Video wall mount

• US 10,024,490 B2
• Filed: 04/30/2015
• Issued: 07/17/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 04/30/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Lam, Derrik, Graef, Michael A., Eaton, Edward T., Coan, Steven, Sipek, Jay, Stifal, Matthew William
• Primary Examiner(s): WUJCIAK, ALFRED J
• Application Number:
  US15/307,297
• Publication Number:
  US 20170059087A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 248917, 248918, 248919, 248922, 248923, 248371, 248395
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/048 adapted to forward-backward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms

Abstract

A mounting system comprising a surface mount configured to operatively couple to an attachment surface, a movable mount, at least one adjustable arm assembly, at least one device mount, a latch coupled to one of the surface mount and the movable mount, and a catch coupled to the other of the surface mount and the movable mount. Each arm assembly includes at least one arm having a first end operatively coupled to the surface mount and a second end operatively coupled to the movable mount, wherein the second end is movable relative to the first end to move the movable mount relative to the surface mount in a first direction. Each device mount is configured to support a display device and is operatively coupled to the movable mount, such that each device mount is movable in a second direction.

Claims

1. A mounting system for supporting a display device, comprising:

a surface mount configured to operatively couple to an attachment surface;

a movable mount;

at least one arm assembly including at least one arm having a first end operatively coupled to the surface mount and a second end operatively coupled to the movable mount, wherein each arm assembly is adjustable, such that the second end is movable relative to the first end to move the movable mount relative to the surface mount in a first direction;

at least one device mount configured to support the display device and operatively coupled to the movable mount, such that each device mount is movable in a second direction that is different than the first direction;

a latch coupled to one of the surface mount and the movable mount; and

a catch coupled to the other of the surface mount and the movable mount, wherein the latch detachably engages the catch to secure the relative position between the movable mount and the surface mount;

wherein each device mount includes a device mounting bracket that is configured to support the display device, a mount engagement bracket including a portion that is configured to detachably engage a first member of the movable mount to secure the portion to the first member, and a latching bracket that is movably coupled to the mount engagement bracket, wherein the latching bracket includes a latching bracket latch that is configured to detachably engage a second member of the movable mount to secure the latching bracket to the second member.

2. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein each device mount further includes an intermediate bracket operatively coupled to the mount engagement bracket, such that the intermediate bracket is movable in the first direction relative to the mount engagement bracket, wherein the intermediate bracket is also operatively coupled to the device mounting bracket, such that the device mounting bracket is movable relative to the intermediate bracket in a third direction that is different that the first and second directions.

3. The mounting system of claim 2, wherein each device mount further includes:

a first adjusting member that controls movement between a first end of the intermediate bracket and a first end of the mount engagement bracket, and

a second adjusting member that controls movement between a second end of the intermediate bracket and a second end of the mount engagement bracket,

wherein each first adjusting member and each second adjusting member includes a threaded portion that threads to a portion of the respective end of the mount engagement bracket, and wherein each adjusting member includes an end that contacts a surface of the respective end of the intermediate bracket to move the intermediate bracket relative to the mount engagement bracket upon rotation in a first rotational direction of the adjusting member.

4. A mounting system for supporting a display device, comprising:

a surface mount configured to operatively couple to an attachment surface;

a movable mount;

at least one arm assembly including at least one arm having a first end operatively coupled to the surface mount and a second end operatively coupled to the movable mount, wherein each arm assembly is adjustable, such that the second end is movable relative to the first end to move the movable mount relative to the surface mount in a first direction;

at least one device mount configured to support the display device and operatively coupled to the movable mount, such that each device mount is movable in a second direction that is different than the first direction;

a latch coupled to one of the surface mount and the movable mount; and

a catch coupled to the other of the surface mount and the movable mount, wherein the latch detachably engages the catch to secure the relative position between the movable mount and the surface mount;

wherein the catch includes a frame and a locking plate, wherein the frame is fixedly coupled to the one of the movable mount and the surface mount and the locking plate is movably coupled to the frame, wherein the latch includes a body, an engaging member extending away from the body, and a recess provided between the body and the engaging member defining a detent member of the engaging member, and wherein a leading surface of the engaging member is configured to move the locking plate to allow the locking plate to engage the recess to detachably secure the latch to the catch with the locking plate in the recess between the body and the detent member.

5. The mounting system of claim 4, wherein the latch is coupled to an upper cross member of the movable mount and the catch is coupled to an upper cross member of the surface mount, and wherein movement of the movable mount to a retracted position engages the latch to the catch to retain the movable mount in the retracted position relative to the surface mount.

6. The mounting system of claim 4, wherein the latch is coupled to a movable mount orthogonal member, the movable mount orthogonal member extending between upper and lower cross members of the movable mount and disposed between two spaced apart side members of the movable mount, and wherein the catch is coupled to a surface mount orthogonal member, the surface mount orthogonal member extending between upper and lower cross members of the surface mount and disposed between two spaced apart side members of the surface mount.