Stand with panning base
AssigneeErgotron, Inc.
InventorsShaun C. Lindblad, John Cain
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Abstract
A stand for supporting an object. The stand includes a base, a support member coupled to the base, and a movement mechanism adapted to allow the object to move along a range of travel relative to the base. The base includes a planar surface for resting on a support surface. The planar surface includes a first portion and a second portion. The first portion includes a pad for providing frictional resistance between the base and the support surface on which the base is placed. The second portion includes at least first and second wheels, for rotating the base about the pad such that the object is rotated about the pad when the base is rotated about the pad.
Claims19
A stand for supporting an object, comprising:
- a base;
- a support member coupled to the base, the support member useful for supporting the object;
- and
- a movement mechanism adapted to allow the object to move along a range of travel relative to the base, wherein the base comprises a planar surface for resting on a support surface, the planar surface having a first portion and a second portion, the first portion including a pad for providing frictional resistance between the base and the support surface on which the base is placed, and the second portion including at least first and second wheels oriented for rotating the base about the pad, the pad defining a substantially fixed center of rotation, such that the object is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation when the base is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation, wherein the at least first and second wheels have respective first and second axes of rotation, the at least first and second wheels trace an arc about the pad, and the at least first and second wheels are adapted to rotate about the respective first and second axes of rotation when the base is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation, the first and second axes of rotation being perpendicular to the arc and intersecting the pad.
A stand for supporting an object, comprising:
- a base;
- a support member coupled to the base, the support member useful for supporting the object;
- and
- a movement mechanism adapted to allow the object to move along a range of travel relative to the base, wherein the base comprises a planar surface for resting on a support surface, the planar surface having a back portion having a back leg and a front portion having two front legs, the back leg including a polymeric pad for providing frictional resistance between the base and the support surface on which the base is placed, and each of the front legs including a wheel oriented for rotating the base about the pad, the pad defining a substantially fixed center of rotation, such that the object is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation when the base is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation, wherein the at least first and second wheels have respective first and second axes of rotation, the at least first and second wheels trace an arc about the pad, and the at least first and second wheels are adapted to rotate about the respective first and second axes of rotation when the base is rotated about the substantially fixed center of rotation, the first and second axes of rotation being perpendicular to the arc and intersecting the pad.
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