Abstract:
A detachable hanger and a supporting stand with the detachable hanger are disclosed. The supporting stand includes a mount, a support member, an object-fixing structure, and the detachable hanger. The support member is disposed on the mount and includes an engagement structure. The object-fixing structure is disposed on the support member for fixing an object. The detachable hanger includes a hanger part and an engagement part. The engagement part is connected to the hanger part and engaged with the engagement structure in a rotary way. Thereby, the detachable hanger can be detached for storage of the supporting stand; when the supporting stand needs to be used again, the detachable hanger can be engaged onto the support member simply and firmly. Therefore, the invention solves the problem of the inconvenient storage for a conventional supporting stand with an undetachable hanger.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
       [0001]    1. Field of the Invention 
         [0002]    The invention relates to a supporting stand and a hanger for supporting stand, and especially relates to a supporting stand with hanger and a detachable hanger for supporting stand. 
         [0003]    2. Description of the Prior Art 
         [0004]    An LCD monitor for desktop computer is usually fixed by a supporting stand, which generally only provides supporting the monitor. As multimedia applications develop, users prefer wearing a headphone. The headphone has a certain volume, leading to a load on the storage therefor. In a practical application, when the headphone is not in use, the headphone is usually put on a table or a computer host, even or is hanged obliquely on an upper corner of the monitor. However, putting the headphone on the table makes the table chaotic. The headphone put on the computer host falls down easily due to an impact. The headphone is hardly fixed just by being put on the monitor, leading to falling on the table easily. Furthermore, hanging the headphone on the monitor may make the monitor shake slightly; after the hanging, the headphone covers a portion of the screen of the monitor. For this issue, some monitors on sale are equipped with a fixed hanger on the frame thereof for a headphone or other object to hang thereon. However, the fixed hanger is protrusive to the casing of the monitor, which is inconvenient to store the whole displaying equipment (including the monitor and the supporting stand). Moreover, hanging the headphone on the fixed hanger disposed on the frame of the monitor still may make the monitor shake slightly. 
       SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
       [0005]    An objective of the invention is to provide a detachable hanger. A user can easily attach the detachable hanger onto a supporting stand for hanging an object such as a headphone, or can easily detach the detachable hanger from the supporting stand for conveniently storing the supporting stand. 
         [0006]    The detachable hanger of the invention is used for a supporting stand. The supporting stand includes a support member. The support member has an engagement structure. The detachable hanger includes a hanger part and an engagement part. The engagement part is connected to the hanger part and engaged with the engagement structure in a rotary way. Thereby, a user can easily install the detachable hanger on the supporting stand, and an object hanged on the detachable hanger will not affect other objects fixed on the supporting stand, such as monitor. Furthermore, if the supporting stand needs to be stored, the user also can easily detach the detachable hanger from the supporting stand without any extra tool. Therefore, the detachable hanger of the invention can solve the problems in the prior art that the conventional fixed hanger cannot be removed and hanging an object on the fixed hanger may make the monitor (also fixed on the supporting stand) shake. 
         [0007]    Another objective of the invention is to provide a supporting stand having the detachable hanger of the invention. Therefore, a user can easily attach the detachable hanger onto the supporting stand for hanging an object such as a headphone, or can easily detach the detachable hanger from the supporting stand for conveniently storing the supporting stand. 
         [0008]    The supporting stand with hanger of the invention includes a mount, a support member, an object-fixing structure, and a detachable hanger. The support member is disposed on the mount and has an engagement structure. The object-fixing structure is disposed on the support member for fixing an object, such as a monitor. The detachable hanger includes a hanger part and an engagement part . The engagement part is connected to the hanger part and is engaged with the engagement structure in a rotary way. Similarly, the user can easily install the detachable hanger on the supporting stand, and an object hanged on the detachable hanger will not affect the monitor. If the supporting stand needs to be stored, the also can easily detached the detachable hanger from the supporting stand without any extra tool. Therefore, the supporting stand with hanger of the invention can solve the problem in the prior art that it is inconvenient to store the conventional displaying equipment with fixed hanger because the fixed hanger cannot be removed or is difficult to be removed, and the problem that hanging an object on the fixed hanger disposed on the casing of the monitor of the displaying equipment may easily make the monitor shake. 
