Mounting apparatus for mounting an electronic device to a ceiling wall

• US 20070145223A1
• Filed: 12/19/2006
• Published: 06/28/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 12/27/2005
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Tom Huang
• Original Assignee: Tom Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Tom
• Application Number:
  US11/642,308
• Publication Number:
  US 20070145223A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/333
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/02 for radio sets, television sets, telephones, or the like; Arrangement of controls thereof
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0028 Ceiling, e.g. roof rails
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/043 Allowing translations
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/12 in more than one direction
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 21/54 Accessories

Abstract

A mounting apparatus includes a supporting member and a plurality of mounting arms, each having a secured segment disposed to be fixed to an upper wall of an electronic apparatus, and a cantilever segment with a key slot. The supporting member has a base disposed to be attached to a ceiling wall, and a post extending from the base to connect with a hanging member. The hanging member has a suspended major wall which is formed with a plurality of elongated slots that are angularly displaced from one another about a centerline and that are configured to define a plurality of fastening positions displaced from one another in radial directions. A plurality of tightening members are insertable through the key slots and the corresponding elongated slots to thereby enable the tightening members to force the cantilever segments of the mounting arms to abut against the suspended major wall.

Claims

1. A mounting apparatus for mounting an electronic device to a ceiling wall, the electronic device including an upper wall which defines a centerline in an upright direction, said mounting apparatus comprising:

a plurality of mounting arms, each including a secured segment which is adapted to be fixed to the upper wall of the electronic device, and a cantilever segment which extends away from said secured segment and towards the centerline and which is adapted to be spaced apart from the upper wall in the upright direction, said cantilever segment having a key slot extending lengthwise therethrough to define a plurality of mounting positions;

a supporting member including a base which is adapted to be attached to the ceiling wall, and a post which extends from said base along the centerline and which terminates at a mounting head;

a plurality of tightening members, each of which includes a key stem configured to be insertable through a respective one of said key slots so as to permit a respective one of said tightening members to be located at a selected one of the mounting positions; and

a hanging member extending in radial directions relative to the centerline to form a suspended major wall which has a central area that is engaged with said mounting head along the centerline, and a circumferential area that surrounds said central area, said circumferential area having a plurality of elongated slots which are angularly displaced from one another about the centerline, and which are configured to define a plurality of fastening positions that are displaced from one another in a respective one of the radial directions such that a selected one of said fastening positions is registered with a corresponding one of the mounting positions of said tightening members so as to permit said key stem of the respective one of said tightening members to pass through a selected one of said elongated slots to thereby enable the respective one of said tightening members to force said cantilever segment of the respective one of said mounting arms to abut against said suspended major wall.

2. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein said elongated slots are displaced from one another in the radial directions, and each of said elongated slots is elongated circumferentially about the centerline so as to correspond to a respective one of the fastening positions.

3. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said elongated slots is elongated in the respective one of the radial directions so as to define a plurality of said fastening positions.

4. The mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of said mounting arms has an interconnecting segment which extends in the upright direction and which interconnects said secured and cantilever segments.

5. A suspending device adapted for use with a plurality of mounting arms for mounting an electronic device to a ceiling wall, the electronic device including an upper wall which defines a centerline in an upright direction, each of the mounting arms including a secured segment which is fixed to the upper wall of the electronic device, and a cantilever segment which extends away from said secured segment and towards the centerline and which is spaced apart from the upper wall in the upright direction, said cantilever segment having a key slot extending lengthwise therethrough to define a plurality of mounting positions, said suspending device comprising:

a supporting member including a base which is adapted to be attached to the ceiling wall, and a post which extends from said base along the centerline and which terminates at a mounting head;

a plurality of tightening members, each of which includes a key stem configured to be insertable through a respective one of the key slots so as to permit a respective one of said tightening members to be located at a selected one of the mounting positions; and

a hanging member extending in radial directions relative to the centerline to form a suspended major wall which has a central area that is engaged with said mounting head along the centerline, and a circumferential area that surrounds said central area, said circumferential area having a plurality of elongated slots which are angularly displaced from one another about the centerline, and which are configured to define a plurality of fastening positions that are displaced from one another in the radial directions such that a selected one of said fastening positions is registered with a corresponding one of mounting positions of said tightening members so as to permit said key stem of the respective one of said tightening members to pass through one of said elongated slots to thereby enable the respective one of said tightening members to force said cantilever segment of the respective one of said mounting arms to abut against said suspended major wall.

6. The suspending device of claim 5, wherein said elongated slots are displaced from one another in the radial directions, and each of said elongated slots is elongated circumferentially about the centerline so as to correspond to a respective one of the fastening positions.

7. The suspending device of claim 5, wherein each of said elongated slots is elongated in the respective one of the radial directions so as to define a plurality of said fastening positions.