公开(公告)号：US12049982B2

公开(公告)日：2024-07-30

申请号：US17419596

申请日：2019-01-30

Applicant: HEWLETT-PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY, L.P.

Inventor： Vito Di Virgilio ,  Alba Farran Pascual ,  Volker Seidel

IPC: F16M11/24 ,  B41J29/06 ,  F16M11/22

CPC classification number: F16M11/22 ,  B41J29/06 ,  F16M11/24

Abstract: A stand for supporting a printing device, the stand comprising: a first leg and a second leg, the legs having upper ends for vertically supporting a printing device to horizontally span the legs above a supporting surface; a crossbar fixed to the first leg at a first crossbar fixation point and fixed to the second leg at a second crossbar fixation point; and a linkage connected between the first and the second leg, the linkage comprising a first link, a second link and a third link connected in series, wherein: the first link is connected to the first leg in use at a first leg connection point; the second link is connected to the second leg in use at a second leg connection point; and the third link is connected to the crossbar to pivot about a third linkage pivot point and to the first and second links at first and second linkage connection points on opposite sides of the third linkage pivot point.