U.S. patent application number 12/654695 was filed with the patent office on 2010-07-08 for hanger.
This patent application is currently assigned to Coretronic Display Solution Corporation. Invention is credited to Kuo-Yuan Chang.
Application Number | 20100171017 12/654695 |
Document ID | / |
Family ID | 42311085 |
Filed Date | 2010-07-08 |
United States Patent
Application |
20100171017 |
Kind Code |
A1 |
Chang; Kuo-Yuan |
July 8, 2010 |
Hanger
Abstract
A hanger adapted to hang a display includes a main body, a glide
component, and an adjustable component. The main body provides a
trough and a first aperture penetrating the trough. The first
aperture includes a first broad portion and a first narrow portion.
The width of the first broad portion is greater than that of the
first narrow portion. The glide component is disposed in the trough
for gliding therein and provides a second aperture including a
second broad portion and a second narrow portion. The width of the
second broad portion is greater than that of the second narrow
portion. The adjustable component is connected with the glide
component to adjust the glide component gliding between a first
position and a second position.
Inventors: |
Chang; Kuo-Yuan; (Chu-Nan,
TW) |
Correspondence
Address: |
BACON & THOMAS, PLLC
625 SLATERS LANE, FOURTH FLOOR
ALEXANDRIA
VA
22314-1176
US
|
Assignee: |
Coretronic Display Solution
Corporation
CHU-NAN
TW
|
Family ID: |
42311085 |
Appl. No.: |
12/654695 |
Filed: |
December 29, 2009 |
Current U.S.
Class: |
248/274.1 |
Current CPC
Class: |
F16M 2200/02 20130101;
F16M 13/02 20130101 |
Class at
Publication: |
248/274.1 |
International
Class: |
A47B 96/07 20060101
A47B096/07 |
Foreign Application Data
Date |
Code |
Application Number |
Jan 7, 2009 |
TW |
098100286 |
Claims
1. A hanger, adapted to be disposed on a surface and hang a
display, the hanger comprising: a main body, providing a trough and
a first aperture, the first aperture penetrating the trough for
hanging the display, and the first aperture having a first broad
portion and a first narrow portion, the width of the first broad
portion being greater than the width of the first narrow portion; a
glide component, disposed in the trough for gliding in the trough
and providing a second aperture, the second aperture having a
second broad portion and a second narrow portion, the width of the
second broad portion being greater than the width of the second
narrow portion; and an adjustable component, connected with the
glide component for adjusting the glide component gliding between a
first position and a second position; wherein the second broad
portion of the second aperture overlaps the first broad portion of
the first aperture when the glide component is located at the first
position, the glide component covers the first broad portion of the
first aperture and the second narrow portion of the second aperture
overlaps the first narrow portion of the first aperture when the
glide component is located at the second position.
2. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the second broad portion and the
second narrow portion are connected with each other, and the shape
of the second aperture is formed as a letter L.
3. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the trough comprises an up side,
a down side, and a bottom side connected between the up side and
the down side, the first aperture penetrates the bottom side, and
each of the up side and the bottom side has a locating block.
4. The hanger of claim 3, wherein each of the up side and the
bottom side has a locating aperture disposed at one side of the
locating block.
5. The hanger of claim 4, wherein the glide component has a sliding
aperture comprising a narrow-long part and a broad open part, the
width of the broad open part is greater than the width of the
narrow-long part, and the locating block is placed in the broad
open part and slid in the narrow-long part when the broad open part
overlaps the locating aperture of the main body.
6. The hanger of claim 3, wherein the trough has an end face
connected with one end of the bottom side and located between the
up side and the down side, and the end face provides an adjustable
aperture for being threaded through by the adjustable
component.
7. The hanger of claim 6, wherein one end of the glide component
provides a third aperture corresponding to the adjustable aperture
of the main body, and the end of the glide component is connected
with one end of the adjustable component.
8. The hanger of claim 7, wherein the adjustable component is
threaded through the adjustable aperture of the main body and
located at the third aperture of the glide component.
9. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the trough is a rectangular
trough, and the glide component is rectangular.
10. The hanger of claim 1 further comprising a fixture, wherein the
fixture is adapted to be fixed on a backboard of the display and to
be screwed by a screw, and the screw is adapted to thread through
the first board portion of the first aperture of the main body, so
as to lodge in the first narrow portion.
