Display stand and bracket
AssigneeTarget Brands, Inc.
InventorKent D. Katterheinrich
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Abstract
A display stand includes a base, a leg and a bracket. The bracket is mounted to a backside of the base and includes a bridge for receiving the at least one portion of the leg. The bridge includes a first detent and a second detent. The portion of the leg that is received by the bridge is movable into a first position or a second position. A different portion of the leg mates with the first detent to support the display stand at a first viewing angle when the leg is rotated while in the first position. Yet another portion of the leg mates with the second detent to support the display stand at a second viewing angle that is different from the first viewing angle when the leg is rotated while in the second position.
Claims20
A display stand comprising:
- a base;
- a leg;
- and
- a bracket mounted to a backside of the base and including a bridge for receiving at least one portion of the leg, the bridge having a first detent and a second detent;
- wherein the portion of the leg that is received by the bridge is movable into a first position so that when the leg is rotated while in the first position, a different portion of the leg mates with the first detent to support the display stand at a first viewing angle;
- and
- wherein the portion of the leg that is received by the bridge is movable into a second position so that when the leg is rotated while in the second position, yet another portion of the leg mates with the second detent to support the display stand at a second viewing angle that is different from the first viewing angle.
A bracket comprising:
- a lower flange and an upper flange;
- a spine coupling the lower flange to the upper flange and being oriented along an axis, wherein the spine is configured to receive a support member and comprises:
- an outer surface and an inner surface, wherein the outer surface and the inner surface are located at fixed distances from the axis;
- a first shoulder defined between the outer surface and the inner surface of the spine and extends between a first end of the spine and a terminating end, wherein the first shoulder is oriented along a first surface plane that intersects with the axis;
- and
- a second shoulder defined between the outer surface and the inner surface of the spine and extends between a second end of the spine and a terminating end, wherein the second shoulder is oriented along a second surface plane that intersects with the axis;
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- wherein the first surface plane of the first shoulder is oriented at an angle relative to the second surface plane of the second shoulder.
A method of adjusting a viewing angle of a display stand, the method comprising:
- engaging at least one spine engaging portion of a support member of the display stand within a spine of a bracket, the spine of the bracket being oriented along an axis and coupling a first flange that is mounted to a backside of the display stand to a second flange that is mounted to the backside of the display stand;
- sliding the at least one spine engaging portion of the support member in a first direction along the axis and rotating the support member until it mates with a first detent on the spine so that the viewing angle of the display stand is oriented into a first viewing angle;
- and
- sliding the at least one spine engaging portion of the support member in a second direction along the axis and rotating the support member until it mates with a second detent on the spine so that the viewing angle of the display stand is oriented into a second viewing angle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.