         [0009]    These and other objectives of the present invention will no doubt become obvious to those of ordinary skill in the art after reading the following detailed description of the preferred embodiment that is illustrated in the various figures and drawings. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0010]      FIG. 1  is a schematic diagram illustrating a displaying equipment of a preferred embodiment according to the invention. 
           [0011]      FIG. 2  is a schematic diagram illustrating a detachable hanger in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0012]      FIG. 3  is a front view of a portion of a back cover of a support member in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0013]      FIG. 4  is a rear view of the portion of the back cover of the support member in  FIG. 1 . 
           [0014]      FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram illustrating the back cover of the support member in  FIG. 4  with being partially sectioned. 
           [0015]      FIG. 6  is a front view of a detachable hanger according to another embodiment. 
           [0016]      FIG. 7  is a side view of a detachable hanger according to another embodiment. 
           [0017]      FIG. 8  is a sectional view of a detachable hanger engaged with a back cover of a support member according to another preferred embodiment according to the invention. 
           [0018]      FIG. 9  is a sectional view of a detachable hanger engaged with a back cover of a support member according to another embodiment according to the invention. 
           [0019]      FIG. 10  is a side view of a detachable hanger according to another preferred embodiment of the invention. 
           [0020]      FIG. 11  is a front view of an engagement structure of the detachable hanger in  FIG. 10 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0021]    Please refer to  FIG. 1 , which is a schematic diagram illustrating a displaying equipment  1  of a preferred embodiment according to the invention. The displaying equipment  1  includes a supporting stand  12 , a detachable hanger  14  installed on the supporting frame  12 , a monitor  16  fixed on the supporting frame  12 . Therein, the detachable hanger  14  and the supporting stand  12  are shown apart in  FIG. 1  so as to illustrate engagement structures therefor. The supporting stand  12  with the detachable hanger  14  is an instance of the supporting stand with hanger of the invention. The supporting stand  12  includes a mount  122 , a support member  124 , and an object-fixing structure  126 . The support member  124  is disposed on the mount  122  and has an engagement structure  1242 . The object-fixing structure  126  is disposed opposite to the engagement structure  1242  on the support member  124 . The monitor  16  is fixed on the supporting stand  12  by the object-fixing structure  126 . The object-fixing structure  126  generally has an adjustment function for disposing the monitor  16  in various angles. The detachable hanger includes a hanger part  142  and an engagement part  144 . The engagement part  144  is connected to the hanger part  142  and is engaged with the engagement structure  1242  in a rotary way. Thereby, the detachable hanger  14  is capable of being detached from the support member  124  for the convenience of storing the displaying equipment  1 . 
         [0022]    Please refer to  FIG. 2 , which is a schematic diagram illustrating the detachable hanger  14 . The engagement part  144  includes a base portion  1442  and three locking portions  1444   a,    1444   b  and  1444   c  disposed on the base portion  1442 . The hanger part  142  is opposite to the locking portions  1444   a,    1444   b  and  1444   c  to be connected to the base portion  1442 . In the embodiment, the detachable hanger  14  is formed in one piece, but the invention is not limited thereto. Furthermore, in the embodiment, the base portion  1442  is provided in circular plate. The three locking portions  1444   a,    1444   b  and  1444   c  are fixedly disposed on the base portion  1442  in a trisection of the circle, so that the engagement force of the engagement part  144  and the engagement structure  1242  is more balanced; however, the invention is not limited thereto. 