11. The hanger of claim 1, wherein the main body provides a
plurality of threaded holes for being screwed by the screws on the
surface to place the glide component between the main body and the
surface.
Description
BACKGROUND OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0001] (1) Field of the Present Invention
[0002] The invention relates to a hanger, and especially relates to
a hanger for hanging a display.
[0003] (2) Description of the Prior Art
[0004] Refer to FIG. 1 for an exploded schematic view showing a
conventional hanger 100. A hanger 100 adapted to hang a display
(not shown) includes two fixtures 110 and two supports 120. The two
fixtures 110 are parallel to one another and disposed on two
supports 120, and the fixtures 110 are perpendicular to the
supports 120. The fixtures 110 are adapted to be disposed on the
display, and the supports 120 are adapted to be disposed on a
surface (not shown).
[0005] Refer to FIG. 1 and FIG. 2 in the meanwhile, the fixtures
110 provide a plurality of threaded holes 115. The supports 120
provide a plurality of tapped holes 125, and the tapped hole 125
has a narrow lodged portion 126. The steps of assembling the hanger
100 are: fixing the supports 120 on the surface; screwing a screw
130 on the threaded holes 115; a head 131 of the screw 130
penetrating through the thread hole 125 as the direction of an
arrow; and a neck 132 of the screw 130 lodging downward in the
lodged portion 126 of the tapped hole 125. The assemblage of the
screw 130 and the tapped hole 125 is shown as FIG. 2. Thus, the
fixtures 110 are able to be fastened on the supports 120.
[0006] However, after the screw 130 lodges in the lodged portion
126 of the tapped hole 125, the screw 130 is still easy to come off
the tapped hole 125 as the direction of the arrow showing in FIG. 2
because there are no locking structure above the screw 130 to block
the screw 130 moving out. Thus, the fixtures 110 separate from the
supports 120 and the display falls from the hanger 100 to result in
injury to the display or staffs when the display hanged on the
fixture 110 is collided or shaken. Above all, how to solve the
problem of the display easily falling from the hanger when the
display collided and how to simplify the assembly of the hanger are
problems in the technology field.
SUMMARY OF THE PRESENT INVENTION
[0007] Accordingly, the invention provides a hanger adapted to a
display to avoid the display falling from the hanger when the
display collided.
[0008] In one aspect, an embodiment of the invention provides a
hanger adapted to be disposed on a surface and hang a display. The
hanger includes a main body, a glide component, and an adjustable
component. The main body provides a trough and a first aperture,
and the first aperture penetrates the trough for hanging the
display. The first aperture has a first broad portion and a first
narrow portion, and the width of the first broad portion is greater
than the width of the first narrow portion. The glide component is
disposed in the trough for gliding in the trough. The glide
component provides a second aperture, and the second aperture has a
second broad portion and a second narrow portion. The width of the
second broad portion is greater than the width of the second narrow
portion. The adjustable component is connected with the glide
component for adjusting the glide component gliding between a first
position and a second position. The second broad portion of the
second aperture overlaps the first broad portion of the first
aperture when the glide component is situated at the first
position; the glide component covers the first broad portion of the
first aperture, and the second narrow portion of the second
aperture overlaps the first narrow portion of the first aperture
when the glide component is situated at the second position.
[0009] In an embodiment, the trough is a rectangular trough, and
the glide component is rectangular. The second broad portion and
the second narrow portion are connected with each other, and the
shape of the second aperture is such as the shape of a letter
"L".
[0010] In an embodiment, the trough includes an up side, a down
side, and a bottom side connected between the up side and the down
side, the first aperture penetrates the bottom side. Each of the up
side and the bottom side has a locating block and a locating
aperture disposed at one side of the locating block. The trough has
an end face connected with one end of the bottom side and is
disposed between the up side and the down side, and the end face
provides an adjustable aperture for being threaded through by the
adjustable component. The glide component has a sliding aperture
including a narrow-long part and a broad open part, and the width
of the broad open part is greater than the width of the narrow-long
part. The locating block is placed in the broad open part and
slides in the narrow-long part when the broad open part overlaps
the locating aperture of the main body.
[0011] One end of the glide component provides a third aperture
corresponding to the adjustable aperture of the main body, and the
end of the glide component is connected with one end of the
adjustable component. The adjustable component is threaded through
the adjustable aperture of the main body and located at the third
aperture of the glide component.
