Supporting device of a display unit capable of horizontal and vertical rotation

• US 7,984,888 B2
• Filed: 02/13/2007
• Issued: 07/26/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 03/22/2006
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Original Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Park, Jae Hoo
• Primary Examiner(s): SMITH, NKEISHA
• Application Number:
  US11/705,466
• Publication Number:
  US 20070221807A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,624 Days
• Field of Search: 248/917, 248/918, 248/919, 248/920, 248/921, 248/922, 248/923, 248/924, 248/280.11, 248/281.11, 248/371, 248/297.11, 248/299.1, 248/205.1, 248/324, 248/274.1, 248/276.1, 248/282.1, 361/681, 361/682
• US Class Current: 248/281.11
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2092 comprising means allowing depth adjustment, i.e. forward-backward translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/38 by folding , e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms
• 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 248/918 Ancillary device support associated with a video display screen
• 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
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/921 Plural angular
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/922 Angular
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/924 Adjustable size

Abstract

A supporting device of a display unit includes a stationary bracket securable to a wall, a body coupling device to mount a body of the display unit thereto, and a plurality of connecting devices to connect the stationary bracket with the body coupling device, each connecting device having first and second ends thereof coupled to the stationary bracket and the body coupling device, respectively, to rotate in left and right directions, and having at least one point between the first and second ends thereof to bend in the left and right directions.

Claims

1. A supporting device of a display unit, comprising:

a stationary bracket securable to a wall;

a body coupling device to mount a body of the display unit thereto, and including an extension member mounted on the body and a support member connected to the extension member;

a rotation member directly on the support member and rotatable about an axis parallel to the support member to move the extension member with respect to the support member; and

a plurality of connecting devices to connect the stationary bracket with the body coupling device, each connecting device having first and second ends thereof coupled to the stationary bracket and the body coupling device, respectively, to rotate in left and right directions, and having at least one point between the first and second ends thereof to bend in the left and right directions,

such that connections between the plurality of connecting devices and the body coupling device occur along multiple axes perpendicular to the axis of the rotation member,

wherein the plurality of connecting devices comprises;

a first connecting device coupled to a left side of the stationary bracket and a left side of the body coupling device; and

a second connecting device coupled to a right side of the stationary bracket and a right side of the body coupling device and spaced apart from the first connecting device,

wherein each of the first and second connecting devices comprises;

a first link having the first end coupled to the stationary bracket to rotate in the left and right directions and having a second end; and

a second link having a first end coupled to the second end of the first link to rotate in the left and right directions and the second end coupled to the body coupling device to rotate in the left and right directions, and

wherein the rotation member is an upward-downward rotation member and the body coupling device further comprises;

the supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting devices; and

the upward-downward rotation member coupled to the supporting member to rotate in upward and downward directions while being coupled to a rear side of the display unit.

2. The supporting device according to claim 1, wherein

the extension member is secured to the upward-downward rotation member and extending in a vertical direction, the extension member having upper and lower portions capable of being secured to upper and lower portions of the rear side of the display unit, respectively.

3. The supporting device according to claim 2, wherein

the upward-downward rotation member comprises first and second upward-downward rotation members coupled to first and second sides of the supporting member, respectively;

and

the extension member comprises first and second extension members secured to the first and second upward-downward rotation members, respectively.

4. The supporting device according to claim 3, wherein each of the first and second extension members has hanging grooves formed at upper and lower portions thereof to which protrusions on the rear side of the display unit are capable of being hung and secured.

5. The supporting device according to claim 2, wherein the body coupling device further comprises:

a supporting shaft extending through the extension member to couple the upward-downward rotation member to the supporting member.

6. The supporting device according to claim 5, wherein the upward-downward rotation member rotates upward and downward within a predetermined distance range with respect to the supporting member.

7. The supporting device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a first receipt part formed in the stationary bracket to receive the first link;

a second receipt part formed in the first link to receive the second link; and

a third receipt part formed in the second link to receive the supporting member.

8. The supporting device according to claim 7, wherein

the stationary bracket, the first link, the second link, and the supporting member are C-shaped steel members;

and

the first link has an external width narrower than an inner width of the stationary bracket, the second link has an external width narrower than an inner width of the first link, and the supporting member has an external width narrower than an inner width of the second link.

9. The supporting device according to claim 1, wherein

the extension member having a first extension part extending downward from the upward-downward rotation member and a second extension part bent forward from a lower portion of the first extension part;

and

a supporting plate mounted on the second extension part of the extension member to support a lower surface of the display unit.

10. The supporting device according to claim 9, wherein

the upward-downward rotation member comprises first and second upward-downward rotation members coupled to first and second sides of the supporting member, respectively;

and

the extension member comprises first and second extension members secured to the first and second upward-downward rotation members, respectively.

11. The supporting device according to claim 10, further comprising:

a fastener disposed on the supporting plate to fasten to the lower surface of the display unit.

12. The supporting device according to claim 11, wherein the display unit is a projection TV.

13. A supporting device of a display unit, comprising:

a stationary bracket securable to a wall;

a body coupling device to mount a body of the display unit thereto, and including an extension member mounted on the body and a support member connected to the extension member, and a rotation member rotatably mounted to the support member to move the extension member with respect to the support member; and

a plurality of connecting devices to connect the stationary bracket with the body coupling device,

wherein the plurality of connecting devices comprises;

a first connecting device coupled to a left side of the stationary bracket and a left side of the body coupling device; and

a second connecting device coupled to a right side of the stationary bracket and a right side of the body coupling device and spaced apart from the first connecting device,

each of the first and second connecting devices comprises;

a first link having a first end coupled to the stationary bracket to rotate in the left and right directions and having a second end; and

a second link having a first end coupled to the second end of the first link to rotate in the left and right directions and a second end coupled to the body coupling device to rotate in the left and right directions, and

wherein the rotation member is an upward-downward rotation member and the body coupling device comprises;

the supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting devices; and

the upward-downward rotation member coupled to the supporting member to rotate in upward and downward directions while being coupled to a rear side of the display unit.

