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Display mounts and related assemblies and methods

  • US 10,317,006 B2
  • Filed: 10/14/2016
  • Issued: 06/11/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2015
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A display mount for mounting a display to a wall, the display mount comprising:

  • a vertical adjustment mechanism configured to be operatively coupled to the wall; and

    a horizontal adjustment mechanism having a first end portion operatively coupled to the vertical adjustment mechanism and a second end portion that is configured to be operatively coupled to the display;

    wherein the vertical adjustment mechanism comprises;

    a housing comprising a back wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a left vertically extending flange extending inwardly from the left sidewall and a right vertically extending flange extending inwardly from the right sidewall;

    a left movable bracket adjacent the left vertically extending flange and configured to translate up and down the left vertically extending flange;

    a right movable bracket adjacent the right vertically extending flange and configured to translate up and down the right vertically extending flange; and

    a super plate operatively coupled to the left and right movable brackets and operatively coupled to the horizontal adjustment mechanism;

    wherein one of the left and right movable brackets is coupled to a pulley by a cable, the one of the left and right movable brackets having a safety lock mechanism thereon that is configured to rotate and be received in one of a plurality of apertures formed in the back wall of the housing if the cable were to break;

    wherein, when the vertical adjustment mechanism is operatively coupled to the wall and when the horizontal adjustment mechanism is operatively coupled to the display;

    the vertical adjustment mechanism is configured to lower and raise the display vertically parallel to the wall without the display moving substantially horizontally away from and toward the wall; and

    the horizontal adjustment mechanism is configured to extend and retract the display horizontally away from and toward the wall without the display moving substantially vertically parallel to the wall.

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