Video display mounting system and method

• US 8,645,147 B2
• Filed: 08/10/2006
• Issued: 02/04/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/12/2004
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Original Assignee: VOXX International Corporation
• Inventors: Simmons, Louis P., Hamilton, James L., Maffetone, Gerald J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Ruhl, Dennis
• Application Number:
  US11/502,175
• Publication Number:
  US 20060274488A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,735 Days
• Field of Search: 705/1.1
• US Class Current: 705/1.1
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 11/0235 of flat type, e.g. LCD
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0071 using latches, clips, clamps, straps or the like
• CPC Class Codes: B60R 2011/0078 Quick-disconnect two-parts mounting means
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1601 Constructional details related to the housing of computer displays, e.g. of CRT monitors, of flat displays constructional details related to flat displays integrated in a portable computer, e.g. laptop, handheld computer G06F1/1637; constructional details related to television receivers H04N5/64

Abstract

A display panel mounting system comprises a mounting base having at least one pin, and a mating mechanism coupled to a display panel for coupling to the mounting base. The mating mechanism comprises a first plate fixed to the display panel comprising a pair of prongs having an opening for receiving the pin of the mounting base, and a second plate movable coupled to the first plate, comprising a latch for securing the pin between the pair of prongs of the first plate.

Claims

1. A method for installing a display panel in a vehicle comprising:

installing a mounting base in the vehicle, the mounting base having at least one pin;

preparing the display panel with a mating mechanism for coupling to the mounting base, wherein the mating mechanism comprises, a first plate fixed to the display panel comprising a pair of prongs having an opening for receiving the pin of the mounting base, and a second plate movably coupled to the first plate, comprising a latch for securing the pin between the pair of prongs of the first plate; and

coupling the display panel to the vehicle via the mating mechanism and the mounting base, wherein the opening of the first plate receives the pin of the mounting base, and the latch of the second plate, in a closed position, secures the pin between the pair of prongs of the first plate.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein coupling comprises opening the latch with respect to the prong, wherein the second plate is moved against the first plate, moving the latch away from the opening of the pair of prongs, enabling the pair of prongs to receive or release the pin, against a force of a spring mechanism.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein a plurality of pairs of prongs of the mating mechanism receive respective pins of the mounting base and latches for securing the pins between the respective pairs of prongs.

4. A method for installing a display panel in a vehicle comprising:

installing a mounting base on the display panel, the mounting base having at least one pin;

preparing the vehicle with a mating mechanism for coupling to the mounting base, wherein the mating mechanism comprises, a first plate fixed to the display panel comprising a pair of prongs having an opening for receiving the pin of the mounting base, and a second plate movably coupled to the first plate, comprising a latch for securing the pin between the pair of prongs of the first plate; and

coupling the display panel to the vehicle via the mating mechanism and the mounting base, wherein the opening of the first plate receives the pin of the mounting base, and the latch of the second plate, in a closed position, secures the pin between the pair of prongs of the first plate.

5. The method of claim 4, wherein coupling comprises opening the latch with respect to the prong, wherein the second plate is moved against the first plate, moving the latch away from the opening of the pair of prongs, enabling the pair of prongs to receive or release the pin, against a force of a spring mechanism.

6. The method of claim 4, wherein a plurality of pairs of prongs of the mating mechanism receive respective pins of the mounting base and latches for securing the pins between the respective pairs of prongs.