Constant friction rotating monitor stand

US10400937B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Crestron Electronics, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Howard Balch · Bloomingdale, US
• Fred Bargetzi · Upper Saddle River, US
• Wendy Feldstein · Nanuet, US
• Dhirendra Patel · Edison, US
• Dan Previti · Tarrytown, US
• William Rehak · Oradell, US
• George Feldstein · Cresskill, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Nov 19, 2018
• Grant date: Sep 3, 2019
• Expiry date: Nov 19, 2038

Classification

• Technology area (CPC F): Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
• CPC primary: F16M2200/08
• WIPO field: Mechanical elements
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

An adjustable monitor stand that can hold a monitor includes a carrier, a base, and a low friction insert. First and second channel insertion portions extend from a curved lower surface of the low friction insert. Each has outer walls to be received by and fixedly engage with first and second base channels formed in a curved upper surface of the base, respectively, to prevent movement of the low friction insert with respect to the base. The first and second channel insertion portions each have inner walls to receive first and second protrusions extending from a curved lower surface of the carrier, respectively, and permit the carrier to be moved about a non-vertical axis as the first and second protrusions slide along the inner walls. The first and second protrusions of the carrier also form a frictional engagement with the inner walls of the first and second channel insertion portions.