Supporting apparatus for display device

• US 7,537,189 B2
• Filed: 07/06/2006
• Issued: 05/26/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 07/08/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Jung, Yu Young, Kim, Chan Han
• Primary Examiner(s): Shriver, II; J. Allen
• Assistant Examiner(s): McDuffie; Michael
• Application Number:
  US11/481,054
• Publication Number:
  US 20070007413A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,055 Days
• Field of Search: 248/284.1, 248/298.1, 248/281.11, 248/917, 248/919, 248/920, 361/681
• US Class Current: 248/298.1
• 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: H04N 5/64 Constructional details of receivers, e.g. cabinets or dust covers furniture aspects of television cabinets A47B81/06
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/92 Angular and linear video display screen support adjustment

Abstract

A supporting apparatus for a display device is provided. The apparatus includes a hanger assembly and a supporter assembly. The hanger assembly allows an upper side and a lower side of the display device to move back and forth with the display device fixed. The supporter assembly on which the hanger assembly is mounted and whose horizontal width is controlled to adjust a position of the hanger assembly.

Claims

1. A supporting apparatus for a display device, the supporting apparatus comprising:

at least two hanger assemblies allowing an upper side and a lower side of the display device to move back and forth with the display device fixed; and

a supporter assembly being retractable, on which the at least two hanger assemblies are mounted respectively and whose horizontal width is controlled to adjust an interval between the at least two hanger assemblies depending on the size of the display device,

wherein the at least one of the at least two hanger assemblies comprises;

a wall bracket fixed in a fixing part;

a channel bracket rotatably connected with the wall bracket and/or spaced a predetermined distance from the wall bracket;

a link member for connecting the wall bracket with the channel bracket; and

a set bracket coupled to the channel bracket, and a front side of which the display device is mounted, and

wherein the link member comprises;

a center link having one end moving along a lengthwise direction of the wall bracket, and the other end connected with the channel bracket; and

at least one link guide having one end connected with the center link and the other end connected with the wall bracket to guide an operation of the center link.

2. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the link member comprises:

an upper link having one end risibly mounted on an upper portion of the wall bracket, and a lower portion connected with an upper portion of the channel bracket; and

a lower link for connecting a lower portion of the wall bracket with a lower portion of the channel bracket.

3. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the channel bracket comprises two bracket members facing each other and coupled to the set bracket.

4. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the set bracket is slid and inserted in the front side of the channel bracket.

5. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the set bracket is coupled to the channel bracket using a separate coupling member.

6. The apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the supporter assembly comprises:

a supporter guide; and

a moving supporter coupled to the hanger assembly and moving in a horizontal direction of the supporter guide.

7. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein movements of the moving supporter and the supporter guide are relatively guided by a bending portion formed at each edge of the moving supporter and the supporter guide.

8. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the moving supporter is coupled to an inner side of the hanger assembly.

9. The apparatus according to claim 6, wherein the moving supporter is moved in a horizontal direction of the supporter guide up to a position where the display device is coupled to the hanger assembly.

10. A supporting apparatus for a display device, the supporting apparatus comprising:

a hanger assembly for supporting the display device; and

a supporter assembly, to which the hanger assembly is fixed,

wherein the hanger assembly includes;

a wall bracket fixed on the supporter assembly;

a channel bracket for freely moving back and forth a predetermined distance from the wall bracket;

a link member for connecting the wall bracket with the channel bracket; and

a set bracket coupled to a front side of the channel bracket and to which the display device is coupled,

wherein the link member comprises;

a center link having one end moving along a lengthwise direction of the wall bracket, and the other end connected with the channel bracket; and

at least one link guide having one end connected with the center link and the other end connected with the wall bracket to guide an operation of the center link.

11. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein an upper portion and a lower portion of the channel bracket are moved back and forth independently.

12. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the link member comprises:

a link guide having one end connected with the wall bracket; and

a lower link having one end connected with the channel bracket,

wherein the lower link and the wall bracket are hinge-coupled to each other.

13. The apparatus according to claim 10, wherein the link member comprises:

a first link member for connecting an upper portion of the wall bracket with an upper portion of the channel bracket; and

a second link member for connecting a lower portion of the wall bracket with a lower portion of the channel bracket.

14. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein the first link member and the second link member operate in different manners.

15. The apparatus according to claim 13, wherein friction force generated at the first link member and the second link member is adjustable.

16. A supporting apparatus for a display device, the supporting apparatus comprising:

a pair of hanger assemblies whose front sides are mounted on the display device, for adjusting a vertical angle of the display device; and

a supporter assembly being retractable for controlling an interval between a pair of the hanger assemblies depending on the size of the display device, wherein the supporter assembly includes;

a pair of moving supporters mounted on a pair of the hanger assemblies, respectively;

a supporter guide for guiding the moving supporters such that the moving supporters move horizontally;

a slider formed by bending an upper end and/or a lower end of the moving supporters at least one time; and

a guide bent at least one time at a position of the supporter guide that corresponds to the slider and on which the slider is seated.

17. The apparatus according to claim 16, wherein the supporter guide collectively supports a pair of the moving supporters using a single body.

18. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising:

an interval control part formed on one side of the moving supporters; and

at least two slots formed in the supporter guide, for selectively receiving the interval control part to fix a movement position of the moving supporters.

19. The apparatus according to claim 16, further comprising at least one fixing hole formed in the moving supporters and the supporter guide, and through which a fixing member passes to allow the moving supporters to be fixed in the supporter guide.