Patent ID: 11910913
Assignee: CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.
Field: Furniture, games (Other fields)
Classification: CPC A | IPC A

Claim 3:
4. An apparatus for driving and guiding movement of a display assembly, the apparatus comprising:
a housing having a plurality of walls and a bottom;
a first track disposed within the housing adjacent to one side of the display assembly;
a second track disposed within the housing adjacent to an opposing side of the display assembly,
the first and second tracks defining a path along which the display assembly is driven;

a first pair of pins extending from one side of the display assembly into the first track;
a second pair of pins extending from an opposing side of the display assembly into the second track; and
at least one constant force spring having at one end a coiled part that is rotatably coupled to the display assembly, and an opposing end fastened to a fixed mounting location on the housing, and an uncoiled part extending between the coiled part and the opposing end;
the display assembly including
a display unit, and
an electronics housing separate from the display unit and pivotally coupled at one end to an adjacent end of the display unit, the coiled part of the at least one constant force spring being rotatably coupled to another end of the electronics housing;

the at least one constant force spring being configured to drive the display assembly from a lowered position, in which the display unit and the electronics housing are each disposed entirely within the housing, to a raised position, in which the electronics housing is disposed within the housing and the display unit is at least partially disposed outside the housing, while the first and second pairs of pins travel along the first and second tracks, respectively, which guides movement of the display assembly;
the first and second tracks each including
a straight part that guides the movement of the display unit and the electronics housing along a straight line from the lowered position, and
a curved end part that guides further movement of the display unit and the electronics housing to the raised position and into a tilted orientation.