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Angle-adjustable, auto-locking apparatus support

US6113046A · kind A · utility

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15Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 26, 1999
Grant dateSep 5, 2000
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 26, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC F)Mechanical Engineering; Lighting; Heating
  • CPC primaryF16M2200/068
  • WIPO fieldMechanical elements
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

An angle-adjustable, auto-locking apparatus support for supporting an apparatus above a table or the like for enabling the apparatus to be conveniently adjusted to the desired elevation and angle, which includes an upright support, two connectors coupled to top and bottom ends of the upright support, a link coupled between the connectors and forming with the upright support and the connectors a parallel four-bar linkage, two spindles respectively and transversely mounted in the connector, and two pairs of spiral springs reversely mounted on the spindles at two opposite sides of each of the connectors and respectively connected between the spindles and the upright support.

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