TW202144698A - Quick release stand - Google Patents

Abstract

The present invention discloses a quick release stand that includes a supporting frame, an assembly portion supported by the supporting frame, and a fastener disposed on the assembly portion. The assembly portion can be assembled into an assembly slot of an electronic device, or detached from the assembly slot. The fastener includes a moving block, a latching block and an arched sheet. The moving block has a first side and a second side, and is able to move in between a locked position and an unlocked position on the assembly portion. The latching block is connected to the first side of the moving block, and when the assembly portion is assembled into the assembly slot of the electronic device, the latching block is able to move into a fastening hole of the assembly slot when the moving block reaches the locking position, and detach itself from the fastening hole when the moving block reaches the unlocking position. The arched sheet is connected to the second side of the moving block and the pressed against an abutting wall of the assembly portion.

Description

Quick release tripod

The invention relates to a tripod for a TV screen or a computer screen, in particular to a quick-release tripod.

There are many types of tripods for TV screens or computer screens. In order to facilitate transportation, the tripod is usually designed in a quick-release form to facilitate disassembly and assembly, which is the so-called quick-release tripod.

The existing quick-release tripods have always had the problems of complex structure and difficult assembly, especially in the parts of the fasteners responsible for locking and unlocking, which have been lacking in good design for a long time, so that the aforementioned problems have not been effectively improved, resulting in high manufacturing costs. .

In view of the problems of complex structure and difficult assembly of the conventional quick-release tripod, the present invention provides a quick-release tripod suitable for an electronic device. The electronic device has a back shell, and the quick-release tripod includes a support frame, which is composed of An assembly part supported by the support frame and a fastener arranged on the assembly part. The assembling part can be assembled to an assembling groove of the back shell or detached from the assembling groove. The fastener includes a moving block, a hook block and an arched elastic piece. The moving block has a front side, a rear side, a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and can move back and forth between a locking position and an unlocking position on the assembly part. The hook block is connected to the first side of the moving block, and when the assembling part is assembled to the assembly groove of the back shell, the hook block can enter the assembly groove when the moving block reaches the locking position a button hole, and can be disengaged from the button hole when the moving block reaches the unlocking position. The arched elastic piece has two ends and an arched segment between the two ends, the two ends are respectively connected to the second side of the moving block, and an inner side of the arched segment is connected to the moving block. An interval is formed between the second side edges of the block, and an outer side surface of the arcuate segment abuts against a abutment surface of the assembling portion.

In one embodiment, the above-mentioned fastener of the present invention is integrally formed by elastic plastic material.

In one embodiment, the electronic device includes a fixing plate fixed on the back shell and located behind the assembling slot, the fastener of the present invention includes a magnet capable of magnetically attracting the fixing plate, and the magnet is arranged on the moving block or this tick.

In one embodiment, the magnet of the present invention is located in a groove of the hook of the fastener.

In one embodiment, the hook block of the above-mentioned fastener of the present invention has a small blocking piece facing the front side of the moving block, the magnet has an exposed portion exposed from the cavity of the hook block, and the exposed portion is exposed. A portion is sandwiched between the small flap and the front side of the moving block.

In one embodiment, the assembly groove of the back case of the electronic device has a thick wall and a thin wall connected to the position corresponding to the fastener of the present invention, and the thick wall faces the moving block of the fastener of the present invention, The thin wall faces the magnet on the hook of the fastener of the present invention and covers the moving range of the magnet, and a front end of the hook abuts against the thin wall of the assembling slot.

In one embodiment, the fixing plate of the electronic device further has a hole therethrough. When the moving block of the fastener of the present invention is located at the unlocking position, the magnet is facing the hole on the fixing plate.

