Display and display mounting apparatus

• US 20050152102A1
• Filed: 12/13/2004
• Published: 07/14/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/09/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Yong-ha
• Granted Patent: US 7,345,870 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.290
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 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 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/92 Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment

Abstract

A display with a display main body having a screen includes an upper link assembly which includes an upper first link having a first end rotatably coupled with a mounting wall, and an upper second link having a first end rotatably coupled with the display main body and a second end rotatably coupled with a second end of the upper first link and connects an upper rear portion of the display main body to the mounting wall, and a lower link assembly which includes a lower first link having a first end rotatably coupled with the mounting wall, and a lower second link having a first end rotatably coupled with the display main body and a second end rotatably coupled with a second end of the lower first link and connects a lower rear portion of the display main body to the mounting wall. The display main body is rotatable between a first tilted position that an upper portion thereof is apart from the mounting wall while a lower portion is in contact with the mounting wall, and a second tilted position that the upper portion is in contact with the mounting wall while the lower portion is apart from the mounting wall.

Claims

1. A display with a display main body having a screen, the display comprising:

an upper link assembly which comprises an upper first link having a first end rotatably coupled with a mounting wall, and an upper second link having a first end rotatably coupled with the display main body and a second end rotatably coupled with a second end of the upper first link and connects an upper rear portion of the display main body to the mounting wall; and

a lower link assembly which comprises a lower first link having a first end rotatably coupled with the mounting wall, and a lower second link having a first end rotatably coupled with the display main body and a second end rotatably coupled with a second end of the lower first link and connects a lower rear portion of the display main body to the mounting wall,

wherein the display main body is rotatable between a first tilted position in which an upper portion thereof is spaced-apart from the mounting wall while a lower portion thereof is in contact with the mounting wall, and a second tilted position in which the upper portion is in contact with the mounting wall while the lower portion is spaced-apart from the mounting wall.

2. The display according to claim 1, wherein the display comprises at least one cable port in a rear portion thereof, and a rear portion of the display main body forms a cable work space with the mounting wall when the display main body is in the second tilted position, so that a cable is connected to the cable port through the cable work space.

3. The display according to claim 2, further comprising:

a main bracket detachably provided in the rear portion of the display main body and connected with the upper and lower link assemblies,

wherein the main bracket comprises an upper portion rotatably coupled with the first end of the upper second link, and a lower portion rotatably coupled with the first end of the lower second link.

4. The display according to claim 3, further comprising:

a stationary bracket attached to the mounting wall to support the display main body and the upper and lower link assemblies,

wherein the stationary bracket comprises a first link bracket provided in an upper portion thereof and rotatably coupled with the first end of the upper first link, and a second link bracket provided in a lower portion thereof and rotatably coupled with the first end of the lower first link.

5. The display according to claim 4, wherein the main bracket comprises a pair of brackets spaced-apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and the display further comprises a screen supporting bar having opposite ends respectively coupled with the pair of brackets to support a portion of the screen.

6. The display according to claim 5, wherein the display main body comprises at least one engaging bolt formed on the rear portion thereof to be engaged with the main bracket, and

the main bracket comprises an engaging hole to correspond to the engaging bolt of the display main body

7. The display according to claim 6, further comprising:

a safety supporter to maintain the cable work space secured in the second tilted position,

wherein the safety supporter comprises a safety pin insertion hole formed on the lower second link, and a safety pin inserted in the safety pin insertion hole in the second tilted position.

8. The display according to claim 7, further comprising:

a safety pin accommodating hole formed in a rotatable coupling portion between the lower first link and the lower second link,

wherein the safety pin is accommodated in the safety pin accommodating hole while the rear portion of the display main body is in contact with the mounting wall.

9. The display according to claim 2, further comprising:

a safety supporter to maintain the cable work space secured in the second tilted position,

wherein the safety supporter comprises a safety pin insertion hole formed on the lower second link, and a safety pin inserted in the safety pin insertion hole in the second tilted position.

10. The display according to claim 9, further comprising:

a safety pin accommodating hole formed in a rotatable coupling portion between the lower first link and the lower second link,

wherein the safety pin is accommodated in the safety pin accommodating hole while the rear portion of the display main body is in contact with the mounting wall.

11. The display according to claim 1, further comprising:

a main bracket detachably provided in a rear portion of the display main body and connected with the upper and lower link assemblies,

wherein the main bracket comprises an upper portion rotatably coupled with the first end of the upper second link, and a lower portion rotatably coupled with the first end of the lower second link.

12. The display according to claim 11, further comprising:

a stationary bracket attached to the mounting wall to support the display main body and the upper and lower link assemblies,

wherein the stationary bracket comprises a first link bracket provided in an upper portion thereof and rotatably coupled with the first end of the upper first link, and a second link bracket provided in a lower portion and rotatably coupled with the first end of the lower first link.

13. The display according to claim 12, wherein the main bracket comprises a pair of brackets spaced-apart from each other by a predetermined distance, and

the display further comprises a screen supporting bar having opposite ends respectively coupled with the pair of stationary brackets to support a portion of the screen.

