Wall mount usable with display apparatus

• US 7,494,099 B2
• Filed: 09/09/2005
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/24/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Shin, Yong-ha
• Primary Examiner(s): Friedman; Carl D.
• Assistant Examiner(s): MARSH, STEVEN M
• Application Number:
  US11/221,948
• Publication Number:
  US 20060065806A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,264 Days
• Field of Search: 248917-924, 248681-683, 248/284.1, 248/291.1, 248/371, 248/372.1, 248/282.1, 248/292.13, 248/292.14, 248/286.1, 248/287.1
• US Class Current: 248/276.1
• 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 2200/041 for balancing rotational movement of the head
• CPC Class Codes: G09F 7/20 for adjustably mounting

Abstract

A wall mount usable with a display apparatus to mount the display apparatus on a wall, includes a base to attach to the wall, a supporting bracket supported by the base, a rotating bracket tiltably coupled to the supporting bracket and on which the display apparatus is mounted, and an elastic member provided between the supporting bracket and the rotating bracket to expand or contract according to rotation of the rotating bracket to adjust a tilt angle of the rotating bracket. Thus, the wall mount easily tilts the display apparatus through a simplified tilting structure.

Claims

1. A wall mount usable with a display apparatus to mount the display apparatus on a wall, the wall mount comprising:

a base to attach to the wall;

a supporting bracket supported by the base;

a rotating bracket tiltably coupled to the supporting bracket, and on which the display apparatus is mounted, the rotating bracket surroundingly coupling the supporting bracket when a tilt angle of the rotating bracket is zero with respect to the supporting bracket; and

an elastic member provided between the supporting bracket and the rotating bracket to expand or contract through at least one of the supporting bracket and the rotating bracket according to a rotation of the rotating bracket to adjust the tilt angle of the rotating bracket with respect to the supporting bracket.

2. The wall mount according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member comprises a shaft provided at the supporting bracket, a roller rotatably provided at the shaft, and a spring wound around the roller and coupled to the rotating bracket.

3. The wall mount according to claim 2, wherein the spring comprises a leaf spring.

4. The wall mount according to claim 3, further comprising:

an auxiliary shaft provided in at supporting bracket to be positioned at an upper part of the supporting bracket; and

an auxiliary roller rotatably provided in the auxiliary shaft to rotatably support the spring.

5. The wall mount according to claim 1, further comprising:

a hinge member to tiltably couple the rotating bracket to the supporting bracket.

6. The wall mount according to claim 1, wherein a strength of the elastic member is determined according to a weight of the display apparatus.

7. The wall mount according to claim 1, wherein when the tilt angle of the rotating bracket decreases, the elastic member contracts, and when the tilt angle of the rotating bracket increases, the elastic member expands.

8. A wall mount to mount a display apparatus on a wall, the wall mount comprising:

a base to attach to the wall;

a plurality of supporting brackets attached to the base;

a plurality of rotating brackets coupled to the display apparatus, each supporting bracket attached to a respective supporting bracket at one end thereof to tilt with respect to the respective supporting bracket; and

a plurality of elastic members each connected at one end to a respective rotating bracket and at another end to a respective supporting bracket and elastically extendable through at least one of the rotating bracket and the supporting bracket with a biasing force to support the respective rotating bracket at different tilt angles with respect to the respective supporting bracket, each of the elastic members comprising;

a shaft provided at an upper portion of the respective supporting bracket;

a roller provided at the shaft to rotate around the shaft; and

a spring having one end attached to the respective rotating bracket and another end attached to the roller to wind around the roller and unwind from the roller according to the tilt angle of the respective of rotating bracket.

9. The wall mount according to claim 8, wherein the spring comprises a leaf spring.

10. The wall mount according to claim 8, wherein a strength of the spring is determined according to a weight of the display apparatus.

11. The wall mount according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of supporting brackets is provided an auxiliary roller rotating around an auxiliary shaft to guide the spring of the respective one of the plurality of elastic members to wind around and unwind from the roller in of the respective one of the plurality of elastic members.

12. The wall mount according to claim 8, wherein when the tilt angle of the plurality of rotating brackets is zero with respect to the plurality of supporting brackets, the spring is completely wound around the roller in each of the plurality of elastic members.

13. The wall mount according to claim 8, wherein a length of the spring is determined according to a desired maximum value of the tilt angle of the plurality of rotating brackets.

14. The wall mount according to claim 8, wherein each of the plurality of rotating brackets overlaps with the respective supporting bracket when the tilt angle of the plurality of rotating brackets is zero.

15. A wall mount to mount a display apparatus on a wall, the wall mount comprising:

a base attachable to the wall; and

a tiltable bracket assembly to tiltably support the display apparatus to the base, and comprising;

a fixed bracket supported by the base,

a tilting bracket coupled to the display apparatus at a first portion, and attached to the fixed bracket at a second portion to be tiltable with respect to the fixed bracket, and

an elastic member connected between the fixed bracket and the tilting bracket to apply an elastic force the tilting bracket while extending through at least one of the tilting bracket and the fixed bracket to support the tilting bracket at a desired tilt angle with respect to the fixed bracket, the elastic member comprising;

a shaft provided at the fixed bracket;

a roller to rotate around the shaft; and

a spring having a wound portion wound around the roller and an unwound portion extending between the fixed bracket and the tilting bracket.

16. The wall mount according to claim 15, wherein the tiltable bracket assembly further comprises:

an auxiliary shaft provided at the fixed bracket above the shaft; and

an auxiliary roller to rotate around the auxiliary shaft to guide the spring to wind around or unwind from the roller.

17. The wall mount according to claim 15, wherein the elastic force of the elastic member is substantially equal to a weight of the display apparatus to hold the display apparatus at the desired apparatus at the desired tilt angle.