Display Mounting Apparatus

• US 20120033371A1
• Filed: 08/03/2011
• Published: 02/09/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: David Mathew Pankros
• Original Assignee: David Mathew Pankros
• Inventors: Pankros, David Mathew, Guerra, Lawrence Edward
• Application Number:
  US13/197,150
• Publication Number:
  US 20120033371A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 361/679.21
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• 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 11/24 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 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/044 for balancing rotational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/063 Parallelogram arms
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06

Abstract

A display mounting apparatus includes a wall mount, a support mechanism that includes an upper support arm rotatably disposed on the wall mount and a lower support arm rotatably disposed on the wall mount, a lift mechanism, and a display support rotatably disposed on the upper support arm and the lower support arm. The display mounting apparatus is operable to move from a retracted position to an extended position. The display support is operable to support a display weighing 15 kg or more.

Claims

1. A display mounting apparatus comprising:

a wall mount;

a support mechanism including—

an upper support arm rotatably connected to the wall mount about a substantially horizontal axis at a proximal end of the upper support arm,

a lower support arm rotatably connected to the wall mount about a substantially horizontal axis at a proximal end of the lower support arm;

a lift mechanism connected at a first end to the upper support arm and connected at a second end to the wall mount; and

a display support rotatably connected to a distal end of the upper support arm about a substantially horizontal axis and rotatably connected to a distal end of the lower support arm about a substantially horizontal axis,

wherein the display support is operable to move from a retracted position to an extended position and wherein the display support is operable to support a display weighing 11.3 kg or more.

2. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the lift mechanism is selected from the group consisting of an air spring, air spring, an extension spring, a safety drawbar spring, a torsion spring, and a polymeric band.

3. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

an actuator connected at a first end to the upper support arm and connected a second end to the lower support arm; and

an electronics system in electronic communication with the actuator.

4. The display mounting apparatus of claim 3 wherein the actuator is an electro-mechanical linear actuator, a stepper motor, a servo motor, a DC motor, an AC motor, and a universal motor.

5. The display mounting apparatus of claim 3, wherein the electronics system further comprises:

an electronic signal-receiving device;

an electronic processor; and

an electronic position-sensing device.

6. The display mounting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the electronic signal-receiving device is selected from the group consisting of:

an infrared receiver, an ethernet port, a radio frequency receiver, a BlueTooth receiver, an 802.11 receiver, a digital signal processor, a voltage-pulse sensing circuit, a voltage-level sensing circuit, and a current-sensing circuit.

7. The display mounting apparatus of claim 5, wherein the electronic position-sensing device is selected from the group consisting of an accelerometer, a reed switch, a force sensor, a mechanical switch, a potentiometer, a rotary position sensor, a rotary encoder, a capacitive sensor, an optical encoder, an ultrasonic rangefinder, and a flex sensor.

8. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a tubular shroud removably connected at its proximal end to the wall mount and removably connected at its distal end to the display support.

9. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, wherein the support mechanism further comprises:

a folding support arm rotatably connected at its proximal end to the wall mount and rotatably connected at its distal end to the upper support arm.

10. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a rotating mechanism including—

a base disposed on the display support,

a rotating plate pivotally connected to the base an operable to rotate about a substantially horizontal axis.

11. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a rotating mechanism including—

a base disposed on the display support,

a rotating plate pivotally connected to the base an operable to rotate about a substantially vertical axis.

12. The display mounting apparatus of claim 1, further comprising:

a latch disposed on the display mount, and

a latch receiver disposed on the wall mount,

wherein the latch is operable to matingly engage the latch receiver when the display mounting apparatus is in a retracted position.

13. A display mounting apparatus comprising:

a wall mount including a proximal rotation device disposed thereon, the proximal rotation device including a fixed body and a rotating portion;

a support mechanism;

a display support including a distal rotation device disposed thereon, the distal rotation device including a fixed body and a rotating portion; and

an electronics system in electrical communication with the proximal rotation device and the distal rotation device,

wherein the support mechanism fixedly disposed at a proximal end on the rotating portion of the proximal rotation device, and the support mechanism fixedly disposed at a distal end on the rotating portion of the distal rotation device.

14. The display mounting apparatus of claim 13, wherein the proximal rotation device is selected from the group consisting of a stepper motor, a electromechanical linear actuator, a servo motor, a DC motor, an AC motor, and a universal motor.

15. The display mounting apparatus of claim 13, further comprising a lift mechanism connected to the support mechanism at a first end and connected to the wall mount at a second end.

16. The display mounting apparatus of claim 13, wherein the electronics system further comprises:

an electronic signal-receiving device;

an electronic processor; and

an electronic position-sensing device.

17. The display mounting apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a tubular shroud removably connected at its proximal end to the wall mount and removably connected at its distal end to the display support.

18. The display mounting apparatus of claim 13, further comprising:

a rotating mechanism including—

a base disposed on the display support,

a rotating plate pivotally connected to the base an operable to rotate about a substantially vertical axis.

19. The display mounting apparatus of claim 16, wherein the electronic position-sensing device is selected from the group consisting of an accelerometer, a reed switch, a force sensor, a mechanical switch, a rotary position sensor, a rotary encoder, a capacitive sensor, an optical encoder, an ultrasonic rangefinder, and a flex sensor.

20. A display mounting apparatus comprising:

a wall mount;

a support mechanism including—

an upper support arm rotatably connected to the wall mount about a substantially horizontal axis at a proximal end of the upper support arm,

a lower support arm rotatably connected to the wall mount about a substantially horizontal axis at a proximal end of the lower support arm;

a lift mechanism connected at a first end to the upper support arm and connected at a second end to the wall mount;

an actuator connected at a first end to the upper support arm and connected a second end to the lower support arm;

a display support rotatably connected to a distal end of the upper support arm about a substantially horizontal axis and rotatably connected to a distal end of the lower support arm about a substantially horizontal axis; and

an electronics system in electronic communication with the actuator and including—

an electronic signal-receiving device;

an electronic processor; and

an electronic position-sensing device,

wherein the actuator is operable to move the display support from a retracted position to an extended position.