# US 8,542,480 B2 · Stand to support an element of a computing system > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,542,480 B2 - Document ID: US8542480B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/193,732 - Filed: 2011-07-29 - Published: 2013-01-31 - Granted: 2013-09-24 - Earliest claimed: 2011-07-29 - Assignees: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - Applicants: Don Williams; David N Skinner - Inventors: Don Williams; David N Skinner - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8542480B2 ## CPC - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 11/10: around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} - F16M 11/38: by folding {, e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms} - F16M 13/00: Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles (heads thereof F16M11/02 {; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20} ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 {; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22}); Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles {(supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025)} - Y10T 29/49716: Converting - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## 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. ## Claims ### Claim 1 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. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the third panel is slidable to pivot the first panel and the second panel between positions associated with a flat orientation and a low-angle orientation; and the first panel is slidable to pivot the second panel and third panel between positions associated with the flat orientation and a high-angle orientation. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel is lockable in at least one of a high-angle orientation, a low-angle orientation, and a flat orientation. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel is removable from the base. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The computing system of claim 1, wherein the stand further includes at least one additional panel, such that the third panel is mounted to the second panel via the at least one additional panel. ### Claim 6 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; and a third panel slidably mounted to the first rail and the second rail and pivotally connected to the second panel at a second joint. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The stand of claim 6, further comprising pin joints to slidably mount the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel to the first rail and the second rail. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The stand of claim 7, further comprising spring clip detents to position at least one of the pin joints, wherein first spring clip detents are associated with a low-angle orientation, second spring clip detents are associated with a high-angle orientation, and third spring clip detents are associated with a flat orientation. ### Claim 9 (depends on 7) The stand of claim 7, further comprising slots disposed in the first rail and the second rail to disengage the pin joints. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The stand of claim 6, further comprising magnets to position at least one of the first panel, the second panel, the third panel, the first joint, and the second joint; wherein first magnets are associated with a low-angle orientation, second magnets are associated with a high-angle orientation, and third magnets are associated with a flat orientation. ### Claim 11 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; and 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. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, wherein the lower extended position includes a plurality of lower extended sub-positions associated with incremental high-angle orientations of the stand; and the upper extended position includes a plurality of upper extended sub-positions associated with incremental low-angle orientations of the stand. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The method of claim 11, further comprising biasing at least one of the first panel, the second panel, and the third panel toward a position associated with at least one of the high-angle orientation, the low-angle orientation and the flat orientation of the stand. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein biasing is based on a torsion spring associated with at least one pivotable joint associated with the panels. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The method of claim 13, wherein biasing is based on a magnet.