Monitor stand

An image display device including a monitor stand, the image display device comprising:

• a bracket coupled to the image display device;
• a piston fixed to said bracket;
• a housing for adjusting a display height of the image display device, said housing including:
• an upper end receiving said piston,
• a bottom end communicating with the upper end, and
• an opening formed in the bottom end,
• wherein said piston is biased toward the upper end;
• a base coupled to said housing to form a space communicating with the opening of said housing;
• and
• a packing assembly, installed in the space of said base, for selectively sealing the opening of said housing, wherein said piston forms a seal with an inner surface of said housing such that, when said packing assembly seals the opening of said housing, movement of said piston upward within said housing generates a vacuum inside said housing.

A stand for an image display device, the stand comprising:

• a bracket for receiving the image display device;
• an orientation adjusting device for permitting simultaneous tilting and swiveling of the image display device about substantially horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, to adjust a display angle of the image display device with respect to said bracket in response to an external force, said orientation adjusting device comprising:
• first and second cylinders respectively fixed to said bracket,
• first and second rods slidably movable with the first and second cylinder, respectively, and
• a fixed rod fixed to said bracket at a point equidistant from each of the first and second cylinders, the fixed road having a fixed length of extension from said bracket,
• wherein each of the first and second rods extends from a corresponding cylinder to a distance relative to the fixed length of the fixed rod, based on the adjusted display angle of the image display device,
• wherein each of the first rod, the second rod, and the fixed rod has one end including a ball forming part of a ball-and-socket joint for enabling a pivoting of the image display device so that, when the image display device is tilted about the substantially horizontal axis only, the first and second rods extend equal distances from the corresponding cylinder and so that, when the image display device is swiveled about the substantially vertical axis only, the first and second rods extend complementary distances from the corresponding cylinder,
• wherein said orientation adjusting device is coupled to a piston fixed to said bracket and engaged with a housing for adjusting a display height of the image display device and wherein said orientation adjusting device further permits a swiveling of said bracket about a substantially vertical axis in response to an external force, and
• wherein said piston forms a seal with an inner surface of said housing such that, when said packing assembly seals the opening of said housing, movement of said piston upward within said housing generates a vacuum inside said housing.

A stand for an image display device, the stand comprising:

• a bracket for receiving the image display device;
• an orientation adjusting device for permitting simultaneous tilting and swiveling of the image display device about substantially horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, to adjust a display angle of the image display device with respect to said bracket in response to an external force, said orientation adjusting device comprising:
• first and second cylinders respectively fixed to said bracket,
• first and second rods slidably movable with the first and second cylinder, respectively, and
• a fixed rod fixed to said bracket at a point equidistant from each of the first and second cylinders, the fixed road having a fixed length of extension from said bracket,
• wherein each of the first and second rods extends from a corresponding cylinder to a distance relative to the fixed length of the fixed rod, based on the adjusted display angle of the image display device, and
• wherein each of the first rod, the second rod, and the fixed rod has one end including a ball forming part of a ball-and-socket joint for enabling a pivoting of the image display device so that, when the image display device is tilted about the substantially horizontal axis only, the first and second rods extend equal distances firm the corresponding cylinder and so that, when the image display device is swiveled about the substantially vertical axis only, the first and second rods extend complementary distances from the corresponding cylinder;
• a piston fixed to said bracket;
• a housing for adjusting a display height of the image display device, said housing including:
• an upper end receiving said piston,
• a bottom end communicating with the upper end, and
• an opening formed in the bottom end,
• wherein said piston is biased toward the upper end;
• and
• a packing assembly for selectively sealing the opening of said housing,
• wherein said piston forms a seal with an inner surface of said housing such that, when said packing assembly seals the opening of said housing, movement of said piston upward within said housing generates a vacuum inside said housing.

A stand for an image display device, the stand comprising:

• a bracket for receiving the image display device;
• an orientation adjusting device for permitting simultaneous tilting and swiveling of the image display device about substantially horizontal and vertical axes, respectively, to adjust a display angle of the image display device with respect to said bracket in response to an external force, said orientation adjusting device comprising:
• first and second cylinders respectively fixed to said bracket,
• first and second rods slidably movable with the first and second cylinder, respectively, and
• a fixed rod fixed to said bracket at a point equidistant firm each of the first and second cylinders, the fixed road having a fixed length of extension from said bracket,
• wherein each of the first and second rods extends from a corresponding cylinder to a distance relative to the fixed length of the fixed rod, based on the adjusted display angle of the image display device, wherein each of the first rod, the second rod, and the fixed rod has one end including a ball forming part of a ball-and-socket joint for enabling a pivoting of the image display device so that, when the image display device is tilted about the substantially horizontal axis only, the first and second rods extend equal distances from the corresponding cylinder and so that, when the image display device is swiveled about the substantially vertical axis only, the first and second rods extend complementary distances from the corresponding cylinder, wherein said bracket has a display side facing the image display device, wherein said orientation adjusting device is disposed between the display side of said bracket and the image display device, wherein the first an second cylinders protrude from the display side of said bracket, wherein each of the first and second rods is variably inserted into the corresponding cylinder based on the adjusted display angle of the image display device, and wherein the first and second rods remain fully between the display side of said bracket and the image display device when either of the first and second rods fully inserted into the corresponding cylinder.