Display support mechanism
AssigneeNCR Corporation
InventorsDavid C. Wills, Jay D. Atkinson
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Abstract
A quick release tilt and swivel apparatus supports a structure such as an alphanumeric plasma display associated with a electronic cash register. The apparatus includes a pair of spaced-apart lug members mounted on a pair of fingers extending outwardly from a base member which are inserted within a socket portion of the display for enabling the display to be tilted and swiveled about the cash register. The display includes a flexible wall portion for enabling the display to be quickly mounted and released from the base member. The display and the lug members are molded of a plastic material and are dimensioned to allow the lug member to deform the socket portion of the display for holding the display in any number of settable positions.
Claims10
The combination comprising;
- a base member having a pair of opposed spaced-apart finger portions extending upwardly therefrom;
- oppositely positioned engaging means mounted on the inside surfaces of said finger portions;
- a structure mounted on said base member for limited tilt and swivel movement, said structure including socket means having a pair of opposed apertures and a rear flexible wall portion having an end portion including a raised engaging portion, said socket means further including slotted portions for receiving the engaging means of said base member enabling the engaging means to be mounted within the socket means allowing the structure to be rotated about said engaging means;
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- said base member including an edge portion engaging the end portion of the rear wall portion whereby upon the rotation of the structure about the engaging means to a predetermined position, said edge portion engages the raised engaging portion thereby deflecting the rear wall portion to move to a position engaging the raised engaging portion for holding the structure at said predetermined position.
A disengageable tilt and swivel apparatus mounted on a support member comprising;
- a circular base member rotatably mounted on said support member and having a pair of upwardly extending spaced-apart finger portions;
- oppositely facing lug members protuding from the inside surfaces of the finger portions;
- an enclosure including a wall member having an outwardly extended wall portion including a flexible wall portion having a raised engaging portion and a pair of socket openings extending along the extended wall portion;
- a pair of slots extending from the outside of the enclosure to the pair of socket openings for receiving the lug members of the base member enabling the enclosure to be rotatably mounted on said lug members;
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- said base member including an edge portion engaging the flexible wall portion whereby upon the rotation of the enclosure around the lug members to a predetermined position, said edge portion engages the raised engaging portion deflecting the flexible wall portion to position the edge portion downstream against the raised engaging portion to lock the enclosure in said predetermined position, said flexible wall portion being depressable to release the edge portion from engaging the raised engaging portion allowing the enclosure to be moved to a position enabling the lug members to be retracted from the socket openings through the slots during the removal of the enclosure from the base member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.