# US 12,000,528 B2 · Multi-positional articulating ergonomic device with modular features > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,000,528 B2 - Document ID: US12000528B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/452,392 - Filed: 2023-08-18 - Published: 2023-12-28 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2019-05-14 - Assignees: Fellowes, Inc. - Applicants: Fellowes Inc. - Inventors: Tai Hoon Matlin; Peter Maletich; Shawn Michael Applegate; Michael Franklin Egan; Dipan Pravin Surati - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12000528B2 ## CPC - F16M 11/125: {for tilting and rolling (F16M11/14 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/2092: {comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage} - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 11/045: {adapted to left-right translation movement} - F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/24: changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, {e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other}(F16M11/42 takes precedence) - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - F16M 2200/022: by friction - F16M 2200/027: by friction - F16M 2200/044: for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage - F16M 2200/063: Parallelogram arms - G06F 1/1601: {Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays (constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64)} - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract The invention is a monitor arm assembly including a rotation limiter that includes movable tabs to set the rotation limits of the arms with respect to each other or other assemblies. The rotation limiter may include exterior ring activators and outer visual references for the set limitations. The monitor arm assembly also includes a plurality of slide tracks to allow the monitor attached to the arm to take a plurality of lateral positions. The assembly may further include a connector to join adjacent slide tracks. The monitor arm assembly may include a double slider arrangement where a first track slides within a second track. A plate for connection to a monitor arm or monitor bracket may slide within perimeter channels of the first track. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An assembly to slidably mount a monitor to a monitor arm, the assembly including a first track and a second track, the second track receiving the first track in a sliding relationship, a plate, the plate received in a sliding relationship in the first track, the plate connected to a first component of the monitor arm and the second track connected to a second component of the monitor arm. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the first track includes perimeter channels, the perimeter channels capturing perimeter edges of the plate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The assembly of claim 2, wherein the plate includes at least one guide channel, the at least one guide channel oriented parallel to the perimeter channels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The assembly of claim 3, further including a protrusion extending from the first track, the protrusion engaging the guide channel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The assembly of claim 4, further including a plurality of guide channels and a plurality of protrusions, the protrusions being captured by the guide channels to resist movement in a direction parallel to opposing faces of the first track and the plate. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The assembly of claim 2 wherein one of the plate or the first track includes at least one guide channel and the other of the plate or the first track includes a protrusion engaged in the at least one guide channel, the at least one guide channel being parallel to at least one of the perimeter channels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1, further including a brake to prevent movement between the plate and first track. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The assembly of claim 7, the brake including an actuator biased in an engaged position, the brake released by activating the actuator. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the first component may move in a first direction relative to the first track, and the second component may move in a second direction relative to the first track. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The assembly of claim 1 wherein the plate slides in a first direction and a second direction with respect to the first track, and the second track slides in the first direction and the second direction with respect to the first track. ### Claim 11 An assembly to connect a monitor connector to a monitor arm, the assembly including a first track connected to the monitor connector, a second track receiving the first track, the first track and second track slidable relative to each other, the second track connected to the monitor arm. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The assembly of claim 11, wherein the first track is slidably connected to the monitor connector. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The assembly of claim 11, wherein the first track is connected to the monitor connector by a plate that is fixed to the the monitor connector and slidable with respect to the first track. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The assembly of claim 13 further including perimeter channels in the first track to capture the plate. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The assembly of claim 13, wherein one of the plate or first track includes a guide channel, the guide channel being parallel to the perimeter channels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The assembly of claim 15, further including a protrusion extending from the other of the first track or the plate and positioned to ride in the guide channel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The assembly of claim 13 wherein the one of the plate or the first track includes a plurality of guide channels and the first channel includes protrusions received in the guide channels, the protrusions resisting movement in a direction parallel to opposing faces of the first track and the plate. ### Claim 18 An assembly to slidably mount a monitor to a monitor arm, the assembly including a connection plate having a first face and a second face, the connection plate first face facing a first slide track, the first slide track having perimeter channels to capture the first plate in a slidable relationship, a second slide track having perimeter channels to capture the first slide track in a slidable relationship, the plate connected to a first component of the monitor arm, and the second slide track is connected to a second component of the monitor arm. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The assembly of claim 18, wherein the plate is connected to a monitor arm, and the second track is connected to the bracket for a monitor. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The assembly of claim 19, further including a guide channel in one of the plate or first slide track, and a protrusion aligned in the guide channel, the protrusion extending from one of the plate, the first slide track, or the second slide track. ### Claim 21 An assembly to connect a monitor connector to a monitor arm, the assembly including a first track connected to the monitor arm, a second track receiving the first track, the first track and second track slidable relative to each other, the second track connected to the monitor connector. ### Claim 22 (depends on 21) The assembly of claim 21, wherein the first track is slidably connected to the monitor arm. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The assembly of claim 22, wherein the first track is connected to the monitor arm by a plate that is fixed to the monitor arm and slidable with respect to the first track. ### Claim 24 (depends on 23) The assembly of claim 23 further including perimeter channels in the first track to capture the plate. ### Claim 25 (depends on 23) The assembly of claim 23, wherein one of the plate or first track includes a guide channel, the guide channel being parallel to the perimeter channels. ### Claim 26 (depends on 25) The assembly of claim 25, further including a protrusion extending from the other of the first track or the plate and positioned to ride in the guide channel. ### Claim 27 (depends on 23) The assembly of claim 23 wherein the one of the plate or the first track includes a plurality of guide channels and the first channel includes protrusions received in the guide channels, the protrusions resisting movement in a direction parallel to opposing faces of the first track and the plate. ### Claim 28 (depends on 18) The assembly of claim 18, wherein the plate is connected to a bracket for a monitor, and the second track is connected to a monitor arm. ### Claim 29 (depends on 28) The assembly of claim 28, further including a guide channel in one of the plate or first slide track, and a protrusion aligned in the guide channel, the protrusion extending from one of the plate, the first slide track, or the second slide track.