[0012] In an embodiment, the hanger further includes a fixture, the
fixture is adapted to be fixed on a backboard of the display and to
be screwed by a screw, and the screw is adapted to be thread
through the first board portion of the first aperture of the main
body and then to lodge in the first narrow portion. The main body
provides plural threaded holes for being screwed by the screws on
the surface to place the glide component between the main body and
the surface.
[0013] The embodiment or the embodiments of the invention may have
at least one of the following advantages. Compared to the
conventional, the glide component is used to fix the display on the
hanger for solving the problem of the display falling from the
hanger when the display collided; and the adjustable component is
used to adjust the glide component for simplifying the assembly in
the embodiments according to the invention.
[0014] Other objectives, features and advantages of the present
invention will be further understood from the further technological
features disclosed by the embodiments of the present invention
wherein there are shown and described preferred embodiments of this
invention, simply by way of illustration of modes best suited to
carry out the present invention.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS
[0015] FIG. 1 is an exploded schematic view showing a conventional
hanger.
[0016] FIG. 2 is a partially enlarge schematic view showing the
conventional hanger.
[0017] FIG. 3 is an exploded schematic view showing a hanger of the
image according to an embodiment of the invention.
[0018] FIG. 3A is an enlarge schematic view showing a second
aperture of the hanger according to the embodiment of the
invention.
[0019] FIG. 4 is a schematic view showing an assemblage of the
hanger according to the embodiment of the invention.
[0020] FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B are the enlarge schematic views showing
an area D in FIG. 4.
[0021] FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B are the schematic views showing the
hanger applied on a display according to the embodiment of the
invention.
[0022] FIG. 6A is an exploded schematic view showing a hanger
according to another embodiment of the invention.
[0023] FIG. 6B is a partially enlarge schematic view showing the
hanger according to the another embodiment of the invention.
[0024] FIG. 6C and FIG. 6D are respectively a rear view and a front
view showing the hanger according to the another embodiment of the
invention.
[0025] FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing the hanger in FIG. 6A
applied on the display.
DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS
[0026] In the following detailed description of the preferred
embodiments, reference is made to the accompanying drawings which
form a part hereof, and in which is shown by way of illustration
specific embodiments in which the invention may be practiced. In
this regard, directional terminology, such as "top," "bottom,"
"front," "back," etc., is used with reference to the orientation of
the Figure(s) being described. The components of the present
invention can be positioned in a number of different orientations.
As such, the directional terminology is used for purposes of
illustration and is in no way limiting. On the other hand, the
drawings are only schematic and the sizes of components may be
exaggerated for clarity. It is to be understood that other
embodiments may be utilized and structural changes may be made
without departing from the scope of the present invention. Also, it
is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology used
herein are for the purpose of description and should not be
regarded as limiting. The use of "including," "comprising," or
"having" and variations thereof herein is meant to encompass the
items listed thereafter and equivalents thereof as well as
additional items. Unless limited otherwise, the terms "connected,"
"coupled," and "mounted" and variations thereof herein are used
broadly and encompass direct and indirect connections, couplings,
and mountings. Similarly, the terms "facing," "faces" and
variations thereof herein are used broadly and encompass direct and
indirect facing, and "adjacent to" and variations thereof herein
are used broadly and encompass directly and indirectly "adjacent
to". Therefore, the description of "A" component facing "B"
component herein may contain the situations that "A" component
directly faces "B" component directly or one or more additional
components are between "A" component and "B" component. Also, the
description of "A" component "adjacent to" "B" component herein may
contain the situations that "A" component is directly "adjacent to"
"B" component or one or more additional components are between "A"
component and "B" component. Accordingly, the drawings and
descriptions will be regarded as illustrative in nature and not as
restrictive.
[0027] Refer to FIG. 3 for an exploded schematic view showing a
hanger 300 according to an embodiment of the invention. The hanger
300 is adapted to be disposed on a surface (not shown) and hang a
display (not shown). The hanger 300 includes a main body 310, a
glide component 350, and an adjustable component (not shown).
