Display mount with adjustable position tilt axis

• US 8,891,249 B2
• Filed: 01/07/2010
• Issued: 11/18/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 01/07/2009
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Legrand AV Inc. (Legrand SA)
• Original Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC (Legrand SA)
• Inventors: Stanek, Nick, Tribuno, Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): Norris, Jeremy C
• Assistant Examiner(s): VARGHESE, ROSHN K
• Application Number:
  US13/143,073
• Publication Number:
  US 20120002393A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,776 Days
• Field of Search: 361/810, 361/679.06, 361/679.21, 248/917, 248/919, 248/176.1, 248/276.1, 248/920, 248/921, 248/922, 248/923
• US Class Current: 361/810
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 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: H04N 5/655 Construction or mounting of chassis, e.g. for varying the elevation of the tube
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/917 Video display screen support
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 248/923 Tilting

Abstract

A display mount includes a wall interface that can be attached on a wall and a display interface that can be attached to a flat panel display. The width of the wall interface can be adjusted to accommodate flat panel display of different sizes. The display interface can be positioned on the mounting interface and adjusted to achieve a desired viewing angle of flat panel display. The display mount enables the flat panel display to be self balancing at any point along the tilting travel of the display and avoids contact between the wall and the display when the display is tilted.

Claims

1. A display mount for mounting a flat panel display, the mount comprising:

a wall interface for affixing the display mount to a mounting surface; and

at least one display interface received on the wall interface for receiving and retaining a flat panel display, the display interface including;

a first member engaged with the wall interface;

a second member presenting a display receiving surface for receiving the flat panel display thereon;

a tilt mechanism operably coupling the first member and the second member, the tilt mechanism enabling the second member to be shifted relative to the first member about a substantially horizontal tilt axis spaced apart forwardly from the display receiving surface, the tilt mechanism further including a variable pitch adjustment mechanism for selectively shifting the position of the horizontal tilt axis relative to the display interface; and

a vertical height adjustment mechanism configured as part of the first member for vertically shifting the second member relative to the first member and wall interface to shift a mounting height of the flat panel display without affecting the spacing between the second member and first member along the horizontal tilt axis.

2. The display mount of claim 1, further comprising a flat panel display received on the display mounting surface, the flat panel display having a center of gravity, wherein the tilt mechanism is arranged to shift the center of gravity of the display in a substantially horizontal plane when the second member is shifted about the substantially horizontal tilt axis.

3. The display mount of claim 1, wherein the variable pitch adjustment mechanism is operable to enable selective adjustment of the shifting motion of the second member about the substantially horizontal tilt axis such that the center of gravity of a flat panel display received on the display mounting surface shifts in a substantially horizontal plane when the second member is shifted about the substantially horizontal tilt axis.

4. The display mount of claim 1, wherein the tilt mechanism comprises an upper tilt mechanism having a slide member defining a guide slot, a first pair of links each having a first end pivotally coupled to the second member and a second end carrying an axle slidable in the guide slot, and a second pair of links each having a first end pivotally coupled to one of the first pair of links intermediate the first end and the second end and having a second end pivotally coupled to the slide member.

5. The display mount of claim 4, wherein the variable pitch adjustment mechanism is operable to shift an orientation of the slide member.

6. The display mount of claim 1, wherein a width dimension of the wall interface is adjustable.

7. An electronic display system comprising:

a flat panel electronic display; and

a mount for attaching the flat panel electronic display to a substantially vertical surface, the mount comprising;

a wall interface adapted to attach to the wall; and

a pair of display interfaces received on the wall interface for receiving and retaining the flat panel electronic display, each display interface including;

a positioning assembly engaged with the wall interface;

a mounting member presenting a display receiving surface, a back surface of the flat panel electronic display received on the display receiving surface;

a tilt mechanism operably coupling the positioning assembly and the mounting member, the tilt mechanism enabling the mounting member and flat panel electronic display to be shifted relative to the positioning assembly about a substantially horizontal tilt axis spaced apart forwardly from the display receiving surface, the tilt mechanism further including a variable pitch adjustment mechanism for selectively shifting the position of the horizontal tilt axis relative to the display interface; and

a vertical height adjustment mechanism configured as part of the positioning assembly for vertically shifting a second member relative to a first member and wall interface to shift a mounting height of the flat panel display without affecting the spacing between the second member and first member along the horizontal tilt axis.

8. The system of claim 7, wherein the tilt mechanism is arranged to shift the center of gravity of the flat panel electronic display in a substantially horizontal plane when the mounting member is shifted about the substantially horizontal tilt axis.

9. The system of claim 7, wherein the variable pitch adjustment mechanism is operable to enable selective adjustment of the shifting motion of the mounting member about the substantially horizontal tilt axis such that the center of gravity of a flat panel display received on the display mounting surface shifts in a substantially horizontal plane when the mounting member is shifted about the substantially horizontal tilt axis.

10. The system of claim 7, wherein the tilt mechanism comprises an upper tilt mechanism having a slide member defining a guide slot, a first pair of links each having a first end pivotally coupled to the mounting member and a second end carrying an axle slidable in the guide slot, and a second pair of links each having a first end pivotally coupled to one of the first pair of links intermediate the first end and the second end and having a second end pivotally coupled to the slide member.

11. The system of claim 10, wherein the variable pitch adjustment mechanism is operable to shift an orientation of the slide member.

12. The system of claim 7, wherein a width dimension of the wall interface is adjustable.

13. A display mount for mounting a flat panel display, the mount comprising:

a wall interface for affixing the display mount to a mounting surface; and

at least one display interface received on the wall interface for receiving and retaining a flat panel display, the display interface including;

a first member engaged with the wall interface;

a second member presenting a display receiving surface for receiving the flat panel display thereon;

a tilt mechanism operably coupling the first member and the second member, the tilt mechanism enabling the second member to be shifted relative to the first member about a substantially horizontal tilt axis spaced apart forwardly from the display receiving surface, the tilt mechanism further including means for selectively shifting the position of the horizontal tilt axis relative to the display interface; and

a vertical height adjustment mechanism configured as part of the first member for vertically shifting the second member relative to the first member and wall interface to shift a mounting height of the flat panel display without affecting the spacing between the second member and first member along the horizontal tilt axis.

14. The display mount of claim 13, wherein the means for selectively shifting the position of the horizontal tilt axis relative to the display interface includes a variable pitch adjustment mechanism.

15. The display mount of claim 14, further comprising a flat panel display received on the display mounting surface, the flat panel display having a center of gravity, wherein the tilt mechanism is arranged to shift the center of gravity of the display in a substantially horizontal plane when the second member is shifted about the substantially horizontal tilt axis.

16. The display mount of claim 14, wherein the variable pitch adjustment mechanism is operable to enable selective adjustment of the shifting motion of the second member about the substantially horizontal tilt axis such that the center of gravity of a flat panel display received on the display mounting surface shifts in a substantially horizontal plane when the second member is shifted about the substantially horizontal tilt axis.

17. The display mount of claim 14, wherein the tilt mechanism comprises an upper tilt mechanism having a slide member defining a guide slot, a first pair of links each having a first end pivotally coupled to the second member and a second end carrying an axle slidable in the guide slot, and a second pair of links each having a first end pivotally coupled to one of the first pair of links intermediate the first end and the second end and having a second end pivotally coupled to the slide member.

18. The display mount of claim 17, wherein the variable pitch adjustment mechanism is operable to shift an orientation of the slide member.

19. The display mount of claim 14, wherein a width dimension of the wall interface is adjustable.