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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8025262 | Tripod assembly A collet portion including a cup-shaped collet is fixed to an upper end of a vertically movable body vertically movable relative to a connecting portion to which upper ends of the legs of a tripod assembly are pivotally coupled. The collet is flexible and is formed ... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7316540 | Rotatable pivot mount for fans and other appliances A pivot assembly that can be used with various appliances. The pivot assembly provides up to three degrees of freedom when positioning the appliance. The pivot may be used, for example, with a fan that is mounted on a base such that direction of the airflow generate... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7303174 | Structure of an adjustable LCD screen An adjustable LCD screen is provided. The LCD screen is adjustable through 360 degrees. the inclination angle of the LCD is also adjustable. The LCD screen comprises a base seat having a top and a bottom side respectively mounted with a top groove and a bottom groov... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300024 | Display module for non-stable environments A display module that includes a minimum of free space, and can pivot and remain stable at every pivot angle is presented. The display module generally includes a frame, a display unit, and a bearing. The bearing pivotably mounts the display unit to the frame and in... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300028 | Tripod head A tripod head includes a cylindrical housing 1 having connection member at one end for a tripod, a ball joint (2) rotatably and pivotally arranged in the housing (1), a bearing element (4) for the ball joint (2), having a sliding s... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7290740 | Portable tripod and universal mounting assembly for an object A universal mounting assembly for quick mounting of an object to a stand device. The mounting assembly includes a body having a support surface, a front face and an opposed mounting surface configured to mount to the support stand. The front face intersects the supp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7273198 | Support stand assembly and method One or more support stand assemblies are utilized for mounting functional equipment or creating a barrier on variable surfaces or a surface which may be sloped. Each support stand preferably includes a support post configured to be releaseably secured to a stabilize... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7229053 | Tripod for supporting apparatus in general and, in particular, for optical or photographic apparatus and the like A tripod for supporting apparatus in general and, in particular, for optical or photographic apparatus and the like. The tripod has a spider, a pillar arranged to be housed with a stem of the pillar in a through-hole formed through the spider, and a head arranged fo... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7044451 | Rail clip A fence rail clip for attaching a fence rail to a vertical fence post is disclosed. The rail clip has a bracket and a rail connector. The bracket may be secured to the vertical post. The rail connector has a rail receiving receptacle into which an end of a rail may ... | 05/16/2006 |
| 7021592 | Quick-adjusting mounting head An easily adjustable scope mounting head and stand. The stand includes a stabilized base with a vertical rod extending upward. The scope mounting head is attached to the vertical rod. A ball and socket joint is located on one end of the mounting head and an adjustin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 6513774 | Adjustable mounting apparatus An adjustable mounting apparatus includes a mounting post having a ball at one end. Opposed clamping members clamp the ball from opposite sides of the mounting post. The clamping members engage the ball with line contact. The clamping members are at a fix... | 02/04/2003 |
| 6439518 | Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform This present invention discloses apparatus and a method for mounting a camera on a tripod platform for taking pictures and this mounting apparatus includes a cradle cup mounted on a tripod platform and an O ring mounted in a groove on the inside diameter ... | 08/27/2002 |
| 6347424 | Movement absorbing transferring system A motion absorbing conveyance system (1) for transferring personnel and/or objects between a floating vessel (2) and an installation (20), for example, an oil platform, where the vessel (2) and the installation (20) exhibit a relative movement, which syst... | 02/19/2002 |
| 6267341 | Magnetic swivel datum mounting of parts for digital surface measurement For performing a surface measurement procedure on one side of a complex part such as a stamped steel inner door panel having compound curves, a magnetic swiveling support device for securing the opposite side of the part without adding projecting structur... | 07/31/2001 |
| 6254044 | Tabletop tripod A tabletop tripod is disclosed. The tripod has a base with a cavity defined in one side thereof, a stationary leg fixedly mounted on the base, two pivoting legs pivotally mounted on the base each having a driving means engaging each other received in the ... | 07/03/2001 |
