Actuated hinge and cable assembly for use with computer display monitors

Abstract

Embodiments are directed towards a support structure for electronic displays, such as a computer display monitor, tablet, or the like, such that a cable actuated hinge moves the display from an elevated vertical position away from a user to a lower horizontal position closer to the user.

What is claimed as new and desired to be protected by Letters Patent of the United States is: 
     
         1 . An apparatus usable to support a computer monitor, the apparatus comprising:
 a hinge base assembly;   at least one display arm having a first end that is pivotally connected to the hinge base assembly and a second end that is pivotally coupled to a display holder for the computer monitor at a pivot point; and   a cable having a first end that is pivotally connected to the hinge base assembly, and a second end that is rotationally coupled to a display holder for the computer monitor at a cable connection point that is at a different location on the display holder than the pivot point, such that when the display arm is lowered, a lever arm between the cable connection point and the pivot point is created that exerts a torque rotating the display holder around the pivot point to tilt the display holder and computer monitor from at least a vertical position to a horizontal position.