Rockable TV mount

• US 4,203,636 A
• Filed: 05/24/1978
• Issued: 05/20/1980
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1978
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Theodore W. Wells
• Original Assignee: Theodore W. Wells
• Inventors: Wells, Theodore W.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sakran, Victor N.
• Application Number:
  US05/909,315
• Time in Patent Office: 727 Days
• Field of Search: 312/7R, 312/7 TV, 312/8, 312/322, 248/185, 358/254, 358/93, 5/62, 5/67, 5/68
• US Class Current: 312/7.2
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/061 the device supports being adjustable
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/064 vertically
• CPC Class Codes: A47B 81/065 rotationally
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• 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 11/425 along guiding means

Abstract

A mount for a TV to position the same for movement about a horizontal axis to allow the viewing orientation of the picture tube of the TV to be changed. One embodiment of the mount utilizes a pair of spaced rings having bracket means to mount a TV therewithin. A fastener, such as a flexible belt, secures the TV to the bracket means. The rings are then mounted on rotatable shafts for rocking the same and thereby the TV about a horizontal axis. Other embodiments include a mount capable of being suspended from a ceiling, a mount for a TV console, and a mount movable over a floor.

Claims

1. A mount for a television receiver having a viewing screen comprising:

means adapted to be coupled to a television receiver for mounting the same for movement about a generally horizontal axis, said mounting means comprising base structure having means for positioning the television receiver thereon, means coupled with said positioning means for securing the television receiver thereto to prevent movement of the television receiver relative to said base structure, and means coupled with the base structure for supporting the same for rotation about a horizontal axis extending generally perpendicularly to the plane of the viewing screen of the television receiver when the latter is secured to the positioning means, whereby said base structure can be rotated about said axis to cause the viewing screen of the television receiver carried thereby to be tilted.

2. A mount as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base structure comprises a ring.

3. A mount as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base structure includes a pair of spaced rings, said positioning means spanning the distance between said rings, said securing means including a flexible band between the rings.

4. A mount as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base structure comprises a ring, said supporting means including a support adjacent to the upper extremity of said ring and coupled thereto to suspend the same.

5. A mount as set forth in claim 1, wherein said television receiver includes a picture tube, said base structure including a pair of spaced rings, said supporting means including a console housing having an opening through one face thereof and a member for receiving the front end of the picture tube of said television receiver, said member being secured to and being spaced from said rings and being rotatable therewith, the member being disposed in the opening of said housing.

19. A mount as set forth in claim 1, wherein said base structure includes a bracket having an L-shaped central segment and a pair of spaced sides defining said positioning means, said securing means including a flexible belt, said supporting means including a vertical mounting bar, said central segment having an adjustable vertical part secured to said mounting bar.

6. A mount for a television receiver having a picture tube with a viewing screen comprising:

a pair of spaced members, each member having a generally curved portion;

means carried by the members for mounting a television receiver in an operative position therebetween;

means coupled with said mounting means for releasably securing a television receiver thereto;

means coupled with said members for supporting the curved portions thereof for rotation about a generally horizontal axis extending generally perpendicularly to the plane of the viewing screen of the television receiver when the latter is in said operative position; and

means coupled with the members for rotating the same about said axis to cause the picture tube of a television receiver carried thereby to be tilted.

7. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said member comprises a ring, the curved portion being circular, said axis being generally coincident with the central axis of the curved portion.

8. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said mounting means is disposed to position said axis substantially at the center of mass of the television receiver when the latter is disposed on said mounting means.

9. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said mounting means is adjustable in size to accommodate television receivers of different sizes.

10. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said securing means comprises a flexible strap, and means for adjustably securing the ends of the strap to said mounting means, the strap adapted to extend across the top and the sides of a television receiver to hold the latter on said mounting means.

11. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said supporting means comprises a pair of shafts, means mounting the shafts for rotation about generally horizontal, parallel axes, and power means coupled with one of the shafts for rotating the same and thereby said members.

12. A mount as set forth in claim 11, wherein said shaft mounting means comprises a base having bearing means for mounting the shafts for rotation about respective horizontal axis.

13. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said supporting means includes a pair of spaced, parallel, generaly horizontal shafts, a support above the members, means mounting the shafts on the support to cause the members to depend from the shafts.

14. A mount as set forth in claim 13, wherein said support comprises an inverted U-shaped frame having said shafts coupled thereto, a pair of spaced, generally vertical posts, and means pivotally connecting the lower ends of said frame to the lower ends of said posts.

15. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said supporting means comprises a console housing having an opening therein, said housing having a disk rotatable in the opening and having a central hole for receiving the picture tube of a television receiver, said disk being secured to said members and being spaced therefrom so that the disk rotates with said members.

16. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein each member comprises a continuous ring, each ring having a circular lower part defining said curved portion, and a straight part interconnecting opposed upper ends of the circular part, said mounting means comprising an adjustable, elongated element for each ring, respectively, each element having a pair of interconnected, adjustable side channel members, proximal ends of the side channel members being adjustably interconnected, the outer ends of the side channel members being adjustably coupled to the circular inner periphery of the corresponding circular part, and a pair of end channel members spanning the distance between and adjustably connected to respective elements.

17. A mount as set forth in claim 6, wherein said securing means comprises a flexible strap adapted to be disposed across the top of and down the sides of a television receiver in said operational position, and a pair of fasteners for securing the ends of the belt to said mounting means to place the strap under tension.

18. A mount as set forth in claim 17, wherein said fasteners comprise U-bolts having the bight thereof at the upper end thereof, the sides of the bolts passing through said mounting means.