Single mount with dual method installation

• US 8,827,226 B2
• Filed: 08/23/2010
• Issued: 09/09/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 08/23/2010
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Ergotron Incorporated (Melrose Industries Plc)
• Original Assignee: Ergotron Incorporated (Melrose Industries Plc)
• Inventors: Townsend, Michael Joseph, Plehn, Patrick Leonard
• Primary Examiner(s): Garft, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/861,341
• Publication Number:
  US 20120043437A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,478 Days
• Field of Search: 248/323, 248/278.1, 248/274.1, 248/288.11, 248/122.1, 248/125.7, 248/125.9, 248/917, 248/919, 248/920, 248/220.1, 248/309.1, 248/918, 248/200, 248/279.1, 248/281.11, 248/342, 248/240, 248/205.1, 248/207, 248/231.91, 248/298.1, 527/12, 220/3.5
• US Class Current: 248/323
• 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 11/2085 comprising means allowing sideward adjustment, i.e. left-right translation of the head relatively to the undercarriage
• 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 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/065 with a special structure, e.g. reinforced or adapted for space reduction
• 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: Y10T 29/49826 Assembling or joining

Abstract

A dual method of installing a mounting device to a load-bearing surface includes a mounting device having a back member installed closer to the load-bearing surface than a front member on which an object is mounted. A mounting member is either attached to the back member in a first configuration or the mounting member is attached to the back member in a second configuration. The mounting member is attached to the load-bearing surface such that the load-bearing surface is between the back member and the front member in the first configuration. The back member is between the load-bearing surface and the front member in the second configuration.

Claims

1. A mounting device comprising:

a front member on which an object is mounted;

a back member connected to said front member and spaced rearward of said front member, said back member for attachment to a load-bearing surface through a mounting member having a first surface and a second surface; and

said mounting member attaches to said back member in a first attachment configuration where said second surface is between said back member and said front member and a load-bearing surface is between said back member and said front member, and said mounting member attaches to said back member in a second attachment configuration different from the first attachment configuration where said second surface is in a same plane as said back member and said back member is between said load-bearing surface and said front member.

2. The mounting device of claim 1 the first side directly attaching said mounting member to said back member and the second side directly attaching said mounting member to said load-bearing surface.

3. The mounting device of claim 1, wherein said mounting member is a bracket.

4. The mounting device of claim 1, further comprising:

a first arm connected to said back member through a first joint;

said front member connected to said first arm through a second joint.

5. The mounting device of claim 4, wherein

said back member includes a first rail and a second rail;

said first joint includes a glide block, wherein said glide block includes a first bearing and a second bearing slideable along respective said first rail and said second rail of said back member.

9. The mounting device of claim 1, wherein the first and second surfaces are perpendicular to each other.

10. The mounting device of claim 1, wherein the load-bearing surface is a portion attached to the back member.

6. A mounting device for in-wall installation, the mounting device comprising:

a front member on which an object is mounted;

a back member spaced rearward of said front member, said back member including a first rail and a second rail, said first rail positioned above said second rail, said back member including two ends and a back portion extending therebetween, wherein the back portion is configured to extend in a first plane that is rearward of a surface of a wall;

a first mounting bracket and a second mounting bracket, each of the first and second mounting brackets having a first side configured to attach to a respective end of the back member, each of the first and second mounting brackets having a second side configured to attach to a respective load bearing surface, wherein the second side of each of the first and second mounting brackets extends in a second plane when the first and second mounting brackets are attached to the back member, the second plane being different from the first plane;

said front member connected to said back member through a casting pivotably connected to a glide block;

wherein said glide block includes a first bearing and a second bearing slideable along respective said first rail and said second rail of said back member,

said first bearing is provided below said first rail and said second bearing is provided above said second rail, and said casting is positioned rearward of said first rail and said second rail.

7. The mounting device of claim 6 wherein said first bearing and said second bearing are round linear bearings.

8. The mounting device of claim 6, further comprising:

a first bushing provided between said first bearing and said first rail; and

a second bushing provided between said second bearing and said second rail.