Multiple-display mount

• US 20070084978A1
• Filed: 10/17/2005
• Published: 04/19/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 10/17/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. (HP Inc.)
• Inventors: Warren, Morten, de Saulles, Stephen, Woodley, Nick, Quijano, David, Martin, Randall, Drew, Paul
• Application Number:
  US11/252,472
• Publication Number:
  US 20070084978A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/176.100
• 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 11/2064 for tilting and panning F16M11/2078 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2085 comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/022 by friction

Abstract

In certain embodiments, there is provided a system including a multi-display mount with a first member rotatably coupled to a second member about a first axis, wherein the first member has a rotational path of travel between a substantially horizontal and vertical orientations of the first member, a first display mount coupled to a first end portion of the first member, a second display mount coupled to a second end portion of the first member, wherein the first display mount is disposed vertically above the second display mount in the vertical orientation.

Claims

1. A system, comprising:

a multi-display mount comprising;

a first member coupled to a second member;

a first display mount slideably coupled to a first end portion of the first member; and

a second display mount coupled to a second end portion of the first member.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first member comprises an arm and the second member comprises a desk mount.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first member comprises an arm and the second member comprises a wall mount.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the first member is coupled to the second member with a sliding mechanism.

5. The system of claim 4, wherein the sliding mechanism includes a vertical sliding mechanism.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein the first member couples to the second member with a pivot mechanism.

7. The system of claim 1, comprising at least one sliding mechanism coupling the first member to the first display mount, or the second display mount, or the first and second display mounts.

8. The system of claim 1, comprising at least one pivot mechanism coupling the first member to the first display mount, or the second display mount, or the first and second display mounts.

9. The system of claim 1, comprising at least one rotational mechanism coupling the first member to the first display mount, or the second display mount, or the first and second display mounts.

10. The system of claim 1, comprising a first display coupled to the first display mount and a second display coupled to the second display mount.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the displays have different screen sizes.

12. The system of claim 10, wherein the first display comprises a display screen and a computer integrated into a single flat panel housing.

13. The system of claim 10, comprising a computer coupled to the first display and the second display.

14. A system, comprising:

a multi-display mount comprising;

an arm;

a first display mount coupled to the arm;

a second display mount coupled to the arm;

a first sliding mechanism configured to move the first or second display mount toward or away from the other of the first or second display mount; and

a first rotational mechanism configured to rotate the first and second display mounts jointly about a desired axis between a vertically stacked configuration and a horizontal side by side configuration of the first and second display mounts.

15. The system of claim 14, comprising:

a second rotational mechanism configured to rotate the first or second display mount independently relative to the other of the first or second display mount; and

a second sliding mechanism configured to move the first and second display mounts jointly in a desired direction.

16. The system of claim 14, comprising:

a desk mount or a wall mount coupled to the arm via the first rotational mechanism and a second sliding mechanism;

a first pivot mechanism configured to pivot the first display mount; and

a second pivot mechanism configured to pivot the second display mount.

17. The system of claim 14, comprising:

a first display coupled to the first display mount; and

a second display coupled to the second display mount.

18. The system of claim 17, comprising a computer coupled to the first display.

19. A method, comprising:

jointly supporting a plurality of display mounts along one or more joint paths of movement; and

independently supporting each of the plurality of display mounts along one or more independent paths of linear movement and along one or more independent paths of angular movement.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more joint paths of movement include a joint vertical path and a joint angular path.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the one or more independent paths of linear movement include independent horizontal paths, and the one or more independent paths of angular movement include independent paths of tilt and independent paths between portrait and landscape orientations.