Adjustable mount

• US 7,918,426 B2
• Filed: 08/17/2006
• Issued: 04/05/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/18/2005
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: AVF Group Ltd. (AVF Holdings Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: AVF Group Ltd. (AVF Holdings Ltd.)
• Inventors: Short, Mark, Worrall, Raymond, Nicholls, Kenneth Gary
• Primary Examiner(s): King; Anita M
• Application Number:
  US11/506,526
• Publication Number:
  US 20070041213A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,692 Days
• Field of Search: 248/121, 248/225.21, 248/224.8, 248/225.11, 248/919, 248/923, 248/284.1, 248/371, 248/276.1, 248/495, 361/679.02, 361/679.22, 361/679.58
• US Class Current: 248/276.1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/105 the horizontal axis being the roll axis, e.g. for creating a landscape-portrait rotation
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/18 with mechanism for moving the apparatus relatively to the stand
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2021 around a horizontal axis F16M11/2035 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 248/919 Adjustably orientable video screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting

Abstract

An adjustable mount for mounting a flat panel display screen on a support comprises a first component adapted for securement to the support and forming a rear of the mount, a second component engaged with the first component and forming a front of the mount to which the screen is intended to be secured, in use, and an adjustment device acting between the first and second components to alter the relative positioning therebetween.

Claims

1. An adjustable mount for mounting a flat panel display screen on a support comprising a first component adapted for securement to said support and forming a rear of the mount, a second component engaged with the first component and forming a front of the mount to which the screen is intended to be secured, in use, and an adjustment device coupled with the first and second components and configured to alter the relative positioning therebetween;

wherein the adjustment device comprises a pair of screws, wherein each of the pair of screws is engaged with a complementary screw thread of one of the components and having its shank abutting or capable of abutting the other of the components, so that rotation of each of the pair of screws can alter the roll of the flat panel display screen to provide horizontal leveling of the flat panel display screen when provided on the mount; and

wherein the mount further comprises a locking device which is independent of the adjustment device and which is configured to secure the first and second components together while allowing for their relative positions to be altered by the adjustment device.

2. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the pair of screws are threadedly engaged in the second component and can each be rotated in one direction so that the end of the screw shank engages the first component to alter the tilt of the second component relative to the first component fixed to said surface, in use, in a generally vertical plane.

3. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the first component has at least one upper slot therein, in which is received respectively at least one hook of the second component to effect said engagement of the two components, the slot being longer than the hook received therein to allow for the relative tilting adjustment of the second component to the first component.

4. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the first component is sized to fit within the second component.

5. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein each of the screws is engaged through a generally vertically extending slot in the first component and into the complementary screw thread on the second component, such that roll of the mounting component and thereby the display can be adjusted by movement of the screw along the slot.

6. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the adjustment device is configured, in use by a user, to level the display so that an upper surface of display is substantially horizontal.

7. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the adjustment device is configured to level the display so that an upper surface of the display is substantially horizontal while an upper surface of the first component is not horizontal.

8. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the adjustment device is configured to provide the horizontal leveling by adjusting the roll of the flat panel display screen about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to and substantially centered within the flat panel display screen.

9. An adjustable mount according to claim 1, wherein the locking device is configured to prevent the first and second components swinging apart.

10. An adjustable mount according to claim 9 wherein the locking device is provided for locking together the two components against relative tilting in a horizontal plane.

11. An adjustable mount according to claim 10 wherein the locking device comprises at least one screw engaged with the second component having its shank received in a slot of the first component.

12. An adjustable mount according to claim 11 wherein the slot is elongated such that it enables adjustment of the relative positioning of the first and second components while said first and second components are secured together by the at least one screw of the locking device.

13. An adjustable mount according to claim 9 wherein the locking device is configured to lock the relative positioning between the first and second components.

14. An adjustable mount according to claim 13 wherein the locking device is configured to lock the relative positioning between the first and second components in one of a plurality of possible relationships with respect to one another and throughout an entirety of a range of the relative positioning as selected by a user.

16. An adjustable mount according to claim 1 wherein the adjustment device is configured to provide the horizontal leveling by adjusting the roll of the flat panel display screen about an axis which is substantially perpendicular to the flat panel display screen.

15. An adjustable mount for mounting a flat panel display screen on a support comprising a first component adapted for securement to said support and forming a rear of the mount, a second component engaged with the first component and forming a front of the mount to which the screen is intended to be secured, in use, and an adjustment device coupled with the first and second components and configured to alter the relative positioning therebetween;

wherein the adjustment device comprises at least one screw engaged with a complementary screw thread of one of the components and having its shank abutting or capable of abutting the other of the components, so that rotation of the at least one screw can alter the relative horizontal positioning between the components in use; and

wherein the first component has at least one upper slot therein, in which is received respectively at least one hook of the second component to effect said engagement of the two components, the slot being longer than the hook received therein to allow for the relative tilting adjustment of the second component to the first component.

17. An adjustable mount according to claim 15, further comprising a locking device which is independent of the adjustment device and which is configured to secure the first and second components together while allowing for their relative positions to be altered by the adjustment device.

18. An adjustable mount according to claim 15 wherein the at least one screw comprises a pair of screws, and wherein each of the screws is engaged with a complementary screw thread of the one of the components and having its shank abutting or capable of abutting the other of the components, so that rotation of each of the screws can alter the relative horizontal positioning between the components in use.

19. An adjustable mount for mounting a flat panel display screen on a support comprising

a first component adapted for securement to said support and forming a rear of the mount,

a second component engaged with the first component and forming a front of the mount to which the screen is intended to be secured, in use,

an adjustment device coupled with the first and second components and configured to alter the relative positioning therebetween;

and

a locking device to prevent the first and second components swinging apart,

wherein the adjustment device comprises a pair of screws, wherein each of the pair of screws is engaged with a complementary screw thread of one of the components and having its shank abutting or capable of abutting the other of the components, so that rotation of each of the pair of screws can alter the roll of the flat panel display screen to provide horizontal leveling of the flat panel display screen when provided on the mount,

wherein the locking device comprises at least one screw engaged with the second component having its shank received in a slot of the first component, and

wherein the slot is elongated such that it enables adjustment of the relative positioning of the first and second components while said first and second components are secured together by the at least one screw of the locking device.