System and method for adjusting the alignment of a flat panel
AssigneePure Vista Ltd
InventorAngus Noble
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Abstract
It is desirable to pivot a flat panel about an axis at or near the opening of a trough, so that the panel is not visibly closer to one side of the trough than the other. The present invention provides a tray 2,5 disposed within a trough 3, a panel socket 4,7 configured to engage with the tray such that movement of the tray along the trough in the longitudinal direction results in lateral movement of the panel socket within the trough, and a releasable wedge 95 configured to brace the panel 1 within the trough adjacent to the base 31 of the trough, the wedge configured to bridge a gap between the base of the flat panel and a wall 51 of the tray. In this way, the wedge urges the wall of the tray against the side wall of the trough, thereby resisting movement of the tray within the trough.
Claims8
A system for adjusting the alignment of a flat panel, the system comprising:
- a longitudinal trough having a longitudinal axis extending longitudinally along the trough and a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and extending laterally across the trough, the trough having two opposing side walls disposed laterally on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and a base connected between the opposing side walls such that the base extends parallel to the longitudinal axis and parallel to the lateral axis, the trough being open on a side opposing the base, the trough configured to be attachable to a surface;
- a tray disposed within the base of the trough, the tray comprising a wall extending upward from the base of the trough adjacent to a first one of the side walls of the trough;
- a panel socket configured to receive a base of a flat panel therein, the panel socket configured to grip the base of the flat panel, the panel socket and tray arranged to be slidable relative to one another, wherein the panel socket is configured to engage with the tray such that movement of the panel socket or the tray relative to one another in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis along the trough results in the panel socket moving in a direction parallel to the lateral axis across the trough;
- a clamp configured to hold the panel within the trough adjacent to the open side of the trough;
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- a releasable wedge configured to brace the panel within the trough adjacent to the base of the trough, the wedge configured to bridge a gap between the base of the flat panel and the wall of the tray.
A system for adjusting the alignment of a flat panel, the system comprising:
- a longitudinal trough having a longitudinal axis extending longitudinally along the trough and a lateral axis perpendicular to the longitudinal axis and extending laterally across the trough, the trough having two opposing side walls disposed laterally on opposing sides of the longitudinal axis and extending parallel to the longitudinal axis and a base connected between the opposing side walls such that the base extends parallel to the longitudinal axis and parallel to the lateral axis, the trough being open on a side opposing the base, the trough configured to be attachable to a surface;
- a tray disposed within the base of the trough;
- a panel socket configured to receive a base of a flat panel therein, the panel socket configured to grip the base of the flat panel, the panel socket arranged to be slidable along the trough in a longitudinal direction, wherein the panel socket is configured to engage with the tray such that movement of the panel socket along the trough in a direction parallel to the longitudinal axis results in the panel socket moving in a direction parallel to the lateral axis across the trough;
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- a clamp configured to hold the panel within the trough adjacent to the open side of the trough.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.