In one embodiment, the assembling portion of the present invention includes a casing and an assembling plate. The casing has a back plate, a plurality of side plates respectively disposed on each side of the back plate and protruding forward, and an opening defined by the side plates, wherein one side plate has a side hole passing through, and the other side plate is provided with a hole. One side plate is located opposite the one side plate, and the side hole overlaps the button hole of the assembling groove after the assembling part is assembled to the assembling groove of the back shell. The assembling plate is fixed on the casing and covers the opening of the casing, and the assembling plate also has a hook and a notch extending forward, the hook is adjacent to the other side plate of the casing and A hook hole that can be hooked into the assembly groove, the gap is communicated with the side hole of the casing, and the hook block of the fastener can move in the gap.

In one embodiment, the back plate of the casing of the assembling portion of the present invention has a window hole therethrough, the rear side of the moving block of the fastener has a push portion, and the push portion is exposed to the back plate on the window.

In one embodiment, the thickness of the arched elastic piece of the fastener of the present invention is one of 0.7 to 1.2 mm.

Compared with the prior art, the quick-release tripod of the present invention can not only be quickly assembled to or detached from the electronic device, but also has a simple structure and easy assembly, which is helpful for cost reduction, especially the fastener has a simple structure and is easy to use. The plastic injection method produces a one-piece structure. In addition, with the arrangement of the magnet, the moving block can be positioned at the locking position to ensure that the hook block will not move arbitrarily.

FIG. 1 shows a preferred embodiment of the quick-release tripod of the present invention, which includes a support frame 1 , an assembly portion 2 supported by the support frame 1 , and a fastener 3 disposed on the assembly portion 2 . As shown in FIG. 2 , the quick release stand is suitable for supporting an electronic device 4 , such as a computer screen or a TV screen, but not limited thereto. The electronic device 4 includes a back case 41, the back case 41 has an assembly groove 411, and the assembly part 2 can be assembled to the assembly groove 411 of the back case 41 or detached from the assembly groove 411. In this embodiment:

As shown in FIG. 2 and FIG. 3 , the assembly slot 411 on the back shell 41 has a bottom wall 410 , a first side wall 412 vertically connected to the bottom wall 410 and facing each other, and a button hole 414 passing through the first side wall 412 , and a hook hole 415 extending through the bottom wall 410 and adjacent to the second side wall 413 . Among them, there are preferably two hook holes 415 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the assembly part 2 includes a casing 21 usually made of plastic and an assembly plate 22 usually made of iron. The casing 21 has a back plate 211 , a plurality of side plates 212 - 215 respectively disposed on each side of the back plate 211 and protruding forward, and an opening 216 defined by the side plates 212 - 215 . One side plate 212 has a side hole 217 therethrough, and the other side plate 213 is located opposite to the one side plate 213 . The assembly plate 22 is combined with the casing 21 and covers the opening 216 of the casing 21 , and the combination method can be selected from screwing, snap-fitting or other methods. In addition, the assembly board 22 also has a hook 221 protruding forward, and as shown in FIG. 1 and FIG. The hook hole 415 of the wall 410. The number of the hooks 221 corresponds to the hook holes 415 , preferably two.

As shown in FIG. 6 , a user hooks the hooks 221 on the assembly plate 22 of the assembly part 2 into the hook holes 415 of the bottom wall 410 of the assembly groove 411 , and then pushes the housing 21 of the assembly part 2 into the assembly groove. In 411, the assembly of the assembly part 2 and the assembly groove 411 is completed. At this time, the side hole 217 on the assembly part 2 overlaps the button hole 414 in the assembly groove 411, and the hook 221 is hooked into the hook hole 415 for assembly. The part 2 will be temporarily fixed in the assembly groove 411 without falling out arbitrarily. However, since the fastener 3 is in an unlocked state at this time, the user can still remove the assembling portion 2 from the assembling slot 411 under the reverse operation.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG. 5 , the fastener 3 includes a moving block 31 disposed on the assembly part 2 and capable of moving on the assembly part 2 , a hook block 32 connected to a first side 311 of the moving block 31 , and The arcuate elastic piece 33 is connected to a second side edge 312 of the moving block 31 . The first side 311 and the second side 312 of the moving block 31 are opposite to each other, and the moving block 31 also has a front side 313 and a rear side 314 . The hook block 32 moves with the movement of the moving block 31 , and there are preferably two hook blocks 32 . The arched elastic piece 33 has two ends 331 and an arched segment 332 located between the two ends 331. The two ends 331 are separated by a certain distance and are respectively connected to the second side 312 of the moving block 31. A space 333 is formed between an inner side surface and the second side edge 312 of the moving block 31 , and an outer side surface of the arched segment 332 abuts against a contact surface 218 a on the back plate 211 of the housing 21 of the assembly part 2 . In this embodiment, the abutting surface 218 a is a bottom side surface of a wall panel 218 on the back panel 211 . The thickness of the arched elastic piece 33 is preferably one of 0.7 to 1.2 mm. In addition, the distance between the two ends 331 of the arched elastic piece 33 is equal to a vertex of the arched segment 332 and the second of the moving block 31 . 1.5 to 2.5 times the distance between the sides 312.