| 6209830 | Apparatus for camera mount on tripod platform This present invention discloses apparatus for mounting a camera on a tripod platform and the camera having a pear shaped ball attached to the camera bottom and the pear shaped ball placed into a cradle cup attached to the platform of a tripod, which make... | 04/03/2001 |
| 5988572 | Cradle device for a portable radio terminal This device comprises: a holder part (32) in which the terminal (1) comes to rest, a fixed part (30) a fitting system for connecting the two parts, formed by: a ball joint (50) fixed to one of the parts, an opening (52) provided in the other part, for allowing the engag... | 11/23/1999 |
| 5868079 | Stand for a monitor and a keyboard A stand for a monitor and a keyboard, which can be used to hold a computer monitor and keyboard so that a human operator may comfortably use the computer in a variety of positions, including sitting in a conventional chair and standing. The stand includes... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5799914 | Cradle device for a portable radio terminal A cradle device including a holder part for holding a portable radio terminal and a fixed part for releasably supporting the holder part. The fixed part has a ball joint accommodated thereon, the ball joint having a curved surface and an engaging surface,... | 09/01/1998 |
| 5704581 | Angle adjusting device for an instrument panel An angle adjusting device includes an adjusting plate fixedly mounted on a bottom wall of an instrument panel and having a convex portion with a first side facing the bottom wall of the instrument panel and a second side. A plurality of first teeth are ar... | 01/06/1998 |
| 5655736 | Retaining device for an electronic signalling device A retaining and paneling stand for an electronic signalling device such as a beeper. The stand includes a grasping/carrier section for receiving and securely holding the beeper. A pedestal is provided for supporting the grasping/carrier section and for pl... | 08/12/1997 |
| 5645253 | Universal support for drums A universal support is provided wherein the angular adjustment provided by the universal support for an object supported thereby remains fixed even though the object, such as a drum, has been removed from the universal support. The universal support is ca... | 07/08/1997 |
| 5553820 | Adjustable monitor arm A monitor support arm assembly is disclosed comprising a support arm (14), a socket member (38) affixed to a remote end of the support arm, the socket member creating a concave central cavity (84), and an elongate slot (74) extending through support arm a... | 09/10/1996 |
| 5178352 | Instrument support device An instrument support device for adjustably receiving a member of a support plate having an outer spherical surface wherein the socket, formed integrally, is an outer and upper ring portion connected to an inner and lower ring portion by intercrossed ribs... | 01/12/1993 |
| 4986503 | Mounting device A mounting device for removably supporting an instrument or other article on a supporting member comprises an attaching member for attachment to the instrument, a support member for removably accommodating the attaching member, and a releasable latch for ... | 01/22/1991 |
| 4974801 | Appliance securing and leveling mechanism A leveling device which utilizes joining convex and concave dishes. The concave dish is attachable to a support platform to hold an appliance or other item which requires leveling as is often the case when these items are in recreational vehicles. The dis... | 12/04/1990 |
| 4770382 | Stand for display terminals in particular A stand for adjusting the viewing angle of a display terminal, including a sleeve-like frame portion (1) an inner boring of which is at one end thereof enlarged into a socket provided with a slide surface (3) for a slide part (4) to be attached to the dis... | 09/13/1988 |
| 4645153 | Tilt and swivel support A tilt and swivel apparatus supports a structure such as a CRT display device above a stable base. Separate tilt and swivel mechanisms are provided to improve the stability of the apparatus. Stop elements limit the extent of tilting and rotation which is ... | 02/24/1987 |
| 4415136 | Pedestal for consoles A pedestal for CRT's, video screens, projection consoles, disk drives, and other consoles which have a face or screen permitting limited pivotal and limited forward and back tilt movement, wherein movement is permitted against constant frictional forces s... | 11/15/1983 |
| 4019710 | Instrument support socket An instrument support leveling socket having relatively adjustable parts with interfitting spherical sectioned surfaces in which one of the surfaces is defined by a plurality of spaced feet so that the surface is sectioned and separated by substantial cle... | 04/26/1977 |
| 3968496 | Stabilized antenna platform This relates to stabilized platforms for directive ship mounted antennas for satellite communication. The invention further relates to platforms comprising an antenna dish with elevation and azimuth control means, as well as counterweight means, being sup... | 07/06/1976 |
