Universal Quick Connector Apparatus For An LCD Monitor

• US 20080149796A1
• Filed: 03/04/2008
• Published: 06/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/1999
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Jerry Moscovitch
• Original Assignee: Jerry Moscovitch
• Inventors: Moscovitch, Jerry
• Granted Patent: US 7,594,823 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/309.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0073 using key-type connections
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/008 Adjustable or movable supports
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/041 Allowing quick release of the apparatus
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/043 Allowing translations
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/00 Other supports for positioning apparatus or articles heads thereof F16M11/02 ; undercarriages thereof F16M11/20 ; adapted to be stuck in the ground A45F3/44 ; sockets or holders for poles or posts E04H12/22; Means for steadying hand-held apparatus or articles supports for measuring instruments G01D11/30; supports for casings of remote control switching devices H01H9/025
• 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 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/06 Arms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/066 being part of the head
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/621 Bolt, set screw or screw clamp
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/627 Snap or like fastening
• CPC Class Codes: H01R 13/6335 comprising a handle
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 439/929 Connecting base plate or shelf type holder

Abstract

Disclosed herein is a system allowing mechanical coupling and decoupling of an electronic display to a support member. The system includes a first mounting component mountable to the support member, and including a first engaging member. The system further includes a second mounting component supportable from a back of the electronic display, and including a second engaging member having a shape complementary to the first engaging member to permit the second engaging member to matingly engage the first engaging member by sliding the second engaging member onto the first engaging member to support the electronic display on the support member. The first engaging member includes a wedge-shaped member, and the second mounting component includes a plurality of holes for inserting a corresponding plurality of fasteners therethrough. A channel is formed by the wedge-shaped member, such that, when the second engaging member matingly engages with the first engaging member, an edge of the second engaging member fits into the channel.

Claims

1. A system allowing mechanical coupling and decoupling of an electronic display to a support member, the system comprising:

a first mounting component mountable to the support member, the first mounting component including a first engaging member disposed on one side of the first mounting component that faces away from the support member if the first mounting component is mounted thereto;

a second mounting component supportable from a back of the electronic display, the second mounting component including a second engaging member having a shape complementary to the first engaging member to permit the second engaging member to matingly engage the first engaging member by sliding the second engaging member onto the first engaging member in a sliding direction to support the electronic display on the support member, wherein

a) the first engaging member includes a wedge-shaped member, the width of the wedge-shape member, as measured in a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the sliding direction, monotonically changing in the sliding direction,

b) the second mounting component includes a plurality of holes for inserting a corresponding plurality of fasteners therethrough to secure the second mounting component, and

c) a channel is formed by the wedge-shaped member, such that, when the second engaging member matingly engages with the first engaging member, an edge of the second engaging member fits into the channel to thereby prevent the second engaging member from separating from the first engaging member by translation in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction and away from the one side of the first mounting component on which the first engaging member is disposed.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the wedge-shaped member protrudes from the one side of the first mounting component on which the first engaging member is disposed.

3. The system of claim 2, wherein the width of the wedge-shape member increases in the sliding direction.

4. The system of claim 3, wherein a) the first engaging member is disposed on a substantially flat surface of the first mounting component, said substantially flat surface facing away from the support member if the first mounting component is mounted thereto, and b) the transverse direction is parallel to the substantially flat surface.

5. The system of claim 3, wherein the plurality of holes consists of four holes, and the number of fasteners consists of four fasteners that are inserted through the holes to secure the second mounting component and to allow the back of the display to support the second mounting component.

6. The system of claim 3, wherein, if the second mounting component is supported by the back of the display, a wedge-shaped recess is formed by the second engaging member and a surface at the back of the display into which recess the first engaging member is configured to slide, in the sliding direction, to support the electronic display on the support member.

7. The system of claim 3, wherein a side opposite the one side of the first mounting component on which the first engaging member is disposed is substantially flat.

8. The system of claim 3, further comprising a securing mechanism for securing the second mounting component to the first mounting component, wherein the securing mechanism requires a user to adjust the securing mechanism before disengaging the second mounting component from the first mounting component.

9. The system of claim 8, wherein the securing mechanism includes

a first securing member on the first mounting component, and

a second securing member on the second mounting component, the second securing member mating with the first securing member to secure the second mounting component to the first mounting component.

10. The system of claim 9, wherein the securing mechanism includes screw holes and threaded screws, the screws being screwed into the screw holes by the user to secure the second mounting component to the first component and being unscrewed by the user to disengage the second mounting component from the first mounting component.

