Patent ID: 8469323

Claim:
A monitor support assembly having an internal cable raceway, said assembly comprising: means for mounting said assembly to a desk having an internal passage therethrough sized to accommodate at least one cable terminating in a connector or plug; pivoting means for mounting a monitor to said assembly, said pivoting means for adapted for horizontal and vertical pivotal motion of the monitor; quick-release means for mounting the monitor to said assembly in a plurality of orientations including landscape and portrait orientations; and a first rotatable joint between said means for mounting and said pivoting means, said joint including a passage through which at least one cable terminating in a connector or plug can pass without disassembly of said support assembly; wherein said first joint provides rotational motion about the cables; wherein said quick-release means comprises: a protruding portion matable with a monitor mounting portion, said protruding portion having a circumferential groove therein and an end; and a clip having an opening with a wider portion sized to fit over said end of said protruding portion and a narrower portion sized to engage with said protruding portion in said groove to maintain said monitor mounting portion in a mated configuration with said protruding portion, said quick-release clip also comprising a quick-release mechanism.