         [0023]    Please refer to  FIGS. 3 through 5  together.  FIG. 3  is a front view of a portion of a back cover  1244  of the support member  124 .  FIG. 4  is a rear view of the portion of the back cover  1244  of the support member  124 ; therein, the view point thereof is inside the support member  124 .  FIG. 5  is a schematic diagram illustrating the back cover  1244  of the support member  124  with being partially sectioned; the cutting position is shown as the line X-X in  FIG. 4 . The engagement structure  1242  has three locking portions  12422   a ,  12422   b  and  12422   c  (shown by dashed lines in  FIG. 5 ) and three passages  12424   a,    12424   b  and  12424   c  formed beside the locking portions  12422   a ,  12422   b  and  12422   c  respectively. Thereby, the locking portions  1444   a ,  1444   b  and  1444   c  of the engagement part  144  of the detachable hanger  14  can pass through the passages  12424   a,    12424   b  and  12424   c  to be engaged with the locking portions  12422   a,    12422   b  and  12422   c  respectively. It is added that the engagement structure  1242  is provided with ribs  12426  formed on the walls of the locking portions  12422   a,    12422   b  and  12422   c  and the passages  12424   a,    12424   b  and  12424   c . It is conducive to avoiding jam between the locking portions  1444   a ,  1444   b  and  1444   c  of the engagement part  144  with the engagement structure  1242 , or avoiding inducing excessive friction force during a rotation of the engagement part  144 , which is inconvenient to installation by hand. However, the invention is not limited thereto. 
         [0024]    In the embodiment, for the enhancement of the engagement stability of the detachable hanger  14  with the support member  124 , the locking portion  1444   a  has a positioning recess  14442 , and the engagement structure  1242  has a positioning pillar  12428  at the locking portion  12422   a.  When the locking portion  1444   a  is engaged with the locking portion  12422   a,  the positioning pillar  12428  is locked in the positioning recess  14442 . In practice, a user can have a positioning feeling and judge whether the engagement is completed thereby. Furthermore, the locking portion  1444   a  forms a chamfer structure  14444  at its front portion so that the positioning pillar  12428  can smoothly slide into the positioning recess  14442 . In other words, the locking portions  1444   b  and  1444   c  are hardly engaged with the locking portion  12422   a  because of the absence of the chamfer structure  14444 . Therefore, the positioning pillar  12428  also has a fool-proof effect. In addition, the cross section of the passages  12424   a,    12424   b  and  12424   c  is suitable to be larger than or substantially equal to the profile of the corresponding locking portions  1444   a,    1444   b  and  1444   c,  so that the locking portions  1444   a ,  1444   b  and  1444   c  can smoothly slide into the passages  12424   a,    12424   b  and  12424   c.  It is added that in the embodiment, the locking portion  1444   c  has a thinner and longer appearance than the other locking portions  1444   a  and  1444   b.  The cross section of the passage  12424   c  is obviously larger than the profile of the locking portion  1444   c , while the profile of the locking portion  12422   c  is equal to the profile of the locking portion  1444   c;  therefore, the fool-proof effect still functions here. In practice, the cross section of the passage  12424   c  can be reduced to be substantially equal to the profile of the locking portion  1444   c,  as shown by dashed lines in  FIG. 3 . 