FIGS. 6 and 7 show the fastener 3 in the unlocked state. At this time, the moving block 31 has been located in the unlocked position shown in the figures, and the hook block 32 has been disengaged from the button hole 414 in the assembly slot 411 and retracted. into the side hole 217 of the assembling part 2 , so that the assembling part 2 is in a state of being detachable from the assembling groove 411 , at this time, the assembling part 2 can be easily detached from the assembling groove 411 , so as to achieve the quick detachment of the electronic device 4 The purpose of the invention of the quick-release tripod.

FIGS. 8 and 9 show the fastener 3 in a locked state. At this time, the moving block 31 is in a locked position as shown in the figure, and the hook block 32 has protruded out of the side hole 217 on the assembly part 2 and Entering into the button hole 414 in the assembling slot 411, the assembling part 2 is locked in the assembling slot 411 and cannot be detached. At this time, the quick assembly of the electronic device 4 and the quick-release tripod of the present invention is completed.

Since the moving block 31 is pushed by the user from the locking position to the unlocking position, the arched elastic piece 33 will be compressed and deformed, as shown in FIGS. An elastic force is accumulated, so as long as the user releases the moving block 31 , the moving block 31 will be rebounded and moved to the locking position due to the elastic force. When the moving block 31 is at the locking position, the arched elastic piece 33 still provides a moderate elastic force under the support of the abutting surface 218a, so as to maintain the state of the moving block 31 at the locking position and ensure that the hook block 32 will not be disengaged arbitrarily The button hole 414 of the assembly groove 411 is assembled.

As can be seen from the above description, the moving block 31 of the fastener 3 can linearly move back and forth between the lock position and the release position, and the hook block 32 that moves synchronously with the moving block 31 can reach the lock at the moving block 31 When the moving block 31 reaches the unlocking position, it enters into the button hole 414 of the assembling slot 411, and when the moving block 31 reaches the unlocking position, it disengages from the button hole 414, so as to determine whether the assembling part 2 can be detached from the assembling slot. In addition, because the structure of the fastener 3 is simple, it is easy to manufacture the fastener 3 integrally formed by plastic injection. ABS thermoplastic is preferred.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 5 , in order to facilitate the user to push the moving block 31 of the fastener 3 , the fastener 3 further includes a pushing portion 35 , and the pushing portion 35 is connected to the rear side 314 of the moving block 31 and exposed to the assembling portion. A window 219 on the back plate 21 of 2. In this embodiment, the push portion 35 is a push button, but not limited thereto. For example, the push portion 35a shown in FIG. 10 is a groove, and a tool 351 (such as a screwdriver) is used to remove the Pushing one side wall of the groove can also push the moving block 31 .

Preferably, the front side 313 and the rear side 314 of the moving block 31 of the fastener 3 each have a plurality of protruding ribs 36 parallel to the moving direction, so as to reduce the number of the moving block 31 and the assembly plate 22 and the back plate 210 of the assembly part 2 . contact area between to reduce the resistance when moving.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 4 , the assembling plate 22 of the assembling part 2 also has a gap 222 , the gap 222 communicates with the side hole 217 of the housing 21 , and the hook 32 of the fastener 3 can move in the gap 222 .

