WO2008125619A1 - Support pliant pour ordinateurs personnels - Google Patents

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WO2008125619A1
WO2008125619A1 PCT/EP2008/054410 EP2008054410W WO2008125619A1 WO 2008125619 A1 WO2008125619 A1 WO 2008125619A1 EP 2008054410 W EP2008054410 W EP 2008054410W WO 2008125619 A1 WO2008125619 A1 WO 2008125619A1
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support
resting
ground
telescopic rod
personal computers
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Gianluca Giorgi
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Mgm Giorgi S.P.A.
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B13/00—Details of tables or desks
    • A47B13/02—Underframes
    • A47B13/023—Underframes with a central column
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B3/00—Folding or stowable tables
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/20—Undercarriages with or without wheels
    • F16M11/24—Undercarriages with or without wheels changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other
    • F16M11/26—Undercarriages with or without wheels changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other by telescoping, with or without folding
    • F16M11/28—Undercarriages for supports with one single telescoping pillar
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M11/00—Stands or trestles as supports for apparatus or articles placed thereon ; Stands for scientific apparatus such as gravitational force meters
    • F16M11/20—Undercarriages with or without wheels
    • F16M11/24—Undercarriages with or without wheels changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other
    • F16M11/38—Undercarriages with or without wheels changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each other by folding, e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A47—FURNITURE; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL
    • A47B—TABLES; DESKS; OFFICE FURNITURE; CABINETS; DRAWERS; GENERAL DETAILS OF FURNITURE
    • A47B2200/00—General construction of tables or desks
    • A47B2200/0011—Underframes
    • A47B2200/002—Legs
    • A47B2200/0021—Tables or desks of the single column type
    • A47B2200/0023—Columnar component for computer, stand or trolley
    • F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
    • F16—ENGINEERING ELEMENTS AND UNITS; GENERAL MEASURES FOR PRODUCING AND MAINTAINING EFFECTIVE FUNCTIONING OF MACHINES OR INSTALLATIONS; THERMAL INSULATION IN GENERAL
    • F16M—FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS
    • F16M2200/00—Details of stands or supports
    • F16M2200/08—Foot or support base

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  • the present invention concerns a foldable support for personal computers. STATE OF THE ART
  • portable personal computers also called notebooks
  • notebooks are in ever more widespread use for the most diversified working activities.
  • anyone happening to conduct his working activity outside his headquarters or office is in frequent need of carrying his notebook along, not merely in order to quickly consult data, utilize applications or offer displays, but also to connect the notebook to machinery or appliances in order to act, through specific programs, on the software governing said machinery or industrial appliances.
  • the high degree of automation already attained by numerous plants and machines, even in the most traditional industrial sectors, makes it possible to electronically control such plants through specific software.
  • the main purpose of the present invention is therefore to furnish a support for portable computers, capable of resolving the drawbacks mentioned above.
  • it is a purpose of the present invention is to furnish a support for portable computers capable of being easily moved from one location to another, while adapting it to the user's requirements according to the circumstances. Moreover, it is an object of the present invention to provide a support for portable computers capable of easily being carried about by its user.
  • a support for personal computers characterized by the fact that it comprises at least one element of resting on the ground and a telescopic rod, associated at a first one of its extremities with said element for resting on the ground, and at the opposite extremity with a supporting element suitable for supporting a portable computer.
  • Figure 1 shows the support for a portable computer according to the present invention in an open configuration
  • Figure 2 shows the support for a computer according to the present invention in a completely closed configuration
  • Figure 3 shows the support for a computer according to the present invention in the same folded configuration of Figure 2, but in a prospective view from the bottom;
  • Figure 4 shows the support for a computer according to the present invention in a configuration suitable for resting on the ground;
  • Figure 5 shows the support for a computer according to the present invention in a configuration in which the telescopic rod is, when opened, in an essentially vertical position
  • Figure 6 shows the support for a computer according to the present invention in a configuration wherein said telescopic rod is extended;
  • Figure 7 shows the support for computers according to the present invention in a configuration wherein the supporting element for the portable computer is in an opened position
  • Figure 8 shows the support for a computer according to the present invention in a final, fully opened configuration.
