US 7,320,451 B2
Stand for liquid crystal television and stand for liquid crystal display
Masuo Ogawa, Osaka (Japan)
Assigned to Funai Electric Co., Ltd., Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Jun. 04, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/862,196.
Claims priority of application No. P2003-161523 (JP), filed on Jun. 06, 2003; and application No. P2003-167376 (JP), filed on Jun. 12, 2003.
Prior Publication US 2005/0001114 A1, Jan. 06, 2005
Int. Cl. F16M 11/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 248—161  [248/127; 248/157; 248/166; 248/125.1; 248/125.8; 248/176.1; 248/176.3; 361/681; 361/683; 361/825; 348/825] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A stand for a liquid crystal display comprising:
a pipe-shaped stand member mounted on a back surface of the liquid crystal display configured to support the liquid crystal display in an inclined state, the pipe-shaped stand member including:
a support portion extending horizontally relative to a rest surface of the liquid crystal display; and
two tip ends extending in a direction intersecting with the rest surface;
a holding member, to which the two tip ends of the stand member are mounted, the holding member including:
a rectangular-shaped slider mounted to the two tip ends of the pipe-shaped stand member, the rectangular-shaped slider having:
a side surface having substantially flat side center portion extending in a first direction substantially in parallel to a second direction, in which the two tip ends of the pipe-shaped stand member extend and both rounded side end recessed from the substantially flat side center portion of the side surface; and
one end surface and the other end surface, which extend in a third direction substantially perpendicular to the second direction;
a slider bearing member movably supporting the rectangular-shaped slider in the first direction, the slider bearing member having:
a first stopper, against which the one end surface of the rectangular-shaped slider abuts; and
a second stopper, against which the other end surface of the rectangular-shaped slider abuts, and
a movement restricting member for restricting movement of the rectangular-shaped slider caused at a force equal to or less than a predetermined moving force having:
a convex-shaped leaf spring mounted on the slider bearing member and arranged to abut against the substantially flat side center portion of the rectangular-shaped slider; and
a push member made of a rubber material and pushing the convex-shaped leaf spring against the substantially flat side center portion of the rectangular-shaped slider with a predetermined pushing force; and
a base member mounted on the back surface of the liquid crystal display and rotatably mounting the holding member.