ADJUSTABLE DISPLAY MOUNT

• US 20110198460A1
• Filed: 02/12/2010
• Published: 08/18/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 02/12/2010
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Stifal, Matthew William, Walters, James D.
• Granted Patent: US 8,333,355 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 248/201
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 2097/005 Monitor mounted supports or stands
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 97/001 Wall mounting or suspension arrangements for blackboards or the like easels or stands A47B97/04
• 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 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• 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 13/022 repositionable
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/068 being part of the undercarriage

Abstract

A mounting system for mounting a display device to a surface, the mounting system adjustable in multiple degrees of freedom to selectively position and orientate the attached device relative to the mounting surface and/or other collocated display devices. According to various embodiments, a surface bracket is configured to attach to a mounting surface and an arm assembly operatively couples the surface bracket with a mount carriage. A mount bracket is movably coupled to the mount carriage and is selectively movable in a plane substantially parallel to the surface. A plurality of device bracket assemblies are coupled to the mount bracket. Each of the device bracket assemblies is selectively movable to translate, pivot and tilt the attached device.

Claims

1. An adjustable display mount for mounting a display device to a mounting surface, comprising:

a surface bracket configured to operatively attach to a mounting surface;

a first extension arm assembly including a first arm operatively connected to the surface bracket, the first arm selectively positionable between a retracted position and an extended position displaced away from the mounting surface;

a mount carriage operatively connected to the first arm opposite the surface bracket, the mount carriage defining a carriage plane and selectively positionable between a viewing position, where the carriage plane is substantially parallel to the mounting surface, and a service position, where the carriage plane is angled in relation to the mounting surface;

a mount bracket adjustably coupled to the mount carriage, the mount bracket selectively movable in a direction substantially parallel to the carriage plane; and

a plurality of device bracket assemblies operatively connected to the mount bracket and configured for operative attachment to the display device, each of the plurality of device bracket assemblies including a device bracket portion selectively movable in a direction substantially perpendicular to the carriage plane.

2. The adjustable display mount of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of mount bracket positioners associated with the mount carriage and selectively actable on the mount bracket, wherein operation of at least one of the plurality of mount bracket positioners causes the mount bracket to rotate in a plane substantially parallel to the carriage plane, and wherein operation of at least two of the plurality of mount bracket positioners causes the mount bracket to translate in a first direction in a plane substantially parallel to the carriage plane.

3. The adjustable display mount of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of device bracket assemblies includes a first bracket positioner and a second bracket positioner, each of the first bracket positioner and the second bracket positioner being selectively actable on the respective device bracket portion.

4. The adjustable display mount of claim 3, wherein operation of the first bracket positioner and the second bracket positioner causes the respective device bracket portion to translate in a direction substantially perpendicular to the carriage plane, and wherein operation of one the first bracket positioner and the second bracket positioner causes the respective device bracket portion to rotate about an axis substantially parallel to the carriage plane.

5. The adjustable display mount of claim 1, wherein the display device, when attached to the device bracket assemblies, is selectively translatable in a first direction substantially parallel to the carriage plane and selectively rotatable about a first axis substantially perpendicular to the carriage plane by movement of the mount bracket, and wherein the display device, when attached to device bracket assemblies, is selectively translatable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to the carriage plane, pivotable about a second axis substantially parallel to the carriage plane, and tiltable about a third axis substantially parallel to the carriage plane and substantially perpendicular to the second axis by movement of at least one of the plurality of device bracket portions.

6. The adjustable display mount of claim 5, wherein movement of the mount bracket and movement of the plurality of device bracket portions is accomplished toollessly.

7. The adjustable display mount of claim 1, further comprising an extension bracket assembly rotatably coupled to the mount carriage and operatively connected to the first extension arm assembly.

