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Table mount system for flat panel display
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Inventors: Sweere, Harry C.; Gonnerman, Michael D.; Voeller, Donald M.;
Assignee: Ergotron, Inc. (St. Paul, MN)
Primary Examiner: Ramirez; Ramon O.
Assistant Examiner: Wentsler; Stephen S.
Attorney, Agent or Firm: Jaeger; Hugh D.
Multi-jointed and pivoted table mount system for support of a flat panel video display, incorporating a plurality of pivot points providing for pivotal motion of one or more components about a plurality of vertical, horizontal and elevational axes. Support arm having elevational pivot assemblies, including plastic friction washers and a steel coil spring, offers elevational arm control without requiring constant and predetermined positioning effort on the part of the video display operator and keyboard operator. The steel coil spring provides counterbalance force to the support arm. |
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DETAILED DESCRIPTION The general purpose of the present invention is a multi-jointed, pivoted support arm for support and position of a flat panel display screen or a keyboard.
According to one embodiment of the present invention, there is provided a multi-jointed and pivoted support arm for positioning of a flat panel display screen including a mounting bracket, an arm azimuthal pivot, an elevational pivot, an adjustable load counterbalance system,a display pivot, a display rotation pivot and an interface coupling acting in concert to support and provide positioning for a flat panel display screen or any other desired object such as a keyboard.
The frictional pivot mount is an unique tilt resistive device that relies on the unique properties of a family of polymer materials having a static and dynamic coefficient of friction which substantially is identical, such as Delrin or other ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) materials.
The static and dynamic coefficients of UHMWPE materials, such as utilized in the washers, and the unique result of this frictional pivot tilt restraining device is that a flat panel display remains in any tilt position selected by the user.
If the user wishes to tiltingly reposition the flat panel display upwardly or downwardly, or any other position, the flat panel display must be manually repositioned to overcome the frictional pivot tilt restraining device.
Once the flat panel display is tilted to a different selected position, the unique frictional pivot tilt restraining device resistably restrains the flat panel display in the new position as selected.
Sufficient friction to maintain position of the flat panel display during use is provided, and yet allows easy "breakaway" release to reposition the flat panel display to a new operating position or to the storage position.
The unique characteristics of the polymer material allows smooth tilt adjustment of the frictional pivot tilt mechanism, and yet, provides a constant frictional memory for the preset position of the flat panel display
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