Wall mount for screens with automatic locking mechanism

• US 10,018,299 B2
• Filed: 03/14/2016
• Issued: 07/10/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/14/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Barkan Mounts Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Barkan Mounts Ltd.
• Inventors: Feldman, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Liu, Jonathan
• Assistant Examiner(s): Guan, Guang H
• Application Number:
  US15/068,711
• Publication Number:
  US 20170261154A1
• Time in Patent Office: 848 Days
• Field of Search: 248917, 248919, 248920, 248921, 248922, 248923, 248924, 24822213, 24822251, 24822341, 24822521, 248214, 248215, 2482941, D8373, D14239, D14451
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/22 with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs F16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

A wall mounting kit for mounting a screen on a wall, including a wall mount frame configured to be attached to the wall, one or more screen hook interfaces that are configured to be coupled to the screen and enable hanging the screen onto the wall mount frame, wherein the screen hook interfaces lock onto the wall mount frame so that the screen will not accidentally fall off by applying a force in a single direction; and wherein the screen hook interfaces are each formed by folding a cut out piece of a sheet of material without requiring additional elements to lock onto the wall mount frame.

Claims

1. A wall mounting kit comprising:

a wall mount frame configured to be attached directly to a wall, wherein the wall mount frame consists of a solid cut out piece manufactured from a sheet of material;

one or more screen hook interfaces that are configured to be coupled to a screen to enable hanging the screen onto the wall mount frame;

wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces are configured to lock onto the wall mount frame so that the one or more screen hook interfaces will not accidently detach from the wall mount frame by applying a force in a single direction;

wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces each consist of a solid cut out piece manufactured from the sheet of material;

wherein the wall mount frame includes an upper vertical rail and a lower vertical rail;

wherein the upper vertical rail locks into a matching upper groove at an upper end of the one or more screen hook interfaces in an assembled state of the wall mounting kit, and the lower vertical rail locks into a matching lower groove at a lower end of the one or more screen hook interfaces in the assembled state of the wall mounting kit, the upper groove is vertically aligned with the lower groove;

wherein the lower groove is protected by an inclined nose that is part of the one or more screen hook interfaces and causes the lower vertical rail to slide into the lower groove when pushing the one or more screen hook interfaces toward the wall mount frame;

wherein a self-opening prevention plane is situated below the lower groove as part of the one or more screen hook interfaces to prevent the one or more screen hook interfaces from being lifted upward and detached from the wall mount frame;

wherein at the upper end, the one or more screen hook interfaces have a substantially horizontal top edge, a side edge sloping outwardly and downwardly from the substantially horizontal top edge and a substantially vertical edge extending from the side edge, the substantially vertical edge at the upper end is an outer edge of substantially rectangular tooth shaped piece that defines one side of the upper groove; and

wherein at the lower end, the one or more screen book interlaces have a substantially horizontal bottom edge, a side edge sloping outwardly and upwardly from the substantially horizontal bottom edge, and a substantially vertical edge extending upwardly from the side edge, wherein the self-opening prevention plane extends inwardly from the substantially vertical edge at the lower end.

2. A wall mounting kit according to claim 1 wherein the upper vertical rail and the lower vertical rail are configured to both support a weight of the screen coupled to the one or more screen hook interfaces.

3. A wall mounting kit according to claim 1, wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces have a size and a shape that allow the one or more screen hook interfaces to be formed from a sheet taken from a center of the sheet of material that was cut to form the wall mount frame.

4. A wall mounting kit according to claim 1, wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces comprise two screen hook interfaces to support the screen.

5. A wall mounting kit according to claim 1, wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces comprise more than two screen hook interfaces to support the screen.

6. A method of mounting a screen on a wall, comprising:

obtaining a wall mounting kit, the wall mounting kit comprising;

a wall mount frame configured to be attached directly to the wall, wherein the wall mount frame consists of a solid cut out piece manufactured from a sheet of material;

one or more screen hook interfaces that are configured to be coupled to the screen to enable hanging the screen onto the wall mount frame;

wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces are configured to lock onto the wall mount frame so that the one or more screen hook interfaces will not accidently detach from the wall mount frame by applying a force in a single direction;

wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces each consist of a solid cut out piece manufactured from the sheet of material;

wherein the wall mount frame includes an upper vertical rail and a lower vertical rail;

wherein the upper vertical rail locks into a matching upper groove at an upper end of the one or more screen hook interfaces in an assembled state of the wall mounting hit, and the lower vertical rail locks into a matching lower groove at a lower end of the one or more screen hook interfaces in the assembled state of the wall mounting kit, the upper groove is vertically aligned with the lower groove;

wherein the lower groove is protected by an inclined nose that is part of the one or more screen hook interfaces and causes the lower vertical rail to slide into the lower groove when pushing the one or more screen hook interfaces toward the wall mount frame;

wherein a self-opening prevention plane is situated below the lower groove as part of the one or more screen hook interfaces to prevent the one or more screen hook interfaces from being lifted upward and detached from the wall mount frame;

wherein at the upper end, the one or more screen hook interfaces have a substantially horizontal top edge, a side edge sloping outwardly and downwardly from the substantially horizontal top edge and a substantially vertical edge extending from the side edge, the substantially vertical edge at the upper end is an outer edge of a substantially rectangular tooth shaped piece that defines one side of the upper groove; and

wherein at the lower end, the one or more screen hook interfaces have a substantially horizontal bottom edge, a side edge sloping outwardly and upwardly from the substantially horizontal bottom edge, and a substantially the side edge, wherein the self-opening prevention plane extends inwardly from the substantially vertical edge at the lower end;

attaching the wall mount frame to the wall;

coupling the one or more screen hook interfaces to a back of the screen to hang the screen onto the wall mount frame; and

hanging the screen on the wall mount frame.

7. A method of mounting a screen on a wall according to claim 6, wherein the upper vertical rail and the lower vertical rail are configured to both support a weight of the screen coupled to the one or more screen hook interfaces.

8. A method of mounting a screen on a wall according to claim 6, wherein the one or more screen hook interfaces have a size and a shape that allow the one or more screen hook interfaces to be formed from a sheet taken from a center of the sheet of material that was cut to form the wall mount frame.

9. A method of mounting a screen on a wall according to claim 6, wherein one or more screen hook interfaces comprise two screen hook interfaces to support the screen.

10. A method of mounting a screen on a wall according to claim 6, wherein the one or more screen book interfaces comprise more than two screen hook interfaces to support the screen.