| US 7,497,408 B2 | ||
| Monitor apparatus | ||
| Jeong-su Lim, Suwon (Korea, Republic of); and Sang-kyeong Ha, Suwon (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Assigned to Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-Si (Korea, Republic of) | ||
| Filed on Mar. 30, 2004, as Appl. No. 10/812,011. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 10-2003-0022444 (KR), filed on Apr. 09, 2003. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2004/0203282 A1, Oct. 14, 2004 | ||
| Int. Cl. E04G 3/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 248—284.1 [248/123.11; 248/281.11; 248/280.11; 248/292.11; 248/292.13; 248/371; 361/681] | 34 Claims |
| 1. A monitor apparatus including a monitor, and a base to support the monitor, comprising:
a first link provided between the monitor and the base;
a second link provided between the monitor and the base, and adjacent to the first link;
a base bracket, combined to the base, the base bracket having first and second lower supporting parts to rotatably support
lower parts of the first and second links, respectively;
a connecting bracket rotatably combined to the monitor, the connecting bracket having first and second upper supporters to
be rotatably connected with upper parts of the first and second links, respectively, and a monitor coupler spaced from the
first and second upper supporters, and rotatably combined to the monitor, wherein none of the first and second upper supporters
and the monitor coupler are in axial alignment with each other and the monitor is tilted with respect to the connecting bracket
to adjust a tilting angle of the monitor; and
a first spring interposed between the first link and the first lower supporting part, to elastically bias the first link upward
with respect to the base,
wherein the first spring comprises a torsion spring having a first end coupled to the first lower supporting part, and a second
end coupled to the first link.
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