Wall-mount support

• US 7,861,992 B2
• Filed: 03/17/2008
• Issued: 01/04/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 07/18/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ming-Hsien Huang
• Original Assignee: Ming-Hsien Huang
• Inventors: Huang, Ming-Hsien
• Primary Examiner(s): King; Anita M
• Application Number:
  US12/049,547
• Publication Number:
  US 20090020658A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,023 Days
• Field of Search: 248/295.11, 248/475.1, 248/476, 248/479, 248/480, 248/207, 248/282.1, 248/297.21, 248/316.8, 248/285.1, 248/498, 248/917
• US Class Current: 248/282.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/048 adapted to forward-backward translation movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/24 changeable in height or length of legs, also for transport only, e.g. by means of tubes screwed into each otherF16M11/42 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 2200/027 by friction
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support

Abstract

A wall-mount support includes: a wall bracket adapted to be mounted on a wall and having a vertical track; a carrier mounted slidably on the vertical track; a pair of supporting arms, each of which extends from the carrier in a transverse direction relative to the vertical track and each of which is pivoted to the carrier so as to permit angle adjustment therebetween; and a brake mechanism including a friction-providing member connected to the carrier and operable to abut against the vertical track so as to prevent sliding movement of the carrier on the vertical track.

Claims

1. A wall-mount support comprising:

a wall bracket adapted to be mounted on a wall and having a vertical track;

a carrier mounted slidably on said vertical track;

a pair of supporting arms, each of which extends from said carrier in a transverse direction relative to said vertical track and each of which is pivoted to said carrier so as to permit angle adjustment therebetween; and

a brake mechanism including a friction-providing member connected to said carrier and operable to abut against said vertical track so as to prevent sliding movement of said carrier on said vertical track, wherein each of said supporting arms has a toothed pivot end that is pivoted to said carrier. said toothed pivot ends of said supporting arms meshing with each other.

2. The wall-mount support of claim 1, wherein said carrier includes a carrier housing that has front and rear open ends and two pairs of inner recesses disposed between said front and rear open ends, said toothed pivot end of each of said supporting arms being formed with two opposite studs extending into an adjacent pair of said inner recesses, respectively.

3. The wall-mount support of claim 2, further comprising a confining member secured to and disposed in said carrier housing adjacent to and behind said toothed pivot ends of said supporting arms so as to prevent undesired removal of said toothed pivot ends of said supporting arms from said inner recesses.

4. The wall-mount support of claim 1, wherein each of said supporting arms includes a supporting plate having opposite first and second ends, said first end of said supporting plate being formed with a pivot shaft that defines said toothed pivot end of a respective one of said supporting arms, each of said supporting arms further including a supporting sleeve sleeved on said supporting plate and movable relative to said supporting plate in the transverse direction so as to permit length adjustment for each of said supporting arms.

5. The wall-mount support of claim 4, wherein said supporting plate of each of said supporting arms is formed with a slot extending in the transverse direction between said first and second ends thereof, said supporting sleeve being formed with a threaded hole and being provided with a screw extending threadedly through said threaded hole and into said slot for limiting range of movement of said supporting sleeve on said supporting plate.

6. The wall-mount support of claim 1, wherein said friction-providing member is in the form of a braking plate connected to said carrier and disposed in said vertical track, said brake mechanism further including a screw rod threadedly engaging said carrier for driving said braking plate to tilt relative to said vertical track so as to abut against said vertical track.

7. The wall-mount support of claim 6, wherein said vertical track of said wall bracket defines a pair of opposite guiding grooves, said carrier including a carrier housing having a rear open end that is formed with a pair of opposite wings extending outwardly therefrom into said guiding grooves.