As shown in FIG. 11 , the electronic device 4 usually further includes a fixing plate 42 made of iron. The fixing plate 42 is fixed on the back shell 41 and is located behind the assembly slot 411 , and the fixing plate 42 has a through hole 421 , and the through hole 421 . 421 is preferably two and overlaps the hook holes 415 of the back shell 41 . As shown in FIG. 6 , the hooks 221 on the assembly part 2 not only hook into the hook holes 415 of the back shell 41 , but also pass through the through holes 421 of the fixing plate 42 and hook on a back surface of the fixing plate 42 .

As shown in FIG. 4 , the fastener 3 further includes a magnet 34 capable of magnetically attracting the fixing plate 42 . The magnet 34 can be disposed on the moving block 31 or the hook block 32 . Preferably, the magnet 34 is a slot 37 disposed on the hook block 32 . In this embodiment, there are two hooks 32 and each has a slot 37 for arranging two magnets. More preferably, each hook block 32 also has a small blocking piece 38 facing the front side 313 of the moving block 31, and each magnet 34 has an exposed part exposed from the groove 37 of the hook block 32, and the exposed part is It is sandwiched between the small stop 38 and the front side 313 of the moving block. As shown in FIG. 9 , the moving block 31 is surely positioned at the locking position by the attraction force of the magnet 34 to magnetically attract the fixing plate 42 to ensure that the hook block 32 does not move arbitrarily.

Preferably, as shown in FIG. 6 and FIG. 9 , the bottom wall 410 of the assembly groove 411 of the back shell 41 has a thick wall 416 and a thin wall 417 connected to the position corresponding to the fastener 3 , and the thick wall 416 faces the movement. In the block 31 , the thin wall 417 faces the magnet 34 on the hook block 32 and covers the moving range of the magnet 34 . Since the thickness of the thin wall 417 is very thin, it has little influence on the attractive force of the magnet 34 to magnetically attract the fixing plate 42 .

In addition, as shown in FIG. 12 , the fixing plate 42 preferably also has a hole 422 penetrating through it. When the moving block 31 of the fastener 3 is in the unlocking position, the hole 422 is facing the magnet 34 , so that the magnet 34 is opposite to the fixing plate. The magnetic attraction force of 42 is weakened and it is easy to be released from the fixing plate 42 , which will help the moving block 31 to return from the unlocking position to the locking position smoothly, and reduce the load of the arched elastic piece 33 rebounding and pushing the moving block 31 .

To sum up, the quick-release tripod of the present invention can not only be quickly assembled to or detached from the electronic device 4 , but also has a simple structure and is easy to assemble, which is helpful for cost reduction, especially the fastener 3 is simple in structure and easy to use The plastic injection method produces a one-piece structure. In addition, the clasp 3 also ensures that the moving block 31 is positioned at the locking position by the arrangement of the magnet 34, so as to ensure that the hook block 32 does not move arbitrarily.

1: Support frame 2: Assembly Department 21: Shell 211: Backplane 212 to 215: side panels 216: Opening 217: Side hole 218a: Abutment surface 218: Wall Panels 219: Window hole 22: Assembly Board 221: hook 222: Notch 3: Fasteners 31: Moving Blocks 311: First side 313: Front side 314: rear side 312: Second side 32: Hook block 33: Arched shrapnel 331: Both ends 332: Arched Segment 333: Interval 34: Magnets 35, 35a: push section 351: Tools 36: Ribs   37: Container 38: Small baffle 4: Electronic device 41: back shell 411: Assembly slot 410: Bottom Wall 412: First side wall 413: Second side wall 414: button hole 415: Hook hole 416: Thick Wall 417: Thin Wall 42: Fixed plate 421: Perforation 422: Hole