  • the foldable support 1 for a personal computer comprises an element for resting it on the ground 2, with a telescopic rod 3 attached to the same.
  • This telescopic rod 3 happens to be connected at one extremity to said element for resting on the ground 2, and at the opposite extremity to a supporting element 5 suitable for supporting a portable computer.
  • the telescopic rod 3 is hinged at point 6 to the element for resting on the ground 2, which is essentially conformed like a resting plate.
  • the telescopic rod is formed by a number of rods 3a, 3b and 3 e that can telescopically be slid one into another.
  • the presence of locking means constituted for instance of the threadable ring nuts 3ab, 3bc between one rod and the other allows adjusting the length of the telescopic rod 3.
  • the height of the supporting element 5 for the portable computer from the ground can thus be varied according to the needs of the user.
  • the telescopic rod 3 thus happens to be capable of being shortened and folded on said element for resting on the ground 2.
  • a fixed matching element not shown in the figures presents the telescopic rod 3 from leaning in the opposite direction.
  • the locking means 4 can be appropriately disengaged from said telescopic rod 3, so as to allow it to be folded against said elements for resting on the ground 2 only when needed and after an intervention by the user.
  • said locking means are constituted of a push-button type matching element 4, the same may in particular be mounted on an elastic element, for instance on a helical spring, so as to be capable of being disengaged from a contact with the telescopic rod 3 only after an intervention by the user.
  • the locking means are constituted of a push-button type matching with element 4, suitable for being invisibly withdrawn into an appropriate opening or recess provided in said element for resting on the ground 2, between said resting element 2 and said pushbutton-type matching element 4, by acting on an elastic element not represented in the figures.
  • said pushbutton-type matching element 4 is pushed by the elastic element into the engaging element shown in Figure 1.
  • the matching element 4 being as mentioned kept in a position engaged with the telescopic rod 3 by said elastic means acting between said element for resting on the ground 2 and said matching element 4, prevents the telescopic rod 3 from folding over said element for resting on the ground 2, while ensuring that the rod 3 remains in an essentially vertical position with respect to said element for resting on the ground 2.
  • the locking means will likewise act between the terminal element 3c of said telescopic rod 3 and the sustaining element 5 for the portable computer.
  • These locking means are not evidenced in the figures but can be constituted of a System similar to that previously described for the matching element 4, which acts between the telescopic rod 3 and the element for resting on the ground 2.
  • the support for a portable computer as an object of this invention may not only be adjusted by the telescopic rod 3 so as to allow emplacing the computer at different heights from the ground, but can also be folded so as to be easily transported, as better described in the following.
  • the element for resting on the ground 2 also comprises a number of resting feet 2a, 2b, 2c, 2d.
  • These resting feet are advantageously hinged to said element for resting on the ground 2, so as to be folded in appropriate seats provided in the lower portion of said element for resting on the ground 2, as shown for instance in the figures 2 and 3, and extracted if needed as shown for instance in the figures from 4 to 6 for the purpose of increasing the stability of resting the said element 2 on the ground.
  • the supporting element 5 for the portable computer may advantageously be equipped with a number of sustaining arms 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d hinged to the same.
  • the sustaining arms 5a, 5b, 5c, 5d may also be folded in appropriate seats provided on said sustaining elements 5, as shown for instance in Figure 2, for the purpose of reducing the overall encumbrance of the resting element to ease its transport, and can if needed be extracted as shown in Figure 1 , in order to increase the resting surface for the portable computer, so as to render this resting device more stable.
  • Additional matching elements 8, visible in Figure 1 may advantageously be provided at the rim of said supporting element 5, so as to match with the said portable computer and prevent the portable computer from accidentally sliding off said supporting element 5.
