WALL SYSTEM WITH ELECTRONIC DEVICE MOUNTING ASSEMBLY

• US 20180199451A1
• Filed: 06/08/2017
• Published: 07/12/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 06/10/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Dirtt Environmental Solutions
• Original Assignee: Dirtt Environmental Solutions
• Inventors: Van De Sype, Michael, Blehm, Colin
• Granted Patent: US 11,240,922 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/22 with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs F16M11/42 takes precedence
• 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: G06F 21/86 Secure or tamper-resistant housings
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0073 having specific features for mounting the housing on an external structure
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 5/0204 Mounting supporting structures on the outside of casings

Abstract

A wall module includes a frame and a tile connected thereto. The tile includes an opening in which an electronic device mounting assembly is mounted. The electronic device mounting assembly includes a mounting plate having a receiving area configured to have an electronic device mounted therein. The electronic device mounting assembly also includes securing elements configured to selectively secure the electronic device within the receiving area and a face plate configured to cover an edge of the opening in the tile as well as a peripheral edge of the electronic device. The wall module having the electronic device mounting assembly described above can be a single wall module within a modular wall having a plurality of wall modules, each of the plurality of wall modules being with or without an electronic device mounting assembly mounted therein.

Claims

1. An electronic device mounting assembly for use in mounting an electronic device to a wall, the electronic device mounting assembly comprising:

a mounting plate having a receiving area configured to receive an electronic device, the mounting plate being connectable to a wall;

one or more securing elements configured to selectively secure the electronic device within the receiving area of the mounting plate; and

a face plate selectively connectable to the mounting plate to cover at least a peripheral edge of the electronic device and a portion of the wall.

2. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the one or more securing elements comprise one or more spring clips.

3. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 2, wherein the one or more spring clips extend through one or more openings in the mounting plate from a rear surface of the mounting plate into the receiving area.

4. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the face plate is selectively connectable to the mounting plate with one or more attachment elements.

5. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 4, wherein the one or more attachment elements comprise one or more magnetic elements attached to one or more of the mounting plate or the face plate.

6. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the mounting plate comprises one or more openings to allow for air circulation.

7. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 1, further comprising an electrical connector configured to provide one or more of power or data to the electronic device.

8. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 1, wherein the wall comprises a modular wall, and wherein the mounting plate is connectable to a tile of the modular wall.

9. The electronic device mounting assembly of claim 8, wherein the electronic device mounting assembly is configured within and secured on all sides by the tile when the mounting plate is connected to the modular wall.

10. A wall module, comprising:

one or more vertical brackets;

one or more horizontal support members connected to the one or more vertical brackets;

one or more tiles connected to the one or more vertical brackets and/or one or more horizontal support members, at least one tile of the one or more tiles having an opening formed therein;

an electronic device mounting assembly connected to the at least one tile at the opening, the electronic device mounting assembly comprising;

a mounting plate having a receiving area configured to have an electronic device mounted therein;

one or more securing elements configured to selectively secure the electronic device within the receiving area; and

a face plate configured to cover an edge of the opening in the at least one tile and a peripheral edge of the electronic device.

11. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the electronic device mounting assembly is configured within and secured on all sides by the same tile.

12. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the mounting plate is secured to a rear surface of the least one tile.

13. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the face plate is selectively securable to the mounting plate using magnetic elements attached to the mounting plate and/or the face plate.

14. The wall module of claim 10, wherein the face plate is sized and shaped to accommodate a size of the electronic device or to selectively display a portion of the electronic device.

15. The wall module of claim 10, further comprising an electrical connector configured to provide one or more of power or data to the electronic device.