FIG. 1 shows a perspective view of a preferred embodiment of the quick release tripod of the present invention. FIG. 2 shows a perspective view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention and a matching electronic device. FIG. 3 shows a partial enlarged view of the electronic device. FIG. 4 shows an exploded perspective view of the assembly part and the fastener according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 5 shows a perspective view of the fastener according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 6 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention when the fastener is in an unlocked state. FIG. 7 shows a plan view of the fastener according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in the unlocked state. FIG. 8 shows a plan view of the fastener according to the preferred embodiment of the present invention in a locked state. FIG. 9 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention when the fastener is in the locked state. FIG. 10 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention when another fastener is in the locked state. FIG. 11 shows a perspective view of the back shell and the fixing plate of the electronic device matched with the preferred embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 12 shows a partial cross-sectional view of the preferred embodiment of the present invention when the fastener is in the unlocked state.

1: Support frame

2: Assembly Department

21: Shell

22: Assembly Board

221: hook

3: Fasteners

Claims (10)

A quick-release tripod is suitable for an electronic device. The electronic device includes a back shell with an assembly slot, and the quick-release tripod includes: a support frame; an assembling portion supported by the support frame and capable of being assembled to or detached from the assembling groove of the back shell; and A fastener is arranged on the assembling part, and includes: A moving block has a front side, a rear side, and a first side and a second side opposite to each other, and can be linearly located between a locking position and an unlocking position on the assembly part move back and forth; a hook connected to the first side of the moving block, and when the assembling part is assembled to the assembling slot of the back shell, the hook can enter the assembly when the moving block reaches the locking position a button hole in the slot and can be disengaged from the button hole when the moving block reaches the unlocked position; and An arched elastic piece has two ends and an arched segment between the two ends, the two ends are respectively connected to the second side of the moving block, and an inner side of the arched segment is connected to the second side of the moving block. A space is formed between the second side edges of the moving block, and an outer side surface of the arched section abuts against a abutting surface of the assembling portion. The quick-release tripod according to claim 1, wherein the fastener is integrally formed with an elastic plastic material. The quick-release tripod of claim 1, wherein the electronic device comprises a fixing plate fixed on the back shell and located behind the assembling slot, the fastener comprises a magnet capable of magnetically attracting the fixing plate, the magnet Set on the moving block or the hook block. The quick-release tripod according to claim 3, wherein the magnet is located in an accommodating slot of the hook block of the fastener. The quick-release tripod of claim 4, wherein the hook block has a small block facing the front side of the moving block, the magnet has an exposed portion exposed from the accommodating groove of the hook block, the The exposed portion is sandwiched between the small flap and the front side of the moving block. The quick-release tripod according to claim 5, wherein the assembly groove of the back shell has a thick wall and a thin wall connected to the position corresponding to the fastener, the thick wall faces the moving block, and the thin wall Facing the magnet on the hook and covering the moving range of the magnet, a front end of the hook abuts against the thin wall of the assembling slot. The quick-release tripod according to claim 6, wherein the fixing plate further has a through hole, and when the moving block of the fastener is at the unlocking position, the hole is facing the magnet. The quick-release tripod according to claim 1, wherein the assembling part comprises: A shell has a back plate, a plurality of side plates respectively disposed on each side of the back plate and protruding forward, and an opening defined by the side plates, wherein one side plate has a side hole passing through, The other side plate is located opposite to the one side plate, and the side hole overlaps the button hole of the assembling groove after the assembling portion is assembled to the assembling groove of the back shell; and An assembling board is fixed on the casing and covers the opening of the casing, wherein the assembling board also has a hook and a notch extending forward, and the hook is adjacent to the other side of the casing The side plate can be hooked into a hook hole in the assembling slot, the gap is communicated with the side hole of the casing, and the hook block of the fastener can move in the gap. The quick-release tripod according to claim 8, wherein the back plate of the housing of the assembling portion has a window hole therethrough, the rear side of the moving block of the fastener has a pushing portion, the pushing portion exposed to the aperture on the backplane. The quick-release tripod according to claim 2, wherein the thickness of the arched elastic piece of the fastener is one of 0.7 to 1.2 mm.

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