DISPLAY MOUNTS AND RELATED ASSEMBLIES AND METHODS

• US 20170105529A1
• Filed: 10/14/2016
• Published: 04/20/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/14/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Snap One LLC (Snap One Holdings Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Wirepath Home Systems LLC (Snap One Holdings Corp.)
• Inventors: Kozlowski, JR., William Jacob, Franck, Christopher Glenn, Shute, Matthew R., Quinlan, Jamie Lee
• Granted Patent: US 10,317,006 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/046 adapted to upward-downward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/048 adapted to forward-backward translation movement
• 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 2200/047 for balancing translational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/048 for balancing translational movement of the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms

Abstract

A display mount includes a vertical adjustment mechanism configured to be operatively coupled to a wall and a horizontal adjustment mechanism having a first end portion operatively coupled to the vertical adjustment mechanism and a second end portion that is configured to be operatively coupled to a display. With the vertical adjustment mechanism operatively coupled to the wall and with the display operatively coupled to the horizontal adjustment mechanism: the vertical adjustment mechanism is configured to lower and raise the display vertically parallel to the wall without the display moving substantially horizontally away from and toward the wall; and the horizontal adjustment mechanism is configured to extend and retract the display horizontally away from and toward the wall without the display moving substantially vertically parallel to the wall.

Claims

1. A display mount comprising:

a vertical adjustment mechanism configured to be operatively coupled to a wall; and

a horizontal adjustment mechanism having a first end portion operatively coupled to the vertical adjustment mechanism and a second end portion that is configured to be operatively coupled to a display;

wherein, with the vertical adjustment mechanism operatively coupled to the wall and with the display operatively coupled to the horizontal adjustment mechanism;

the vertical adjustment mechanism is configured to lower and raise the display vertically parallel to the wall without the display moving substantially horizontally away from and toward the wall; and

the horizontal adjustment mechanism is configured to extend and retract the display horizontally away from and toward the wall without the display moving substantially vertically parallel to the wall.

2. The display mount of claim 1 wherein the vertical adjustment mechanism comprises:

a housing comprising a back wall, a left sidewall, a right sidewall, a left vertically extending flange extending inwardly from the left sidewall and a right vertically extending flange extending inwardly from the right sidewall;

a left movable bracket adjacent the left flange and configured to translate up and down the left flange; and

a right movable bracket adjacent the right flange and configured to translate up and down the right flange.

3. The display mount of claim 2 further comprising a super plate operatively coupled to the left and right movable brackets and operatively coupled to the horizontal adjustment mechanism.

4. The display mount of claim 3 wherein one of the left and right movable brackets is coupled to a pulley by a cable, the movable bracket having a safety lock mechanism thereon that is configured to rotate and be received in one of a plurality of apertures formed in the back wall of the housing if the cable were to break.

5. The display mount of claim 3 wherein each of the left and right movable brackets comprises a plurality of rolling bearings coupled thereto, wherein at least one of the rolling bearings of the left movable bracket is received between and configured to engage at least one of the back wall of the housing and the left flange, and wherein at least one of the rolling bearings of the right movable bracket is received between and configured to engage at least one of the back wall of the housing and the right flange.

6. The display mount of claim 5 wherein at least one of the rolling bearings of the left movable bracket is received on configured to engage an edge of the left flange, and wherein at least one of the rolling bearings of the right movable bracket is received on and configured to engage an edge of the right flange.

7. The display mount of claim 5 wherein the housing further comprises:

a left outer housing comprising a front wall and a left sidewall; and

a right outer housing comprising a front wall and a right sidewall;

wherein at least one of the rolling bearings of the left movable bracket is received on and configured to engage the left sidewall of the left outer housing, and wherein at least one of the rolling bearings of the right movable bracket is received on and configured to engage the right sidewall of the right outer housing.

8. The display mount of claim 3 wherein the horizontal adjustment mechanism comprises:

left and right guide tracks adjacent opposite sides of the super plate, each guide track having a channel defined therein;

a left bearing assembly in the left guide track channel and a right bearing assembly in the right guide track channel;

a display bracket comprising left and right bearing channels extending upwardly from a bottom portion of the display bracket;

a left articulating arm having a first end pivotably coupled to the left guide track and a second, opposite end pivotably coupled to a top left portion of the display bracket;

a right articulating arm having a first end pivotably coupled to the right guide track and a second, opposite end pivotably coupled to a top right portion of the display bracket; and

a center articulating arm having a first end operatively coupled to the left and right bearing assemblies and a second, opposite end comprising a left rolling bearing on a left side of the center arm and a right rolling bearing on the right side of the center arm, the left and right rolling bearings received in the left and right bearing channels of the display bracket, respectively.

9. The display mount of claim 8 wherein the horizontal adjustment mechanism is movable between a retracted position with the display bracket between the left and right guide tracks and adjacent the super plate and an extended position with the display bracket spaced apart from the super plate, and wherein, when the horizontal adjustment mechanism is moved between the retracted position and the extended position:

the left bearing assembly translates in the left guide track channel and the right bearing assembly translates in the right guide track channel; and

the left rolling bearing on the center arm translates in the left bearing channel and the right rolling bearing on the center arm translates in the right bearing channel of the display bracket.

10. A method comprising:

providing a display mount comprising;

a vertical adjustment mechanism configured to be operatively coupled to a wall;

a horizontal adjustment mechanism having a first end portion operatively coupled to the vertical adjustment mechanism and a second end portion that is configured to be operatively coupled to a display;

operatively coupling the vertical adjustment member to a wall;

operatively coupling a display to the horizontal adjustment mechanism;

extending the display and/or the horizontal adjustment mechanism horizontally away from the wall without the display moving substantially vertically parallel to the wall; and

then

lowering the display and/or the vertical adjustment mechanism vertically parallel to the wall without the display moving substantially horizontally away from or toward the wall.