[0028] The main body 310 provides a trough V, and the trough V
includes an up side 312, a down side 313, and a bottom side 314
connected between the up side 312 and the down side 313. In an
embodiment, the trough V is a rectangular trough, and the glide
component 350 is rectangular for being accommodated to the trough
V. The main body 310 provides a first aperture 320 disposed at the
bottom side 314 of the trough V and penetrating the bottom side 314
of the trough V for hanging the display. The first aperture 320 has
a first broad portion 322 and a first narrow portion 321, and the
first broad portion 322 and the first narrow portion 321 are
connected with each other. The width of the first broad portion 322
is greater than the width of the first narrow portion 321. The
shape of the first broad portion 322 is approximately such as
circle and the shape of the first narrow portion 321 is
approximately such as oblong. Each of the up side 312 and the down
side 313 of the trough V has a locating block 330 and a locating
aperture 331, and the locating aperture 331 is disposed at one side
of the locating block 330.
[0029] The main body 310 provides an adjustable aperture 340 and a
plurality of threaded holes 345. The adjustable aperture 340 is
disposed at an end face 311 of the trough V, and the end face 311
is connected with one end of the bottom side 314 and disposed
between the up side 312 and the down side 313. The threaded holes
are disposed at the up side 312 and the down side 313 of the main
body 310 for being threaded by the screw (not shown) to fasten the
main body 310 on the surface.
[0030] The glide component 350 includes a second aperture 360, a
sliding aperture 370, and a third aperture 380. Refer to FIG. 3A
for an enlarge detail showing the second aperture 360 of the
embodiment. The second aperture 360 has a second broad portion 361
and a second narrow portion 362, and the width of the second broad
portion 361 is greater than the width of the second narrow portion
362. In an embodiment, the second broad portion 361 and the second
narrow portion 362 are connected with each other, and the shape of
the second aperture 360 is formed as a letter "L".
[0031] Refer to FIG. 3 and FIG. 4 for a schematic view showing an
assemblage of the hanger 300 of an embodiment of the invention. As
shown in FIG. 3, the sliding aperture 370 includes a broad open
part 371 and a narrow-long part 372, and the broad open part 371 is
connected with the narrow-long part 372. The width of the broad
open part 371 is greater than the width of the narrow-long part
372. When the glide component 350 is glided into the trough V of
the main body 310 as the direction of an arrow, the broad open part
371 overlaps the locating aperture 331 of the main body 310 and
then the locating block 330 is placed into the broad open part 371.
After the glide component 350 is combined with the main body 310 as
FIG. 4 showing, the third aperture 380 is located corresponding to
the adjustable aperture 340 of the main body 310. In this way, the
stick-like adjustable component 390 is threaded through the
adjustable aperture 340 of the main body 310, and one end of the
adjustable component 390 is screwed on the third aperture 380 of
the glide component 350. Another end of the adjustable component
390 has a knob 391, and the adjustable component 390 is rotated by
the turning knob 391 to drive the glide component 350 sliding in
the trough V; simultaneously, the locating block 330 is moved along
in the narrow-long part 372.
[0032] Refer to FIG. 4A and FIG. 4B for enlarge details of an area
D in FIG. 4. One end of the adjustable component 390 is fastened on
the third aperture 380 and is connected with the left end of the
glide component 350. The left end of the glide component 350 is
driven by turning the knob 391 to shift between a first position P1
and a second position P2 in the trough V of the main body 310.
[0033] As shown in FIG. 4, the second broad portion 361 of the
second aperture 360 overlaps the first aperture 320 of the main
body 310 when the left end of the glide component 350 is situated
at the first position P1. The glide component 350 covers the first
broad portion 322 of the first aperture 320, and the second narrow
portion 362 of the second aperture 360 overlaps the first narrow
portion 321 of the first aperture 320 when the left end of the
glide component 350 is situated at the second position P2 (as
direction of the arrow).
[0034] Refer to FIG. 5A and FIG. 5B for the schematic views of the
hanger 300 adapted to hang a display 10 according to an embodiment
of the invention. A backboard 11 of the display 10 is screwed by a
plurality of screws 20. In this embodiment, the number of the screw
20 is four for stabling the display 10 on the hanger 300. Two
fixtures 300 are parallel to each other and disposed on the
backboard 11 of the display 10, and the adjustable component 390 is
shown in right side of the figure.
