IP Library Granted Patent US 8,640,998
Granted Patent B2
US 8,640,998 · App. 12/574,419 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Assembly to attach a display device to a display device support

Inventors: Alex Lau (London, GB); Andrew Wills (London, GB); Seiyo Ezure (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Colebrook Bosson Saunders Products Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,640,998
App. No.
12/574,419
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An assembly to attach a display device to a support includes a body attachable to a display device support and a mounting member to which a display device is mountable, the mounting member including a collar that defines an axis about which the mounting member is rotatable relative to the body, the collar having a curved inwardly facing seat, the assembly further comprising a biasing member and a resiliently deformable friction element on the body, the biasing member and the friction element being received in the collar with the mating surface facing the seat when the assembly is assembled such that, when the biasing member is moved in an axial direction into the friction element, the biasing member acts on the friction element and the friction element is resiliently deformed by the biasing member to urge its mating surface against the seat to increase the frictional force therebetween.

Claims (2)

1. A display device support, comprising: an assembly pivotally attachable to a display device to a display device support, the assembly comprising: a body attachable to a display device support; a mounting member to which a display device is mountable, the mounting member including a collar that defines an axis about which the mounting member is rotatable relative to the body together with a display device mounted thereto, the collar having a curved inwardly facing seat; a biasing member; and a resiliently deformable friction element on the body the resiliently deformable friction element interlocking with the body to prevent rotation of the resiliently deformable friction element about said axis, and the resiliently deformable friction element having an outer surface shaped to mate with the seat, the resiliently deformable friction element having at least one opening to accommodate a fastener, wherein the fastener couples the resiliently deformable friction element to the body, the biasing member and the resiliently deformable friction element being received in the collar with the mating surface facing the seat when the assembly is assembled such that, when the biasing member is moved in an axial direction into the resiliently deformable friction element, the biasing member acts on the resiliently deformable friction element and the resiliently deformable friction element is resiliently deformed by the biasing member to urge its mating surface against the seat to increase the frictional force between the resiliently deformable frictional element and the seat, thereby preventing rotation of the mounting member relative to the body about said axis unless the frictional force is overcome; and an arm having a yoke at one end to receive said body of the assembly.

2. A display device support according to claim 1 , wherein the yoke is formed by two fingers extending from the end of the arm, the body being pivotally attached to each finger for rotation about a second axis at right-angles to said axis about which the mounting member rotates relative to the housing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 2, 2009
From: LAU, ALEX; WILLS, ANDREW; EZURE, SEIYO
To: COLEBROOK BOSSON SAUNDERS PRODUCTS LTD.
Reel/Frame 023455/0231 →
Continuity (1)
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