Patent ID: 6883438
Filing Date: 2005-04-26
Classification: D06F,F16M

Abstract:
1. A mounting assembly for mounting a member to a support so that the member is angularly movable from a storage position to a working position, said working position being a predetermined angular displacement in a deployment direction from the storage position, comprising: a first link which, in use, is pivotally mounted to the support at a first end of said first link at a connection point thereof, and which, in use, is pivotally mounted to said member at a second end of said first link; and a second link which, in use, is pivotally mounted to the support at a first end of the second link, at a point on the support below the connection point of the first link, said second link being, in use, pivotally mounted to said member at a second end of the second link; wherein the positions where the first and second links are pivotally attached to the member are spaced apart, so that the first and second links move relative to each other as the member is moved between the storage position and the working position; wherein the first and second links are provided with respective abutment portions, such that the abutment portion of the second link abuts the abutment portion of the first link at the working position of the member, to prevent further relative movement of the first and second links corresponding to the deployment direction and to prevent angular movement of the member past the working position; and wherein in use, at the working position of the member, the second end of the first link and the second and of the second link are both intermediate the first end of the first link and the first end of the second link.