Visual display wall mounting apparatus

• US 20060266900A1
• Filed: 08/05/2004
• Published: 11/30/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Original Assignee: Thomson Licensing (Vantiva SA)
• Inventors: Joseph, Scott, May, Eric Richard
• Application Number:
  US10/567,718
• Publication Number:
  US 20060266900A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/220.220
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 95/008 Suspension fittings for cabinets to be hung on walls
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 96/06 Brackets or similar supporting means for cabinets, racks or shelves A47B96/022 takes precedence; aspects of adjusting height or inclination A47B57/00 ; brackets for the display of articles A47F5/08
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 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: G09F 15/0006 planar structures comprising one or more panels
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/18 Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure

Abstract

The present invention is a cost effective wall mounting apparatus for a visual display. The wall mounting apparatus comprises two interlocking plates that are configured to mount the visual display to a wall such that the bracketry provides a gap between the wall and the visual display of less than about 2 inches. One of the plates is designed to be attached to the wall, while the other is affixed to the back of the visual display. The visual display is mounted to the wall by hooking the two plates together, such that the two interlocking plates contact each other in at least two places along the surfaces thereof.

Claims

1. A wall mounting apparatus for a visual display, comprising:

a first plate attached to a wall; and

a second plate attached to the visual display, wherein the visual display is mounted to the wall by hooking the first and second plates together, such that each plate contacts the other in at least two places.

2. The wall mounting apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first plate and the second plate include an angled portion and a flat portion extending away from the angled portion.

3. The wall mounting apparatus of claim 1 wherein at least one of the first plate and the second plate include an angled portion, a flat portion and a backstop portion.

4. The wall mounting apparatus of claim 3 wherein the backstop portion extends between the angled portion and the flat portion.

5. The wall mounting apparatus of claim 1 wherein the first plate is configured to include an elongate section which contacts a corresponding elongate section of the second plate.

6. The wall mounting apparatus of claim 1 wherein one of the first plate and the second plate is longer than the other to permit side-to-side adjustment.

7. The wall mounting apparatus of claim 1 wherein one of the first plate and the second plate includes two or more end stops.

8. A display system including a wall mounting apparatus, comprising:

a first plate attached to a wall; and

a second plate attached to the visual display, wherein the visual display is mounted to the wall by hooking the first and second plates together, such that each plate contacts the other in at least two places.

9. The display system of claim 8 wherein at least one of the first plate and the second plate include an angled portion and a flat portion extending away from the angled portion.

10. The display system of claim 8 wherein at least one of the first plate and the second plate include an angled portion, a flat portion and a backstop portion.

11. The display system of claim 10 wherein the backstop portion extends between the angled portion and the flat portion.

12. The display system of claim 8 wherein the first plate is configured to include an elongate section that contacts a corresponding elongate section of the second plate.

13. The display system of claim 8 wherein one of the first plate and the second plate is longer than the other to permit side-to-side adjustment.

14. The display system of claim 8 wherein one of the first plate and the second plate includes two or more end stops.