Flat panel display mounting device

• US 7,648,112 B2
• Filed: 09/10/2007
• Issued: 01/19/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2007
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Andrew H. Lew, Elsa L.R. Lu, George K. Liu, Hung-Hsin Yu, Jin Fang
• Original Assignee: Andrew H. Lew, Elsa L.R. Lu, George K. Liu, Hung-Hsin Yu, Jin Fang
• Inventors: Yu, Hung-Hsin, Wu, Min-Chuan
• Primary Examiner(s): Sterling; Amy J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Le; Tan
• Application Number:
  US11/852,536
• Publication Number:
  US 20090065670A1
• Time in Patent Office: 862 Days
• Field of Search: 248/274.1, 248/276.1, 248/282.1, 248/289.11, 248/917, 248/918, 248/919, 248/920, 248/921, 361/681, 361/682, 361/679.06, 361/679.21, 361/679.27
• US Class Current: 248/282.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/045 adapted to left-right translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/048 adapted to forward-backward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads 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: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support

Abstract

A flat panel display mounting device for securing a flat panel display, such as an LCD or plasma television, to a support surface, such as a wall, is disclosed. The flat panel display mounting device comprises a plurality of members in the form of support panels pivotally connected together and a rotation control mechanism connected thereto so that the flat panel display mounted on the device can be rotated to a desired angle and the center of gravity of the flat panel display during rotation can be maintained as close to the support surface as possible, so as not to generate additional burden to the flat panel display mounting device.

Claims

1. A flat panel display mounting device, comprising:

a support mechanism comprising;

a base support panel member fixed to a support surface, having a left edge and a right edge, and having a base extension with a left end and a right end;

a display support panel member for supporting the flat panel display, having a left edge and a right edge and having a support extension with a left end and a right end; and

two pairs of rotatable support panel members, one pair of which being pivotally connected to the left edge of the base support panel member and the left edge of the display support panel member, the other pair being pivotally connected to the right edge of the base support panel member and the right edge of the display support panel member, each pair of the rotatable support panel members containing two support panel members pivotally connected to each other; and

a rotation control mechanism comprising a first link and a second link, both having a left end and a right end,

wherein the left end of the first link is pivotally connected to the left end of the base support extension and the right end of the first link is pivotally connected to the right end of the display support extension, and the left end of the second link is pivotally connected to the left end of the display support extension and the right end of the second link is pivotally connected to the right end of the base support extension.

2. The flat panel display mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the support panel members has a truss structure.

3. The flat panel display mounting device according to claim 2, wherein the truss is solid.

4. The flat panel display mounting device according to claim 2, wherein the truss is hollow.

5. The flat panel display mounting device according to claim 1, wherein the support panel members are in the form of punched plates.

6. The flat panel display mounting device according to claim 1, wherein each of the support panel members has dimensions of height (a), length (b), and thickness (c) which have the relationship:

3a≧

b≧

a/3,

if a≧

b,a/10≧

c≧

1 mm

if a<

b,b/10≧

c≧

1 mm.