         [0025]    As discussed above, in principle, the locking portions  12422   a ,  12422   b  and  12422   c  of the engagement structure  1242  are usually designed in coordination with the structures of the locking portions  1444   a,    1444   b  and  1444   c  of the detachable hanger  14 , so the structures of the locking portions  1444   a,    1444   b  and  1444   c  are designed to be different in practice, leading to fool-proof effect. Please refer to  FIG. 6 , which is a front view of a detachable hanger  34  according to another embodiment. In the embodiment, the detachable hanger  34  is similar in structure to the detachable hanger  14 . The detachable hanger  34  also includes a hanger part  342  and an engagement part  344 . The main difference is that locking portions  3444   a,    3444   b  and  3444   c  of the engagement part  344  have different extension lengths . Similarly, the locking portions of the engagement structure matching with the locking portions  3444   a,    3444   b  and  3444   c  are modified to have different extension lengths correspondingly, which is not additionally described herein. For simple illustration, the base portion  3442  thereon defines an arc  3446 . The locking portions  3444   a,    3444   b  and  3444   c  extend along the arc  3446  and have different lengths L 1 , L 2  and L 3  respectively. Therefore, the detachable hanger  34  can perform fool-proof effect by the difference between the lengths L 1 , L 2  and L 3 . It is added that in principle, it is sufficient for the fool-proof effect that one of the locking portions  3444   a,    3444   b  and  3444   c  has a different length from others. In addition, the locking portions  3444   a  and  3444   c  of the detachable hanger  34  in  FIG. 1  have different widths W 1  and W 2  along the arc  3446  respectively. Similarly, the detachable hanger  34  can also perform the fool-proof effect by the difference between the widths W 1  and W 2 . 
         [0026]    Please refer to  FIG. 7 , which is a side view of a detachable hanger  54  according to another embodiment. In the embodiment, the detachable hanger  54  is similar in structure to the detachable hanger  14 . The detachable hanger  54  also includes a hanger part  542  and an engagement part  544 . The main difference is that the locking portions  5444   a,    5444   b  and  5444   c  of the engagement part  544  have different protrusive heights. Similarly, the locking portions of the engagement structure matching with the locking portions  5444   a,    5444   b  and  5444   c  are modified to have different protrusive heights correspondingly, which is not additionally described herein. The locking portions  5444   a ,  5444   b  and  5444   c  of the engagement part  544  have different heights H 1 , H 2  and H 3  relative to the base portion  5442  respectively. Therefore, the detachable hanger  54  can perform the fool-proof effect by the difference between the heights H 1 , H 2  and H 3 . Similarly, in principle, it is sufficient for the fool-proof effect that one of the locking portions  5444   a,    5444   b  and  5444   c  has a different height from others. In the above embodiments, all the locking portions are provided on the above fool-proof designs; in a practical application, it is acceptable that one or more of the fool-proof designs are applied. 
         [0027]    In addition, it is added that in the above embodiments, the engagement structure is provided on a design of sinking structure, for example a recess  1246  on a surface  12442  of the back cover  1244  in  FIG. 4 . Therefore, when the detachable hanger is engaged with the engagement structure, the engagement part sinks into the recess completely, keeping the smooth appearance of the back cover. In practice, the engagement structure of the invention can be provided on a design of protrusive structure, but the invention is not limited thereto. 
         [0028]    Please refer to  FIG. 8 , which is a sectional view of a detachable hanger  74  engaged with a back cover  7244  of a support member according to another preferred embodiment according to the invention. The detachable hanger  74  is similar in structure to the detachable hangers  14 ,  34  and  54 . The detachable hanger  74  also includes a hanger part  742  and an engagement part  744 . The main difference is that the engagement part  744  is engaged with an engagement structure  7242  of the back cover  7244  by thread structure. In the embodiment, the support member has a recess  7246  formed on a surface  72442  formed on the back cover  7244 . The engagement structure  7242  is formed in the recess  7246 . A male thread structure  7444  is formed on a base portion  7442  of the engagement part  744 . The engagement structure  7242  has a female thread structure  72422  matching with the male thread structure  7444 . The engagement part  744  sinks into the recess  7246  completely to keep the smooth appearance of the back cover  7244  when the detachable hanger  74  is engaged onto the support member. 
         [0029]    Please refer to  FIG. 9 , which is a sectional view of a detachable hanger  84  engaged with a back cover  8244  of a support member according to another embodiment according to the invention. The detachable hanger  84  is similar in structure to the detachable hanger  74 . The detachable hanger  84  also includes a hanger part  842  and an engagement part  844 . The engagement part  844  is engaged with an engagement structure  8242  formed on the back cover  8244  by thread structure. The support member has a recess  8246  formed on a surface  82442  of the back cover  8244 . The engagement structure  8242  is formed in the recess  8246 . The main difference is that a female thread structure  8444  is formed on a base portion  8442  of the engagement part  844 , while the engagement structure  8242  has a male thread structure  82422  matching with the female thread structure  8444 . The engagement part  844  sinks into the recess  8246  completely to keep the smooth appearance of the back cover  8244  when the detachable hanger  84  is engaged onto the support member. 
