Tilt device for use with cathode ray tube display units

Claim 1

An infinitely variable support mechanism for movably mounting a display unit comprising: supporting platform means mountble on the underside of said display unit; at least one rocker member connected along its top to the bottom of said platform means, said rocker member having first and second sides extending downward from the front and back ends of the top of said rocker member, respectively, the bottom of said rocker member starting at the bottom of the first side of said rocker member and continuing in a circular profile toward the second side of said rocker member, the center of said circular profile coincident with the location of the center of gravity of the supported display unit, said circular profile terminating at a point between a vertical line corresponding to the center of gravity of said display unit and the second side of said rocker member and thence continuing therefrom in a line to the bottom of the second side of said rocker member; and a supporting base having at least one recess therein, each of said recesses for movably receiving the circular profile of at least one of said rocker elements, whereby said display unit may pivotably tilt about its center of gravity in quasi-static equilibrium.