8. A display mount for adjustably mounting a display device having a display screen to a mounting surface, comprising:

a mount carriage configured to operatively attach to the mounting surface;

a mount bracket movably coupled to the mount carriage;

a first mount positioner and a second mount positioner, each of the first mount positioner and the second mount positioner coupled to the mount carriage and selectively actable on the mount bracket; and

a first device bracket assembly and a second device bracket assembly, each of the first device bracket assembly and the second device bracket assembly comprising;

a mount engagement bracket selectively engageable with the mount bracket;

a device bracket movably coupled to the mount engagement bracket and configured to operatively attach to the display device; and

a first device bracket positioner and a second device bracket positioner, each of the first device bracket positioner and the second device bracket positioner associated with the mount engagement bracket and selectively actable on the device bracket,

wherein the mount bracket is selectively movable in a first degree of freedom and a second degree of freedom by operation of at least one of the first mount positioner and the second mount positioner, and wherein each of the device brackets is selectively movable in a third degree freedom and a fourth degree of freedom by operation of at least one of the first device bracket positioner and the second device bracket positioner of at least one of the first device bracket and the second device bracket assemblies.

9. The adjustable display mount of claim 8, wherein the first degree of freedom defines a rotation of the mount bracket about an axis substantially perpendicular to the display screen of the attached display device, and wherein the second degree of freedom defines a translation along an axis substantially parallel to the display screen.

10. The adjustable display mount of claim 8, wherein the mount carriage includes a plurality of carriage guides and the mount bracket includes a plurality of carriage engagement portions, and wherein the adjustable display mount further comprises a plurality of connecting element assemblies, each of the plurality of connecting element assemblies associated with at least one of the plurality of carriage guides and at least one of the plurality of carriage engagement portions, thereby movably coupling the device bracket and the mount carriage.

11. The adjustable display mount of claim 10, wherein the mount bracket defines a frame at least partially receivable within the mount carriage.

12. The adjustable display mount of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of bracket carrier assemblies, each of the plurality of bracket carrier assemblies movably coupling the mount engagement bracket and the device bracket of one of the first and the second device bracket assemblies.

13. The adjustable display mount of claim 8, wherein the attached display device is movable in a fifth degree of freedom by operation of the first device bracket positioner and the second device bracket positioner on at least one of the first device bracket assembly and the second device bracket assembly.

14. The display mount of claim 8, further comprising:

a surface bracket configured to operatively attach to a mounting surface;

a first adjustable arm assembly operatively coupled to the surface bracket and the mount carriage; and

a second adjustable arm assembly operatively coupled to the surface bracket and the mount carriage,

wherein the first arm assembly and the second arm assembly are adjustable such that the mount carriage is selectively movable in relation to the mounting surface.

15. A system configured to adjust the position and orientation of at least one display device relative to a mounting surface, comprising:

at least one display mount, the at least one display mount including a mount carriage configured to operatively attach to the mounting surface, a mount bracket operatively coupled to the mount carriage and selectively movable in relation to the mount carriage, and a plurality of device bracket assemblies operatively coupled to the mount bracket, each of the device bracket assemblies including a device bracket having a device surface configured to operatively attach to a display device, the device bracket selectively movable in relation to the mount bracket,

wherein each of the device brackets is movable such that the device surface is independently translatable and rotatable in relation to the mount bracket.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein movement of the mount bracket is defined by translation along an axis in a plane substantially parallel to the mounting surface and a rotation in the plane.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one display mount further includes an extendible arm assembly configured to operatively attach to the mounting surface and operatively coupled to the mount carriage, and wherein the mount bracket is selectively positionable between a retracted position, where the mount bracket is proximate the mounting surface, and an extended position, where the mount bracket is extended from the mounting surface.

18. The system of claim 17, further comprising a selectively engageable system lock, wherein the position of the mount bracket is substantially fixed when the system lock is engaged.

19. The system of claim 15, wherein the at least one display mount comprises a plurality of display mounts, each of the plurality of display mounts operatively coupled to a display device, the plurality of display mounts arranged in relation to each other to form an array of adjacent display devices.

20. The system of claim 19, further comprising at least one spacer disposed between adjacent display mounts of the plurality of display mounts, the at least one spacer configured to engage at least two of the adjacent display mounts and to separate the at least two adjacent display mounts by a predetermined distance.