[0035] As shown in FIG. 5, each screw 20 on the display 10 threads
through the first broad portion 322 of the first aperture 320 and
the second broad portion 361 of the second aperture 360. As shown
in FIG. 4A, FIG. 4B, and FIG. 5, the oblique lines denote the head
of the screw. Each screw 20 lodges in the first narrow portion 321
of the first aperture 320 in FIG. 5, and the glide component 350 is
slid at the second position P2 along the x-axis by the adjustable
component 390 to fasten the screws 20 in the first narrow portion
321 of the first aperture 320.
[0036] Each screw 20 lodges in the first narrow portion 321 of the
first aperture 320 for avoiding the display 10 shifting along the
x-axis of the hanger 300. The screw 20 is fastened in the second
narrow portion 362 of the second aperture 360 by the glide
component 350 for preventing the display 10 falling from the hanger
300 along the y-axis when the display 10 collided.
[0037] As FIG. 6A and FIG. 6B showing, the hanger 400 in FIG. 6A
includes the main body 310, the glide component 350, the adjustable
component 390, and a fixture 30. The fixture 30 is adapted to be
fixed on the backboard 11 of the display 10, and one side of
fixture 30 facing the main body 310 is screwed by a screw 31. The
screw 31 threads through the first broad portion 322 of the first
aperture 320 of the main body 310 and lodges in the first narrow
portion 321. The main body 310 provides a plurality of threaded
holes 345 for being screwed by the screws to fasten the main body
310 on the surface (not shown), and the glide component 350 is
placed between the main body 310 and the surface.
[0038] Refer to FIG. 6C and FIG. 6D respectively for a rear view
(one side near the surface) and a front view showing the assembly
of the hanger 400. Two fixtures 30 are parallel to each other and
disposed on the backboard 11 of the display 10. Two main bodies 310
are parallel to each other and perpendicular to the fixtures 30 for
hanging the fixtures 30 thereon.
[0039] Refer to FIG. 7 for a schematic view of the display 10
hanging on the hanger 400 according to an embodiment of the
invention. The fixtures 30 are screwed on the backboard 11 of the
display 10, and then the screws 31 are fastened on the fixtures 30
for hanging the fixtures 30 on the main body 310. The main body 310
is hanged on the fixture 30 after screwed on the surface; then, the
glide component 350 in the main body 310 is shifted by the
adjustable component 390 to fasten the position of the screw 31 for
avoiding the screw 31 moving arbitrarily.
[0040] In concluding all the disclosure heretofore, the embodiment
or the embodiments aforesaid may have at least one of the following
advantages:
[0041] 1. by means of the glide component 350 being fixed the
display on the hanger for solving the problem of the display
falling from the hanger when the display collided; and
[0042] 2. turning the adjustable component 390 to adjust the glide
component 350 reaching the second position P2 for simplifying the
assembly.
[0043] The foregoing description of the preferred embodiment of the
invention has been presented for purposes of illustration and
description. It is not intended to be exhaustive or to limit the
invention to the precise form or to exemplary embodiments
disclosed. Accordingly, the foregoing description should be
regarded as illustrative rather than restrictive. Obviously, many
modifications and variations will be apparent to practitioners
skilled in this art. The embodiments are chosen and described in
order to best explain the principles of the invention and its best
mode practical application, thereby to enable persons skilled in
the art to understand the invention for various embodiments and
with various modifications as are suited to the particular use or
implementation contemplated. It is intended that the scope of the
invention be defined by the claims appended hereto and their
equivalents in which all terms are meant in their broadest
reasonable sense unless otherwise indicated. Therefore, the term
"the invention", "the present invention" or the like is not
necessary limited the claim scope to a specific embodiment, and the
reference to particularly preferred exemplary embodiments of the
invention does not imply a limitation on the invention, and no such
limitation is to be inferred. The invention is limited only by the
spirit and scope of the appended claims. The abstract of the
disclosure is provided to comply with the rules requiring an
abstract, which will allow a searcher to quickly ascertain the
subject matter of the technical disclosure of any patent issued
from this disclosure. It is submitted with the understanding that
it will not be used to interpret or limit the scope or meaning of
the claims. Any advantages and benefits described may not apply to
all embodiments of the invention. It should be appreciated that
variations may be made in the embodiments described by persons
skilled in the art without departing from the scope of the present
invention as defined by the following claims. Moreover, no element
and component in the present disclosure is intended to be dedicated
to the public regardless of whether the element or component is
explicitly recited in the following claims.
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