11. The system of claim 3, wherein the channel is formed along most of the perimeter of the wedge-shaped member.

12. The system of claim 3, wherein, if the first mounting member is vertically mounted to the support member for use, the sliding direction is down.

13. The system of claim 3, further comprising the electronic display.

14. The system of claim 13, further comprising the support member, wherein the support member includes:

a base,

an arm for supporting the electronic display, and

a support column connecting the base to the arm.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein the arm supports a plurality of electronic displays.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein the base is adapted to rest on a horizontal work surface, and the sliding direction is down.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein the second engaging member includes a protruding member that is complimentary to the wedge-shaped member and that protrudes from one side of the second mounting component that faces away from the electronic display if the second mounting component is supported from the back of the electronic display.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein the width of the protruding member decreases in the sliding direction.

19. The system of claim 18, wherein the transverse direction is parallel to the second mounting component.

20. The system of claim 17, wherein the plurality of holes consists of four holes, and the number of fasteners consists of four fasteners that are inserted through the holes to secure the second mounting component and to allow the back of the display to support the second mounting component.

21. The system of claim 17, wherein the first mounting component has a wedge-shaped recess into which the protruding member of the second engaging member is configured to slide, in the sliding direction, to support the electronic display on the support member.

22. The system of claim 17, further comprising a securing mechanism for securing the second mounting component to the first mounting component, wherein the securing mechanism requires a user to adjust the securing mechanism before disengaging the second mounting component from the first mounting component.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein the securing mechanism includes

a first securing member on the first mounting component, and

a second securing member on the second mounting component, the second securing member mating with the first securing member to secure the second mounting component to the first mounting component.

24. The system of claim 23, wherein the securing mechanism includes screw holes and threaded screws, the screws being screwed into the screw holes by the user to secure the second mounting component to the first component and being unscrewed by the user to disengage the second mounting component from the first mounting component.

25. The system of claim 17, wherein, if the first mounting member is vertically mounted to the support member for use, the sliding direction is down.

26. The system of claim 18, further comprising the electronic display.

27. The system of claim 26, further comprising the support member, wherein the support member includes:

a base,

an arm for supporting the electronic display, and

a support column connecting the base to the arm.

28. The system of claim 27, wherein the arm supports a plurality of electronic displays.

29. The system of claim 28, wherein the base is adapted to rest on a horizontal work surface, and the sliding direction is down.

30. A method for mechanically coupling and decoupling an electronic display to a support member, the method comprising:

mounting a first mounting component to the support member, the first mounting component including a first engaging member disposed on one side of the first mounting component that faces away from the support member if the first mounting component is mounted thereto, wherein the first engaging member includes a wedge-shaped member, the width of the wedge-shape member, as measured in a transverse direction that is perpendicular to the sliding direction, monotonically changing in the sliding direction;

supporting a second mounting component from a back of the electronic display, the second mounting component including a second engaging member having a shape complementary to the first engaging member, the step of supporting including inserting a plurality of fasteners through a corresponding number of holes in the second mounting component to secure the second mounting component; and

matingly engaging the second engaging member with the first engaging member by sliding the second engaging member onto the first engaging member in a sliding direction to support the electronic display on the support member, the step of matingly engaging including fitting an edge of the second engaging member into a channel formed by the wedge-shaped member to thereby prevent the second engaging member from separating from the first engaging member by translation in a direction perpendicular to the sliding direction and away from the one side of the first mounting component on which the first engaging member is disposed.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the step of supporting further includes inserting four fasteners through four holes to secure the second mounting component and to allow the back of the display to support the second mounting component.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the step of matingly engaging further includes sliding, in the sliding direction, the first engaging member into a wedge-shaped recess formed by the second engaging member and a surface at the back of the display when the second mounting component is supported from the back of the display.

33. The method of claim 30, further comprising:

securing the second mounting component to the first mounting component with a securing mechanism; and

to disengage the second mounting component from the first mounting component, adjusting the securing mechanism.

34. A system allowing mechanical coupling and decoupling of an electronic display to a support member, the system comprising:

first mounting means for mounting a display, said first mounting means attachable to the support member; and

second mounting means for matingly engaging the first mounting means, said second mounting means supportable from a back of the display, wherein the second mounting means slides onto the first mounting means in a sliding direction to couple the electronic display to the support member, and slides in a direction opposite the sliding direction to decouple the electronic display from the support member.