14. The display according to claim 13, wherein the display main body comprises at least one engaging bolt formed on the rear portion thereof to be engaged with the main bracket, and

the main bracket comprises an engaging hole to correspond to the engaging bolt of the display main body.

15. The display according to claim 14, further comprising:

a safety supporter to maintain the cable work space secured in the second tilted position,

wherein the safety supporter comprises a safety pin insertion hole formed on the lower second link, and a safety pin inserted in the safety pin insertion hole in the second tilted position.

16. The display according to claim 15, further comprising:

a safety pin accommodating hole formed in a rotatable coupling portion between the lower first link and the lower second link,

wherein the safety pin is accommodated in the safety pin accommodating hole while the rear portion of the display main body is in contact with the mounting wall.

17. A display mountable to a mounting wall, comprising:

a display main body having a plurality of engaging bolts;

a main bracket having a plurality of engaging holes to receive corresponding ones of the engaging bolts;

a stationary bracket mountable to a mounting wall; and

a link assembly having an upper and a lower link assemblies connected between the main bracket and the stationary bracket so that the display main body moves with respect to the stationary bracket to one of a folded position in which the display main body is disposed substantially parallel to the stationary bracket, a first tilted position in which the display main body forms a positive angle with the stationary bracket, and a second tilted position in which a display main body forms a negative angle with the stationary bracket.

18. The display according to claim 17, wherein the engaging bolts of the display main body protrude from a rear portion thereof to face the main bracket, and the display main body is detachably attached to the main bracket when the engaging bolts are coupled to the main bracket through corresponding ones of the engaging holes.

19. The display according to claim 17, wherein the main bracket comprises a middle plate and at least one side plate extended from the middle plate by a distance in a direction from the main bracket to the stationary bracket, and the link assembly does not protrude from the main bracket in the direction when the display main body is in the folded position.

20. The display according to claim 17, wherein each of the upper and lower link assemblies comprises a first link rotatably coupled to the stationary bracket, a second link rotatably coupled between the first link and the main bracket, an elastic member to bias the first link against the second link, and a friction portion formed between the first and second links to generate a friction force greater than elasticity of the elastic member.

21. The display according to claim 17, wherein the upper link assembly comprises an upper first link having a first end rotatably coupled to the stationary bracket, and an upper second link having a first end rotatably coupled with the display main body and a second end rotatably coupled with a second end of the upper first link;

and

the lower link assembly which comprises a lower first link having a first end rotatably coupled to the stationary bracket, and a lower second link having a first end rotatably coupled with the display main body and a second end rotatably coupled with a second end of the lower first link.

22. The display according to claim 21, wherein the first ends of the upper first and second links of the upper link assembly moves in a first direction from a first peripheral portion of the display main body to a center portion of the display main body when the first ends of the lower first and second links of the lower link assembly moves in a second direction from a second peripheral portion of the display main body to the center portion of the display main body.

23. The display according to claim 22, wherein the first ends of the upper first and second links of the upper link assembly moves in a third direction opposite to the first when the first ends of the lower first and second links of the lower link assembly moves in a fourth direction opposite to the second direction.

24. The display according to claim 21, wherein the upper first and second links and the lower first and second links are folded in the folded position.

25. The display according to claim 24, wherein the folded upper first and second links and the folded lower first and second links do not protrude from the main bracket toward an outside of the main bracket.

26. The display according to claim 21, wherein the upper first and second links form an angle while the lower first and second links are folded in the first tilted position, so that the display main body forms the positive angle with the stationary bracket.

27. The display according to claim 21, wherein the lower first and second links form an angle while the upper first and second links are folded in the second tilted position, so that the display main body forms the negative angle with the stationary bracket.

28. The display according to claim 21, wherein the upper link assembly comprises an elastic member connected between the upper first and second links to bias one of the upper first and second links toward the other one of the upper first and second links, and the lower first and second links are connected to each other with a friction force which is greater than an elastic force of the elastic member.

29. The display according to claim 21, wherein the display main body comprises a first portion disposed close to the stationary bracket and a second portion disposed away from the stationary bracket when the display main body is in the first tilted position, and the first portion of the display main body is disposed away from the stationary bracket while the second portion of the display main body is disposed close to the stationary bracket when the display main body is in the second tilted position.

30. The display according to claim 29, wherein the first portion and the second portion of the display main body are disposed opposite to each other with respect to a center of the display main body.

31. The display according to claim 17, wherein the positive angle is opposite to the negative angle with respect to the folded position.

32. The display according to claim 17, wherein the upper link assembly moves with respect to the stationary bracket while the lower link assembly does not move with respect to the stationary bracket, so that the display main body is in the first tilted position to form the position angle with the stationary bracket.

33. The display according to claim 17, wherein one of the upper link assembly and the lower link assembly moves with respect to the stationary bracket while the other one of the upper link assembly and the lower link assembly does not move with respect to the stationary bracket, so that the display main body moves to one of the first tilted position and the second tilted position to form one of the position angle and the negative angle with the stationary bracket.

34. The display according to claim 17, wherein one of the upper link assembly and the lower link assembly moves with respect to the stationary bracket while the other one of the upper link assembly and the lower link assembly does not move with respect to the stationary bracket, so that the display main body moves from the folded position to one of the first tilted position and the second tilted position.