         [0030]    It is added that in the above embodiments, the engagement length for the thread structures  7444 ,  72422 ,  8444  and  82422  is about two pitches. Therefore, if the thread structure is single thread structure, one lead is equal to one pitch, and the detachable hangers  74  and  84  need to be rotated by two circles for the complete engagement. If the thread structure is double thread structure, one lead is equal to two pitches, and the detachable hangers  74  and  84  just need to be rotated by one circle for the complete engagement. In other words, if the thread structure is multiple thread structure with more than two threads, the detachable hangers  74  and  84  can be rotated less than one circle for the complete engagement. That is, the engagement length (i.e. two pitches) is less than one lead, which avoids excessive rotating of the user by hand and maintains the strength of multiple thread structure. 
         [0031]    Please refer to  FIG. 10  and  FIG. 11 .  FIG. 10  is a side view of a detachable hanger  94  according to another preferred embodiment of the invention.  FIG. 11  is a front view of an engagement structure  9242  of the detachable hanger  94 . The detachable hanger  94  is similar in structure to the detachable hangers  14 ,  34  and  54 . The detachable hanger  94  also includes a hanger part  942  and an engagement part  944 . The main difference is that the engagement part  944  is engaged with the engagement structure  9242  formed on a back cover  9244  of the support member by guiding slot and guiding pillar. In the embodiment, the engagement part  944  includes a base portion  9442  and two guiding slots formed on the base portion  9442 . The two guiding slots  9444  are oppositely disposed. Because of the limitation by the view of  FIG. 10 , only one guiding slot  9444  is shown in  FIG. 10 . The guiding slot  9444  extends in L-shape and has an open end  94442  and a closed end  94444 . The back cover  9244  thereon forms a recess  9246 . The engagement structure  9242  includes two guiding pillars  92422  oppositely disposed in the recess  9246 . During the engagement of the detachable hanger  94  with the engagement structure  9242 , the engagement part  944  is inserted into the recess  9246 , and the guiding pillars  92422  respectively and simultaneously slide from the open end  94442  of the guiding slot  9444  into the guiding slot  9444  till the closed end  94444  of the guiding slot  9444 . In the embodiment, the guiding slot  9444  includes a positioning protrusion  94446  near the closed end  94444 , so the guiding pillar  92422  is locked between the closed end  94444  and the positioning protrusion  94446  after sliding to the closed end  94444 , which realizes a positioning function. Furthermore, the positioning protrusion  94446  also provides a feeling to the user when the rotation engagement is completed. 
         [0032]    As discussed above, compared with the prior art, the invention uses the design of detachable hanger and rotary attachment and detachment, which is conducive to attaching or detaching the hanger by hand and to storing the support member for the user. Furthermore, the detachable hanger of the invention is disposed on the support member, not on the casing of the conventional monitor, so hanging the object (e.g. headphone) on the hanger does not shake or affect other object (e.g. monitor) fixed on the supporting stand. 
         [0033]    Therefore, the invention can solve the problem in the prior art that it is inconvenient to store the conventional displaying equipment with fixed hanger because the fixed hanger cannot be removed or is difficult to be removed, the problem that hanging an object on the fixed hanger disposed on the casing of the monitor of the displaying equipment may easily make the monitor shake, and the problem that the object hanged on the fixed hanger covers a portion of the screen of the monitor. 
         [0034]    Those skilled in the art will readily observe that numerous modifications and alterations of the device and method may be made while retaining the teachings of the invention. Accordingly, the above disclosure should be construed as limited only by the metes and bounds of the appended claims.