Patent ID: 7516935
Filing Date: 2009-04-14
Classification: F16M,G06F,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A stand for retaining a chassis, the stand comprising: a base frame for supporting the chassis thereon, the base frame comprising a pair of levers and a beam connecting one end of each of the levers; a pair of clamping arms for sandwiching the chassis therebetween; a pair of pivoting members, each of the pivoting members comprising a linking portion and a pivoting portion, the linking portions connected to the clamping arms respectively, the pivoting portions pivotally connected to two ends of the base frame respectively, each pivoting portion comprising a device by which the clamping arms capable of being turned to a position and kept in the position; and a pair of connecting members, each of the connecting members comprising a first connecting portion and a second connecting portion, the first connecting portion connected to the other end of the corresponding lever, and the second connecting portion connected to the pivoting portion of the corresponding pivoting member, wherein the second connecting portion of each of the connecting members comprises a plurality of elastic locating portions extending out from a free end thereof in a direction parallel with an axis of the second connecting portion, a protrusion is formed on an outer side of each of the locating portions, the pivoting portion of each of the pivoting members comprises a plurality of latching slots, the locating portions of each of the connecting members are inserted into the corresponding pivoting portion, and the protrusions engage in the corresponding latching slots to selectively locate the clamping arms in different locations.