IP Library Granted Patent US 6,881,064
Granted Patent B2
US 6,881,064 · App. 10/733,505 · Granted Apr 19, 2005

Globe stand construction

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Patent No.
US 6,881,064
App. No.
10/733,505
Granted
Apr 19, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A globe stand construction for mounting a globe from a single support arm includes hemisphere sections connected together by a polar axis pin mounted in a bushing plate which includes a radial, equatorial axis passage for receipt of a single pin projecting from a single support arm mounted on a base positioned beneath the globe.

Claims (32)

1. A globe stand construction for mounting a globe from a single support arm for rotation about a polar axis and an equatorial axis simultaneously, comprising, in combination;

a base;

a single arcuate mounting arm extending from the base upwardly to an axial connection point;

a mounting pin fixed to the connection point of the mounting arm and projecting over the base;

a first hemisphere with a first pole and a first equatorial rim;

a second hemisphere with a second pole and a second equatorial rim;

a polar pin connecting the poles and spacing the equatorial rims in opposed relation; and

a polar pin bushing member having a polar through passage with the polar pin extending therethrough, said bushing member also including a single mounting pin connection, said polar pin and said mounting pin each rotatably connected to the bushing member for simultaneous rotation of the globe about a polar axis and an equatorial axis, said bushing member comprising having an outside rib positioned between the first and second hemispheres, and said bushing member further including a radial mounting pin passage said mounting pin passage extending from the outside rib toward the polar through passage, said mounting pin in the mounting pin passage including a mechanism for retaining the mounting pin in the mounting pin passage, said hemispheres defining an equatorial axis and said polar pin defining a polar axis at right angles to the equatorial axis.

2. A globe stand construction as set forth in claim 1 further including a separable weight member attachable to the base to provide a counterweight.

3. The globe stand construction of claim 1 further including a detachable auxiliary base member attachable to the base member.

4. The construction of claim 1 including bushings formed in the mounting pin passage and a detent element in the mounting pin.

5. A globe stand construction for mounting a globe from a single support arm for rotation about a polar axis and an equatorial axis simultaneously, comprising, in combination;

a base;

a single arcuate mounting arm extending from the base upwardly to an equatorial radius connection point;

a first hemisphere with a first pole, a first polar axis and a first equatorial rim;

a second hemisphere with a second pole, a second polar axis and a second equatorial rim;

a single equatorial mounting plate bushing member;

a polar axis pin connected to the first pole and to the second pole, said first and second hemispheres rotatably mounted on said plate bushing member with the equatorial rims in opposed, spaced relation and the polar axes in alignment; and

said plate bushing member also including a single radial equatorial mounting pin connection, said mounting pin connection rotatably connected to the mounting arm for simultaneous rotation of the globe about a polar axis and a radial equatorial axis, said bushing member further including an outside rib positioned between the first and second hemispheres along the equatorial rims.

6. A globe stand construction as set forth in claim 5 further including a separable weight member attachable to the base to provide a counterweight.

7. The globe stand construction of claim 5 further including a detachable auxiliary base member attachable to the base member.

8. The globe stand construction of claim 5 wherein the radial, equatorial mounting pin connection includes a mounting pin extending between the plate bushing member and the mounting arm connection point, said mounting pin retained in the plate bushing member and extending radially toward the polar axis, said plate bushing member rotatable about the radial axis.

9. A globe stand construction for mounting a globe from a single support arm for rotation about a polar axis and an equatorial axis simultaneously, comprising, in combination;

abase;

a single arcuate mounting arm extending from the base upwardly to an axial connection point;

a mounting pin attached to the connection point of the mounting arm and projecting over the base;

a first hemisphere with a first pole, a first polar axis and a first equatorial rim;

a second hemisphere with a second pole, a second polar axis and a second equatorial rim;

a polar axis pin connected to the first pole and second pole, said equatorial rims in opposed, spaced relation; and

a polar pin bushing member between the first and second hemispheres for engaging the polar pin, said bushing member also including a single mounting pin connection, said polar pin and said mounting pin each rotatably connected to the bushing member for simultaneous rotation of the globe about a polar axis and an equatorial axis, said bushing member further including an outside rib positioned between the first and second hemispheres, and said bushing member further including a radial mounting pin passage said mounting pin passage extending radially from the outside rib toward the polar axis, said mounting pin in the mounting pin passage and including a mechanism for retaining the mounting pin in the mounting pin passage, said hemispheres defining an equatorial axis and said polar pin defining a polar axis at right angles to the equatorial axis, said mounting pin rotatably connected to the mounting arm.

10. A globe stand construction as set forth in claim 9 further including a separable weight member attachable to the base to provide a counterweight.

11. The globe stand construction of claim 9 further including a detachable auxiliary base member attachable to the base member.

Assignments (6)
RELEASE OF PATENT INTEREST (REEL 053253 / FRAME 0288) Recorded Nov 3, 2023
From: ANKURA TRUST COMPANY, LLC
To: BSN SPORTS, LLC; VARSITY SPIRIT LLC; HERFF JONES, LLC
Reel/Frame 065448/0977 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jul 20, 2020
From: BSN SPORTS, LLC; VARSITY SPIRIT, LLC; HERFF JONES, LLC
To: ANKURA TRUST COMPANY, LLC
Reel/Frame 053253/0288 →
RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2014
From: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION
To: HERFF JONES, INC.
Reel/Frame 034077/0498 →
PATENT SECURITY AGREEMENT Recorded Jul 24, 2013
From: HERFF JONES, INC.
To: PNC BANK, NATIONAL ASSOCIATION, AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 030888/0863 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 23, 2011
From: REPLOGLE GLOBES, INC.
To: HERFF JONES, INC.
Reel/Frame 025849/0979 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 31, 2010
From: REPLOGLE GLOBES, INC.
To: HERFF JONES, INC.
Reel/Frame 024915/0307 →