Video monitor mounting system
First Claim
1. A video monitor mounting system, the mounting system comprising a mounting tray, the mounting tray including an anchor plate, a support socket formed in a rearwardly facing surface of a vehicle seat back or head restraint, the anchor plate being secured to and supported by the support socket, the anchor plate having top, bottom and side peripheral walls surrounding its periphery and defining a mounting tray cavity, the anchor plate having a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a noncircular keyway passage, a video monitor assembly, the video monitor assembly including a plurality of twist fasteners, each twist fastener including a body having a head at one axial end and a noncircular portion adjacent the opposite axial end, the video monitor assembly being nestable in the mounting tray cavity with the mounting tray peripheral walls surrounding the video monitor assembly, the plurality of twist fasteners being registered with the plurality of apertures the twist fasteners being movable from a position wherein its noncircular portion registered with and positioned forwardly of the keyway passage to a locked position, wherein its noncircular portion is not registered with the keyway passage and is positioned between the anchor plate and the socket, whereby the video monitor assembly is supported by the support socket.
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Abstract
A video monitor mounting system for use in conjunction with seat back, head restraint or roof mount applications, includes a mounting tray fixed in a hollowed out socket formed in a seat back, the rear face of a head restraint or within a roof mount overhead console. The mounting tray includes an anchor plate having a pair of apertures each having a keyway passage. A video display assembly includes a video display panel housed in a cabinet which is pivotally connected to a shell casing. A back wall of the shell casing carries a pair of twist fasteners which are registered with the keyway passages in the anchor plate. A coin may be utilized to rotate the twist fasteners to secure the shell casing and the display panel after connecting the wiring to the display panel.
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20 Claims
- 1. A video monitor mounting system, the mounting system comprising a mounting tray, the mounting tray including an anchor plate, a support socket formed in a rearwardly facing surface of a vehicle seat back or head restraint, the anchor plate being secured to and supported by the support socket, the anchor plate having top, bottom and side peripheral walls surrounding its periphery and defining a mounting tray cavity, the anchor plate having a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a noncircular keyway passage, a video monitor assembly, the video monitor assembly including a plurality of twist fasteners, each twist fastener including a body having a head at one axial end and a noncircular portion adjacent the opposite axial end, the video monitor assembly being nestable in the mounting tray cavity with the mounting tray peripheral walls surrounding the video monitor assembly, the plurality of twist fasteners being registered with the plurality of apertures the twist fasteners being movable from a position wherein its noncircular portion registered with and positioned forwardly of the keyway passage to a locked position, wherein its noncircular portion is not registered with the keyway passage and is positioned between the anchor plate and the socket, whereby the video monitor assembly is supported by the support socket.
- 13. A video monitor installation, the video monitor installation comprising a support having a socket, a mounting tray fixed in the socket, the mounting tray having an anchor plate, top, bottom and side peripheral walls extending from the anchor plate and defining a mounting tray cavity, the anchor plate including a plurality of apertures, each aperture having a noncircular keyway passage, a video monitor assembly, the video monitor assembly being nested in the mounting tray cavity, the video monitor assembly including a video monitor cabinet and a shell casing, the shell casing having a back wall positioned in the mounting tray cavity adjacent the anchor plate, one side of the anchor plate facing the back wall and the other side of the anchor plate facing the support socket, a plurality of twist fasteners, each twist fastener including a body having a head at one axial end and a noncircular portion adjacent the opposite axial end, the head of each twist fastener being positioned on a side of the back wall facing the cabinet, each twist fastener extending through a noncircular keyway passage, with the noncircular portion of each twist fastener being positioned on the other side of the anchor plate and being out of registration with the keyway passage, the support supporting the weight of the video monitor assembly.
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16. A method of installing a video monitor having a video display panel housed in a cabinet, the method comprising the steps of:
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a) forming a socket in a support medium, b) forming a mounting tray having a cavity defined by an anchor plate and top, bottom and side walls surrounding the periphery of the anchor plate, the anchor plate having a plurality of noncircular keyway passages, c) securing the anchor plate to the socket, d) providing a shell casing dimensioned to be received in the cavity and dimensioned to receive the cabinet, e) extending a plurality of twist fasteners having a noncircular portion adjacent an axial end through a back wall of the shell casing, f) nesting the shell casing in the cavity with the back wall adjacent the anchor plate while registering the noncircular portion of each twist fastener with a noncircular keyway passage, g) axially extending each twist fastener through its registered noncircular keyway passage until the noncircular portion of each twist fastener is positioned rearwardly of the noncircular keyway passage, h) rotating each twist fastener to a position wherein the noncircular portion is out of registration with the keyway passage; and j) employing the support medium to carry the weight of the video monitor and to maintain the shell casing fixed relative to the support medium. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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