Patent ID: 11936144
Assignee: CRESTRON ELECTRONICS, INC.
Field: Electrical machinery, apparatus, energy (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H | IPC H

Claim 11:
12. A swivel mount assembly for rotational mounting of an electronic device to a mounting structure, the swivel mount assembly comprising:
(a) an assembly body configured to be securable about an opening in the mounting structure; and
(b) a rotatable body configured to be inserted, in part, into an opening in the assembly body and to be rotatable about an axis extending through the opening in the mounting structure, the rotatable body comprising:
(1) a plate part disposed above the mounting structure, the plate part having at least one opening formed therein that opens into the opening in the mounting structure,
(2) a plurality of sidewalls each joined at one end thereof to the plate part, at least one of the sidewalls having at least one side aperture formed therein,
(3) at least one roller disposed in the at least one opening in the plate part,
(4) a platform part disposed at an opposing end of each of the plurality of sidewalls and being configured to support the electronic device, and
(5) a hold/release mechanism disposed between the plate part and the platform part, the hold/release mechanism comprising
(A) a flat piece located between the roller and the side aperture and adjacent to one side of a cable,
(B) a cam located between the roller and the side aperture and adjacent to another side of the cable, the cam being rotatable about a pivot,
(C) a spring coupled to the cam and configured to drive the cam to turn about the pivot such that a nose part of the cam presses on the cable and holds it against the flat piece, thereby preventing movement of the cable,
(D) a sliding piece configured to slide in a further opening in one of the plurality of sidewalls, and
(E) a bar coupled at one end to the sliding piece and coupled at another end to the cam such that in response to the sliding piece being moved in the further opening along a first direction, the bar pulls on the cam to turn the nose part away from the cable, thereby allowing the cable to move freely, and in response to the sliding piece moving in the opening along a second direction opposite to the first direction, the nose part of the cam again presses on the cable and holds it against the flat piece, thereby preventing further movement of the cable.