Device suitable for suspending a component, such as a flat panel display screen, as well as an intermediate plate and a carrier

• US 20030141425A1
• Filed: 01/22/2003
• Published: 07/31/2003
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Vogel'S Holding B.V.
• Original Assignee: Vogel'S Holding B.V.
• Inventors: Obdeijn, Rudolf Fransiscus Andreas
• Granted Patent: US 6,857,611 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/317
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/045 adapted to left-right translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• 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 13/027 Ceiling supports

Abstract

A device suitable for suspending a component, such as a flat panel display screen, which device includes a carrier comprising at least one hook or one recess and a nearby opening, as well as an intermediate plate comprising at least one recess which can be positioned over said hook or a hook which can be positioned in said recess, as well as a passage positioned coaxially opposite the opening present in the carrier. The intermediate plate further comprises a resilient strip extending substantially parallel to the intermediate plate, which strip is provided with a pin which is supported in the passage. The pin is movable against spring force from a first position, in which it is disposed in the opening in the carrier, to a second position, in which it is disposed outside said opening.

Claims

1. A device suitable for suspending a component, such as a flat panel display screen, characterized in that the device includes a carrier comprising at least one hook or one recess and a nearby opening, as well as an intermediate plate comprising at least one recess which can be positioned over said hook or a hook which can be positioned in said recess, as well as a passage positioned coaxially opposite the opening present in the carrier, which intermediate plate further comprises a resilient strip extending substantially parallel to the intermediate plate, which strip is provided with a pin which is supported in the passage, said pin being movable against spring force from a first position, in which it is disposed in the opening in the carrier, to a second position, in which it is disposed outside said opening.

2. A device according to claim 1, characterized in that the intermediate plate comprises four recesses which are symmetrically disposed relative to the passage, with the strip extending diagonally between said four recesses.

3. A device according to claim 1 or 2, characterized in that one end of the strip can be moved against spring force by means of an unlocking mechanism.

4. A device according to any one of the preceding claims, characterized in that the intermediate plate comprises at least one guide which is movably connected to the intermediate plate.

5. A device according to claim 4, characterized in that a section comprising two staggered strips as well as a bridge member interconnecting said strips is present on a side of said guide that faces away from the intermediate plate, and each strip is provided with openings.

6. A device according to claim 5, characterized in that the openings in said strips are staggered relative to each other in the longitudinal direction of the strips.

7. An intermediate plate suitable for suspending a component according to any one of the preceding claims.

8. A carrier suitable for suspending a component according to any one of the preceding claims.