14. A supporting device of a display unit, comprising:

a stationary bracket securable to a wall;

a body coupling device mountable to a body of the display unit, and including an extension member mounted on the body and a support member connected to the extension member;

a rotation member directly on the support member and rotatable about an axis parallel to the support member to move the extension member with respect to the support member;

a first connecting device to connect left sides of the stationary bracket and the body coupling device with each other, and having a bending part to bend in left and right directions; and

a second connecting device to connect right sides of the stationary bracket and the body coupling device with each other, and having a bending part to bend in the left and right directions,

such that the first connecting device and second connecting device are connected at separate connecting locations to the body coupling device with the support member between the connecting locations,

wherein the rotation member is an upward-downward rotation member and the body coupling device comprises;

the supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting device; and

the upward-downward rotation member coupled to the supporting member to rotate in upward and downward directions to be coupled to a rear side of the display unit.

15. The supporting device according to claim 14, wherein the upward-downward rotation member comprises multiple upward-downward rotation members and all multiple upward-downward rotation members are coupled to the supporting member.

16. A supporting device of a display unit, comprising:

a stationary bracket securable to a wall;

a body coupling device mountable to a body of the display unit, and including an extension member mounted on the body and a support member connected to the extension member;

a rotation member directly on the support member and rotatable about an axis parallel to the support member to move the extension member with respect to the support member;

a first connecting device to connect left sides of the stationary bracket and the body coupling device with each other; and

a second connecting device to connect right sides of the stationary bracket and the body coupling device with each other,

wherein the first and second connecting devices independently adjust a space between a rear side of the display unit and the wall,

such that connections between the first and second connecting devices and the body coupling device occur along multiple axes perpendicular to the axis of the rotation member,

wherein the rotation member is an upward-downward rotation member and the body coupling device comprises;

the supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting device; and

the upward-downward rotation member coupled to the supporting member to rotate in upward and downward directions to be coupled to a rear side of the display unit.

17. A supporting device of a display unit, comprising:

a stationary bracket securable to a wall;

a body coupling device mountable to a body of the display unit, and including two separate extension members mounted on the body and a support member connected to the extension members;

a rotation member directly on the support member and rotatable about an axis parallel to the support member to move the extension members with respect to the support member;

connecting devices to connect the stationary bracket with the body coupling device, and having bending parts to bend in left and right directions,

wherein the stationary bracket comprises receipt parts to receive the connecting devices when the connecting devices are folded, and

the rotation member is an upward-downward rotation member and the body coupling device comprises;

the supporting member coupled to the first and second connecting device; and

the upward-downward rotation member coupled to the supporting member to rotate in upward and downward directions to be coupled to a rear side of the display unit.

18. A mounting apparatus to mount a display device on a surface, the mounting apparatus comprising:

a stationary unit to be secured to the surface;

a moveable unit to be secured to the display device and moveable along a first rotational axis in first and second directions, and including a first rotating unit and second rotating unit mounted on the display device and a fixed part connected to the first and second rotating units;

a rotatable part directly on the fixed part and rotatable about an axis parallel to the fixed part to move the first rotating unit and second rotating unit with respect to the fixed part; and

a connecting unit to connect the stationary unit and the moveable unit to each other and moveable along a second rotational axis perpendicular to the first rotational axis in third and fourth directions;

wherein the connecting unit includes a first linking unit coupled to a left side of the stationary unit and a left side of the moveable unit, and includes a second linking unit coupled to a right side of the stationary unit and a right side of the moveable unit, and wherein the first and second linking units are spaced apart from one another.

19. The mounting apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the connecting unit comprises:

the first linking unit rotatable around a third rotational axis parallel with the second rotational axis; and

the second linking unit rotatable around a fourth rotational axis parallel with the second rotational axis,

wherein the first linking unit and second linking unit independently adjust a first distance between the first sides of the stationary unit and the moveable unit, and a second distance between the second sides of the stationary unit and the moveable unit, respectively.

20. The mounting apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the stationary unit comprises:

a receiving portion to receive the connecting unit and a portion of the moveable unit therein.

21. The mounting apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the stationary unit comprises:

a receiving portion to receive the connecting unit and the moveable unit therein, such that a distance between the display unit and the surface corresponds to a width of the stationary unit when the connecting unit and the moveable unit are disposed in the receiving portion.

22. The mounting apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the moveable unit comprises:

a first rotating unit to rotate a first side of the display unit along the first rotational axis in the first and second directions; and

a second rotating unit to rotate a second side of the display unit along the first rotational axis in the first and second directions,

wherein the first rotating unit and second rotating unit independently adjust a first distance between the first side of the display unit and the surface, and a second distance between the second side of the display unit and the surface, respectively.

23. The mounting apparatus according to claim 18, wherein the moveable unit comprises:

the fixed part connected to the connecting unit and having a first width; and

the rotatable part rotatable around the fixed part along the first rotational axis and having a second width that is greater than the first width to limit a rotating distance thereof along the first rotational axis to be within a predetermined distance range.