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US 8,542,480 B2Granted
Stand to support an element of a computing system
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorsDon Williams, David N Skinner
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Abstract
A stand for a computing system includes a first panel, a second panel, and a third panel. The first panel, second panel, and third panel may be pivoted to provide support in a low-angle orientation, a high-angle orientation, and a flat orientation.
Claims15
A computing system, comprising:
- a display element that has a rigid surface;
- and
- a stand to support the display element, including a base coupled to the rigid surface, a first panel pivotally mounted to the base, a second panel pivotally mounted to the first panel, and a third panel pivotally mounted to the second panel and the base, wherein the first panel, second panel and third panel are each movable relative to the base and the rigid surface, to support the display element in at least one orientation.
A stand to support an element of a computing system, comprising:
- a first rail and a second rail mounted to a base;
- a first panel slidably mounted to the first rail and the second rail;
- a second panel slidably mounted to the first rail and the second rail and pivotally connected to the first panel at a first joint;
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- a third panel slidably mounted to the first rail and the second rail and pivotally connected to the second panel at a second joint.
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A method of adjusting a stand to support an element of a computing system, the element having a rigid surface, the method comprising:
- sliding a first panel of the stand relative to a base of the stand that is coupled to the rigid surface to pivot a second panel and a third panel of the stand between a lower retracted position associated with a flat orientation of the stand relative to the n surface and a lower extended position associated with a high-angle orientation of the stand;
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- sliding the third panel relative to the base to pivot the second panel and the first panel between an upper retracted position associated with the flat orientation of the stand and an upper extended position associated with a low-angle orientation of the stand.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.