat being connected to said second rotary tube through said hollow extension arm, said hollow extension arm having a first end part co-rotatably connected to said second rotary tube, a second end part that is opposite to said first end part and that is connected to and rotatable relative to said fixing seat, an intermediate part between said first and second end parts, and a plurality of wire collection devices disposed in said intermediate part.

7. The display support device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein said first joint member further has an arcuate first stopper connected to a lower end of said first sleeve portion and having two angularly spaced-apart stop edges, said carrier unit further including a first rotary ring sleeved on and driven by said first rotary tube to rotate therealong and located between said first sleeve portion and said display mounting seat, said first rotary tube having a first protrusion protruding outwardly and radially from an outer surface thereof, said first rotary ring having a first limiting groove that is indented from and that extends along an inner circumferential surface of said first rotary ring and that has two closed ends circumferentially spaced apart from each other, a second limiting groove that is indented from and that extends along said inner circumferential surface of said first rotary ring axially spaced apart from said first limiting groove, and an arcuate first limiting projection formed in said second limiting groove, said first limiting projection and said arcuate first stopper being disposed o

Assignees

• Modernsolid Ind Co Ltd

Inventors

• Hung Chin-Jui

Classifications

• A47B97/001 Primary

  Wall mounting or suspension arrangements for blackboards or the like (easels or stands A47B97/04) · CPC title

• F16M13/02

  for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle · CPC title

• F16M2200/06

  Arms · CPC title

• F16M2200/022

  by friction · CPC title

• F16M11/105 Primary

  the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation · CPC title