Adjustable mounting structure for video telephone unit
AssigneeInternational Telephone and Telegraph Corporation
InventorsEdward Edmund Benham, Walter A. Menn, Douglas M. Spranger, Malcolm J. Brookes
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Abstract
Disclosed is a swivel mounting structure for a video-telephone unit. The mounting structure allows the unit to be readily rotated and inclined or be moved with a combination of both movements. The structure will maintain the unit in the position to which it is set by either the friction provided by mechanical locking members or by having the center of gravity of the unit positioned above the center of a pair of spaced rocker members riding within a cylindrical opening.
Claims6
An adjustable mounting base for a video telephone terminal comprised of an enlarged housing having a viewing face in one side thereof, said base being adapted to rest on a generally horizontal surface, the base including a pedestal having an enlarged surface adapted to rest on the horizontal surface, a recess in said central portion of said pedestal, said recess having a circular periphery, an insert member fitted in said recess, said insert member including a basal portion mating with said recess to allow rotation of said insert member relative to said base, a socket of rectangular cross section in said insert member, said socket terminating in opposed shoulders at the extreme ends of said socket, a rocker member including an arcuate lower wall, means mounting said rocker member to the underside of said housing with the arcuate wall extending downwardly therefrom, said rocker member resting in said socket with the arcuate wall of said member engaging the shoulders of said socket to enable manually settable inclination of the viewing face of said housing, said rocker to shoulder engagement frictionally holding said terminal in an inclination and said insert member enabling rotation of said housing viewing face.
An adjustable mounting structure for a video telephone terminal allowing rotary and inclination-angle adjustment of an enlarged terminal housing with said terminal adapted to rest on a generally horizontal surface, said mounting structure including a pedestal having a flat base adapted to rest on the horizontal surface, a circular walled recess in said pedestal, a circular walled insert member fitted in said recess and rotatable therein, a pair of parallel spaced openings of rectangular cross section inset into said rotatable member with raised horizontal surface edges at the extreme ends of said openings, a pair of essentially identical rocker members secured to one face of said housing with each rocker member having a circular segmental face parallel to and spaced from the like face of the other rocker member, said rocker members resting in said opening, the segmental faces of said members engaging raised edges in a frictional grip of said insert member to enable manual tilting of the front face of said terminal housing and for holding said housing in a tilt position.
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