Low profile mount for flat panel electronic display

• US 9,109,742 B2
• Filed: 08/31/2009
• Issued: 08/18/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 09/02/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Legrand AV Inc. (Legrand SA)
• Original Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC (Legrand SA)
• Inventors: Smith, Paul
• Primary Examiner(s): Torrente, Richard
• Assistant Examiner(s): SUH, JOSEPH JINWOO
• Application Number:
  US13/061,910
• Publication Number:
  US 20110234926A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,178 Days
• Field of Search: 348/836, 248/220.22, 248/274.1, 248/125.7, 248/284.1, 248/288.11, 248/122.1, 361/679.01
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 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: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms

Abstract

A low-profile mount for a flat panel electronic display that is selectively shiftable between a wall-confronting position wherein the back of the flat panel electronic display is disposed parallel and proximate to the wall surface and a tilt position wherein the top of the display is tilted away from the wall surface. The mount is configured so that points spaced apart forwardly from display receiving surfaces of the mount are shifted along a substantially horizontal axis as the mount is shifted between the wall confronting position and the tilt position. Advantageously, the display can be attached to the mount so that the points are horizontally registered with a center of gravity of the display such that the display is self-balancing at any point along the travel between the wall confronting position and the tilt position.

Claims

1. An electronic display system comprising:

a flat panel electronic display; and

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

a wall interface adapted to attach to the wall surface; and

a pair of tilt assemblies, each tilt assembly including a hook bracket for engaging the wall interface, a display interface presenting a display receiving surface for receiving the flat panel electronic display, and a scissors assembly operably coupling the hook bracket and the display interface, the tilt assemblies being coupled to a rear side of the flat panel electronic display and selectively shiftable between a wall confronting position wherein the rear side of the flat panel electronic display is substantially parallel and proximate to the wall, and a tilt position wherein the top of the flat panel electronic display is tilted away from the wall, wherein the scissors assembly comprises a first arm assembly presenting a first end and an opposing second end, and a second arm assembly presenting a third end and an opposing fourth end, the first end of the first arm assembly being operably coupled to the wall interface, the second end of the first arm assembly being operably coupled to the display interface, the first arm assembly being without any length-extending arm, the third end of the second arm assembly being operably coupled to the wall interface above the coupling of the first end of the first arm assembly to the wall interface, and the fourth end of the second arm assembly being operably coupled to the display interface below the coupling of the second end of the first arm assembly to the display interface, the second arm assembly being without any length-extending arm, the first arm assembly defining a first length dimension extending from the first end to the second end of the first arm assembly, the second arm assembly defining a second length dimension extending from the third end to the fourth end of the second arm assembly, wherein the first arm assembly is pivotally coupled with the second arm assembly at a position between the third end and the fourth end of the second arm assembly, wherein the first length dimension of the first arm assembly is greater than a second length dimension of the second arm assembly, the scissors assembly configured so that a point forward of the display receiving surface and horizontally registered with a center of gravity of the flat panel electronic display translates substantially horizontally continuously along its travel as the tilt assembly is shifted between the wall confronting position and the tilt position.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein the first arm assembly comprises a pair of parallel rails and the second arm assembly comprises a pair of parallel rails.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the first arm assembly is pivotally coupled to the wall interface and slidably coupled to the display interface, and wherein the second arm assembly is pivotally coupled to the display interface and slidably coupled to the wall interface.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein each tilt assembly further comprises a kickstand assembly, and wherein the flat panel electronic display is selectively shiftable to a third position enabling access to the back side of the flat panel electronic display wherein the top of the flat panel electronic display is proximate the wall surface and the bottom of the flat panel electronic display is spaced apart from the wall surface, the kickstand assembly including a kickstand for contacting the wall surface to maintain the flat panel electronic display in the third position.

5. A mount for attaching a flat panel electronic display to a substantially vertical wall surface, the mount comprising:

a wall interface adapted to attach to the wall surface; and

a pair of tilt assemblies, each tilt assembly including a hook bracket for engaging the wall interface, a display interface presenting a display mounting surface adapted to receive the flat panel electronic display thereon, and a scissors assembly operably coupling the hook bracket and the display interface, the tilt assemblies being selectively shiftable between a wall confronting position wherein the rear side of the flat panel electronic display is substantially parallel and proximate to the wall, and a tilt position wherein the top of the flat panel electronic display is tilted away from the wall, wherein the scissors assembly comprises a first arm assembly presenting a first end and an opposing second end, and a second arm assembly presenting a third end and an opposing fourth end, the first end of the first arm assembly being operably coupled to the wall interface, the second end of the first arm assembly being operably coupled to the display interface, the first arm assembly being without any length-extending arm, the third end of the second arm assembly being operably coupled to the wall interface above the coupling of the first end of the first arm assembly to the wall interface, and the fourth end of the second arm assembly being operably coupled to the display interface below the coupling of the second end of the first arm assembly to the display interface, the second arm assembly being without any length-extending arm, the first arm assembly defining a first length dimension extending from the first end to the second end of the first arm assembly, the second arm assembly defining a second length dimension extending from the third end to the fourth end of the second arm assembly, wherein the first arm assembly is pivotally coupled with the second arm assembly at a position between the third end and the fourth end of the second arm assembly, wherein the first length dimension of the first arm assembly is greater than a second length dimension of the second arm assembly, the scissors assembly configured so that a point spaced apart forwardly from the display receiving surface translates substantially horizontally continuously along its travel as the tilt assembly is shifted between the wall confronting position and the tilt position.

6. The mount of claim 5, wherein the first arm assembly comprises a pair of parallel rails and the second arm assembly comprises a pair of parallel rails.