Monitor Arm Latch Assembly for Easy Vertical Height Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current monitor arms are not easily vertically adjustable, leading to muscle strain due to the need for head tilting, and existing solutions like gas springs or clamps are unreliable or difficult to use.
Innovation Solution
A height adjustable monitor arm assembly with indented rings and a latch mechanism, combined with an actuator for a resilient member, allowing for easy vertical adjustment and secure mounting of monitor arms to a post arm, enabling both vertical and horizontal adjustment of monitors.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a clamp or set screw is used for vertical adjustment, then the monitor arm can be fixed in position, but it requires a tool and great force to adjust due to weight and friction
Solution Approach 1:
The patent replaces the traditional clamp or set screw mechanical system with a latch mechanism that engages with indented rings. This substitution eliminates the need for tools and excessive force, allowing simple manual operation while maintaining secure fixation of the monitor arm at desired heights.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces indented rings as intermediary elements along the vertical post arm. These rings serve as engagement points for the latch mechanism, enabling discrete height positions without requiring continuous adjustment against friction and weight, thus simplifying the adjustment operation.
2Ease of operation
If gas spring is used for vertical adjustment, then the monitor arm can be adjusted vertically, but the gas spring is difficult to adjust correctly and unreliable over time
Solution Approach 1:
The patent segments the vertical adjustment range into discrete positions marked by indented rings along the post arm. Instead of relying on a continuous gas spring mechanism that requires precise adjustment, the system divides the adjustment space into fixed segments, each engageable by the latch mechanism, ensuring reliable positioning without complex adjustment procedures.
3Device complexity
If monitor arm is fixed vertically, then the structure is simple, but the user experiences muscle strain from head tilting
Solution Approach 1:
The patent transforms the static fixed vertical position into a dynamic adjustable system. The monitor arm can be easily moved between multiple discrete height positions using the latch mechanism, allowing users to adjust the display to eye level and eliminate muscle strain while maintaining structural simplicity.
Applied Scientific Principles
This section explains which scientific principles are used to turn an abstract innovation direction into a practical engineering solution.
Function Achieved in This Case
The solution provides comfortable and easy height adjustment of monitors, reducing muscle strain and ensuring reliable support for multiple monitors, allowing users to position them optimally for reduced fatigue.
Implementation Method 1
an actuator configured within the at least one monitor arm for operating a resilient member allowing the at least one monitor arm to be disengaged from the at least one indented ring
Data Source
AI summary
A height adjustable monitor arm assembly includes a monitor arm having a latch mechanism where a post arm includes indented rings therein for engaging the latch mechanism. The monitor arm includes an aperture for positioning the at least one monitor arm over the post arm so that the latching mechanism engages with one of the plurality of indented rings to vertically adjust the at least one monitor arm along the length of the post arm. Further, a dual adapter arm also includes its own latching mechanism and mounts over the vertical post arm for use where monitor displays can be mounted on both ends thereof. In one embodiment, a four monitor configuration can be held in position allowing for enhanced user utility in their workspace.