  • the support for portable computers according to the present invention can therefore be opened and folded as follows.
  • the support for portable computers can be rested on the ground by extracting its supporting legs 2a, 2b, 2c and 2d and attaining the configuration in Figure 4.
  • the telescopic rod 3 is raised to an essentially vertical position with respect to the element resting it on the ground 2, until the locking means formed by the pushbutton element 4 matches with said telescopic rod 3, keeping it stably in an essentially vertical position.
  • a fixed matching element not shown in the figures matches with the rod 3 at its frontal portion, thereby helping to hold the rod 3 in a vertical position.
  • the supporting element 5 is still folded against the telescopic rod 3.
  • the telescopic rod 3 is extended by extracting the rods 3a, 3b and 3 e to their full length or according to the user's requirements, then acting on the locking means of the rods 3ab and 3bc in order to lock the telescopic rod 3 in the desired configuration.
  • Figure 7 shows the following phase, in which the supporting element 5 is opened while taking it to an essentially horizontal position, and the resting arms 5a, 5b and 5c are finally extracted as shown in the subsequent Figure 8, thus achieving the final configuration in which the support for portable computers according to the present invention is fully open and ready for use.
  • the order of performing the operations of opening the support from the folded position described to this point may be varied by the user.
  • the support according to the present invention may be usefully stored in the same bag used for carrying the portable computer, provided the same is fitted with an appropriate pocket.
  • the support for a portable computer according to the present invention can, once folded, be conveniently transported by connecting it to the lower rim of a portable computer carrying bag.
  • the support may in this manner act as a resting element for the bag containing the computer whenever the same is rested on the ground, thus achieving the result of rendering the support more stable and reliable.
  • the support for portable computers according to the present invention allows to achieve the advantages aimed for, and to overcome the drawbacks left unresolved by the devices of the same type already known at the state of the art. It has in particular been shown that the support for portable computers according to this invention achieves its purpose of being easily transported and set up by the user according to his needs, because it is endowed with a very lightweight and compact construction.
  • a further scope achieved by the present invention is of providing a foldable support for portable computers so as to be easily put away in a bag or connected to the bottom of an appropriately formed bag.
  • the support for portable, computers according to this invention also allows the user to set up his computer at various heights, as the computer is adjustable in height depending on the requirements.
  • an advantage secured by the support in accordance with the present invention is of favoring an optimum cooling condition of the portable computer, owing to the fact that the portable computer's resting surface is especially conceived to avoid obstructing the circulation of air.

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La présente invention concerne un support pliant pour ordinateurs personnels. Le support pliant (1) selon la présente invention comprend au moins un élément destiné à reposer sur le sol (2) et une tige télescopique (3), ladite tige télescopique (3) étant associée par une première extrémité audit élément destiné à reposer sur le sol (2) et par son extrémité opposée à un élément de support (5) adapté pour soutenir un ordinateur personnel. Le support pliant tel que revendiqué peut être transporté et monté facilement par l'utilisateur selon ses besoins, car il présente une construction compacte et de très faible poids.
PCT/EP2008/054410 2007-04-13 2008-04-11 Support pliant pour ordinateurs personnels WO2008125619A1 (fr)

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CN106764296A (zh) * 2017-03-28 2017-05-31 宁波渠成进出口有限公司 便携式笔记本支架
CN108692147A (zh) * 2017-03-31 2018-10-23 德国亚虹实业有限公司 支架，特别是用于便携式电脑或笔记本电脑的支架
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CN106764296A (zh) * 2017-03-28 2017-05-31 宁波渠成进出口有限公司 便携式笔记本支架
CN106764296B (zh) * 2017-03-28 2019-07-09 宁波渠成进出口有限公司 便携式笔记本支架
CN108692147A (zh) * 2017-03-31 2018-10-23 德国亚虹实业有限公司 支架，特别是用于便携式电脑或笔记本电脑的支架
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