Patent ID: 7854415
Filing Date: 2010-12-21
Classification: F16M,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A support for an electronic display, the support comprising: a base; a bracket coupled to the base and operable to support the electronic display; a motor coupled to the bracket; a shaft coupled to the base and the bracket; and a clutch including a pad engaging the shaft and a biasing member exerting a biasing force on the pad toward the shaft, wherein the bracket is rotatable through a panning motion both by manual manipulation and by the motor, wherein, during activation of the motor, the motor rotates the bracket through the panning motion relative to the shaft, and, during manual rotation of the bracket through the panning motion, the bracket rotates with the shaft, and wherein engagement between the pad and the shaft is sufficient to fix the shaft during activation of the motor and allow rotation of the bracket relative to the shaft and is insufficient to fix the shaft during manual rotation of the bracket and allow rotation of the shaft with the bracket.