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METHOD AND DEVICE FOR WALL MOUNTING FLAT PANEL MONITOR AND STORING ASSOCIATED AUDIO/VIDEO COMPONENTS

  • US 20150245712A1
  • Filed: 05/15/2015
  • Published: 09/03/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A mounting device, for a flat panel monitor, comprising:

  • a front panel and a mating rear panel;

    the front panel and the rear panel being adjustably connectable with one another by at least two side tabs;

    at least one retaining feature extending from a lower portion of at least one of the front and the rear panels toward another of the front and the rear panels to form a base for supporting at least one peripheral electronic device thereon, and the front panel, the rear panel, the at least one retaining feature and the at least two side tabs together forming a housing which defines an internal recess;

    at least the front panel having a plurality of mounting apertures therein for securing the housing to a desired flat panel monitor;

    a mounting bracket for attachment to a desired surface by at least one fastener;

    the rear panel of the housing having a hook which facilitates attachment of the housing to the mounting bracket desired support surface;

    a removable locking member, being received by the mounting bracket, for preventing the housing from becoming inadvertently separated from the mounting bracket; and

    the housing being open on a top side thereof to facilitate insertion and removal of at least one peripheral electronic device therefrom and being sufficiently closed, on a remaining five sides thereof, so as to facilitate retaining the at least one peripheral electronic device within the housing, and the internal recess being sized for accommodating the at least one peripheral electronic device therein, on the at least one retaining feature, between the desired flat panel monitor and the desired support surface.

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