Wall mount for display apparatus

• US 7,175,146 B2
• Filed: 09/16/2004
• Issued: 02/13/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Kim, Gwang-soo
• Primary Examiner(s): Wujciak, III; A. Joseph
• Application Number:
  US10/942,123
• Publication Number:
  US 20050061937A1
• Time in Patent Office: 880 Days
• Field of Search: 248/921, 248/922, 248/923, 248/279.1, 248/281.11, 248/283.1, 248/285.1, 248/287.1, 248/292.13, 248/317, 248/324, 248/323, 248/919, 248/292.14, 211/99, 211/100, 211/101, 211/104, 211/171, 211/173, 348/825, 348/827
• US Class Current: 248/279.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 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 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting

Abstract

A wall mount for a display apparatus includes a base plate mounted on a wall; a mounting bracket combined to the base plate, and having an angle control part providing a plurality of tilting angles for the display apparatus; a tilting bracket rotatably combined to a lower part of the mounting bracket, and on which the display apparatus is mounted; a connection link connecting the mounting bracket and the tilting bracket; and a plunger unit combined to the connection link and elastically combined to the angle control part, and selectively adjusting a tilting angle of the tilting bracket with respect to the mounting bracket by sliding up and down through the angle control part. The wall mount for a display apparatus is capable of supporting the display apparatus stably and adjusting a tilting angle thereof promptly and readily.

Claims

1. A wall mount for a display apparatus to be mounted on a vertical surface, comprising:

a base plate mountable on the vertical surface;

a mounting bracket combined to the base plate, and having an angle control part including a plurality of angle control grooves to provide a plurality of tilting angles for the display apparatus;

a tilting bracket rotatably combined to a lower part of the mounting bracket, and on which the display apparatus is mounted;

a connection link connecting the mounting bracket and the tilting bracket; and

a plunger unit combined to the connection link and elastically combined to the angle control part, and selectively adjusting a tilting angle of the tilting bracket with respect to the mounting bracket by sliding up and down through the angle control part, the plunger unit comprising a cover coupled to an end part of the connection link and an elastic member accommodated in the cover.

2. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the plunger unit further comprising:

stoppers coupled to opposite ends of the elastic member, respectively, and elastically combined to the angle control part, wherein

the angle control part comprises a guide hole formed lengthwise corresponding to lateral sides of the mounting bracket and guiding the stoppers to slide up and down; and

a plurality of angle control grooves provided in the guide hole with a regular interval, and to which the stoppers are elastically combinable according to an angle between the tilting bracket and mounting bracket.

3. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the elastic member comprises a compression spring.

4. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 2, wherein an end part of the stoppers is of a semicircular shape to be easily combined to and released from the angle control grooves.

5. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 3, wherein an end part of the stoppers is of a semicircular shape so as to be easily combined to and released from the angle control grooves.

6. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the mounting bracket is provided on lateral sides of the base plate.

7. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the cover is of a cylindrical shape and opposite ends of the cover have openings to allow the elastic member to be inserted therethrough.

8. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 3, wherein an adjustability of the plunger unit is based upon an outer diameter of the compression spring and a number of coils in the compression spring.

9. A wall mount for a display apparatus to be mounted on a vertical surface, comprising:

a base plate mountable on the vertical surface;

mounting brackets combined to the base plate, and each having an angle control part including a plurality of angle control grooves to provide a plurality of tilting angles for the display apparatus;

tilting brackets rotatably combined to corresponding lower parts of the mounting brackets, and on which the display apparatus are mounted;

connection links connecting the corresponding mounting brackets and the tilting brackets; and

plunger units combined to the corresponding connection links and elastically combined to the corresponding angle control parts, and selectively adjusting a tilting angle of the tilting brackets with respect to the mounting brackets by sliding up and down through the angle control parts, the plunger units each comprising a cover coupled to an end part of the connection links and an elastic member accommodated in the cover.

10. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plunger units each further comprising:

stoppers coupled to opposite ends of the elastic member, respectively, and elastically combined to the angle control parts, and wherein

the angle control parts each comprises a guide hole formed lengthwise corresponding to lateral sides of the mounting bracket and guiding the stoppers to slide up and down; and

a plurality of angle control grooves provided in the guide hole with a regular interval, and to which the stoppers are elastically combinable according to an angle between the corresponding tilting bracket and mounting bracket.

11. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the tilting brackets comprise shafts, wherein a first end part of the connection links is rotatably combined to the tilting brackets by the shafts and a second end part is coupled to the plunger units to convert a movement of the plunger units into a rotational movement.

12. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the tilting brackets further comprise mounting parts in a front upper part and a front lower part of the tilting brackets to mount the display apparatus thereon.

13. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the angle control parts to which the plunger units are coupled are provided on lateral sides of the mounting brackets in a longitudinal direction, corresponding to each other.

14. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 10, wherein a rotational force to be applied by a user depends upon a number of intervals of each guide hole and a width of the plurality of angle control grooves.

15. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 14, wherein a tilting angle of the display apparatus depends on a predetermined number of the plurality of angle control grooves.

16. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the stoppers are pressed and combined to the angle control parts by the elastic members and a pressing force is generated therefrom to enable the stoppers to maintain a combination with the corresponding angle control parts.

17. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the display apparatus is pulled by external force and the plunger units are released from the angle control grooves provided in an uppermost part of the angle control parts of the mounting brackets.

18. The wall mount for a display apparatus of claim 17, further comprising internal elastic members which extend when the plunger units are coupled in the angle control grooves and compress when the plunger units are sliding along the guide holes.

19. A wall mount for a display apparatus to be mounted on a vertical surface, comprising:

a base plate mountable on the vertical surface;

mounting brackets combined to the base plate, and each having a plurality of recesses wherein each recess provides a different tilting angle for the display apparatus;

tilting brackets rotatably combined to a lower part of the mounting brackets, and on which the display apparatus is mounted;

connection links connecting the mounting brackets and the tilting brackets; and

plunger units combined to the connection links and elastically inserted into the corresponding recesses, and selectively adjusting a tilting angle of the tilting brackets with respect to the mounting brackets by sliding up and down through the recesses, the plunger units each comprising a cover coupled to an end Part of the connection links and an elastic member accommodated in the cover,

wherein the wall mount is slidingly adjustable to view the display apparatus from the plurality of tilting angles.

20. A wall mount for a display apparatus to be mounted on a vertical surface, comprising:

a base plate mountable on the vertical surface;

a mounting bracket combined to the base plate, and having an angle control part including a plurality of angle control grooves to provide a plurality of tilting angles for the display apparatus;

a tilting bracket rotatably combined to a lower part of the mounting bracket, and on which the display apparatus is mounted;

a connection link connecting the mounting bracket and the tilting bracket; and

a plunger unit combined to the connection link and elastically combined to the angle control part, and selectively adjusting a tilting angle of the tilting bracket with respect to the mounting bracket by sliding up and down through the angle control part the plunger unit comprising a cover coupled to an end part of the connection link and an elastic member accommodated in the cover.