Pull-out swivel mount

• US 9,851,047 B1
• Filed: 12/29/2016
• Issued: 12/26/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 10/03/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Walters, James D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Krycinski, Stanton L
• Assistant Examiner(s): Guan, Guang H
• Application Number:
  US15/394,202
• Time in Patent Office: 362 Days
• Field of Search: 2482791, 2482851, 2482861, 2482871, 248917, 248920-923, 2482741, 24828911, 2482822, 2482821, 108 5002, 108145, 312 72, 312405, 3124051, 312196, 3122233, 312246, 52239, 62125
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/10 around a horizontal axis F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/12 in more than one direction
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/126 for tilting and panning F16M11/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2007 comprising means allowing pivoting adjustment
• 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 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: F16M 2200/024 by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/025 for translational movement
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 2200/061 Scissors arms

Abstract

A system for mounting a flat panel television or display to a surface such as a wall. A base plate is configured to operatively connect to a surface, while an adapter plate is configured to operatively connect to a display device. A plurality of connecting arms are used to operatively connect the base plate to the adapter plate. Each of the plurality of connecting arms includes a base plate engagement portion slidably engageable with slots in the base plate and an adapter plate engagement portion operatively connected to the adapter plate. Movement of the base plate engagement portions within the base plate'"'"'s slots results in a translational movement of the adapter plate relative to the base plate.

Claims

1. A mounting system for mounting a display unit to a wall, comprising:

a base portion including an upper portion and a lower portion substantially parallel to the upper portion;

an adapter portion;

a device mount configured to operatively connect to a display device, the device mount movably coupled to the adapter portion; and

a pair of connecting arms, each of the pair of connecting arms including;

a base engagement portion extending between the upper portion and the lower portion of the base portion, the base engagement portion translatable from a first position to a second position via a top portion of the base engagement portion moving relative to the upper portion of the base portion and a bottom portion of the base engagement portion moving relative to the lower portion of the base portion,

an adapter engagement portion movably coupled to the adapter portion, and

an intermediate portion extending between the adapter engagement portion and the base engagement portion, wherein the intermediate portion is selectively nested within the base portion when the base engagement portion is at the first position, wherein at least a substantial part of the intermediate portion is not nested within the base portion when the base engagement portion is at the second position;

wherein a movement of each base engagement portion between the first position and the second position results in a translational movement of the adapter portion relative to the base portion; and

wherein the adapter portion is selectively moveable about a first axis relative to the adapter engagement portions and relative to the base portion, the first axis being substantially parallel to the base engagement portions of the pair of connecting arms.

2. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein each of the pair of connecting arms is selectively nestable within an aperture defined by the upper portion and the lower portion within the base portion.

3. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the translational movement of the adapter portion relative to the base portion increases a distance between the adapter portion and the base portion when each base engagement portion is moved from the first position to the second position.

4. The mounting system of claim 1, further comprising a locking member selectively engageable with the base engagement portion of each of the pair of connecting arms when the adapter portion is in the second position, thereby substantially locking the adapter portion in the second position.

5. The mounting system of claim 1, further comprising a plurality of locking tabs coupled to the base portion, each of the plurality of locking tabs securing the base engagement portion of one of the pair of connecting arms when the respective base engagement portion is in the first position.

6. The mounting system of claim 1, wherein the device mount is selectively moveable about a second axis relative to the adapter portion, the second axis being perpendicular to the first axis.

7. A wall mounting system, comprising:

a first portion including a mount surface configured to operatively connect to a surface and defining an aperture therein, the first portion including an upper portion having a pair of upper guide paths formed in an upper surface thereof and a lower portion having a pair of lower guide paths formed in a lower surface thereof, the upper surface being substantially parallel to the lower surface;

a second portion configured to operatively connect to a device, the second portion selectively translatable between an extended position and a retracted position; and

a plurality of connecting members operatively connecting the first portion to the second portion, each of the plurality of connecting members having an upper guide path engagement portion movably engaged with an upper guide path of the pair of upper guide paths of the first portion and a lower guide path engagement portion movably engaged with a lower guide path of the pair of lower guide paths of the first portion, each of the plurality of connecting members having a second portion connecting portion operatively connected to the second portion via a rotatable connection at a fixed location relative to the second portion, the rotatable connection being at an opposite end of a connecting member of the plurality of connecting members relative to the upper guide path engagement portion and the lower guide path engagement portion for each connecting member, each of the plurality of connecting members having an intermediate portion extending between the second portion connecting portion and the upper and lower guide path engagement portions, the intermediate portion of each of the plurality of connecting members being selectively nested within the aperture when the second portion is at the retracted position, at least a substantial part of the intermediate portion of each of the plurality of connecting members not being nested within the aperture when the second portion is at the extended position,

wherein a movement of the plurality of connecting members via the engagement of the upper guide path engagement portions with the upper guide paths and the lower guide path engagement portions with the lower guide paths results in a translation distance between a face of the first portion and a face of the second portion along a first axis, the face of the first portion and the face of the second portion being substantially parallel during the movement, the first axis being substantially perpendicular to the mount surface of the first portion, and wherein the second portion is selectively adjustable about a second axis, the second axis not parallel to the first axis.

8. The wall mounting system of claim 7, wherein a rotational orientation between the first portion and the second portion is adjustable when the second portion is in the extended position.

9. The wall mounting system of claim 7, further comprising a rod member coupled to the second portion and configured to secure a translational position of each second portion connecting portion to the second portion.

10. The wall mounting system of claim 7, further comprising a plurality of locking tabs coupled to the first portion, each of the plurality of locking tabs securing one of the plurality of connecting members when the second portion is in the retracted position.

11. The wall mounting system of claim 10, wherein the plurality of locking tabs are coupled to the upper portion of the first portion.

12. The wall mounting system of claim 7, further comprising a locking member selectively engageable with one of the upper guide path engagement portion and the lower guide path engagement portion of one of the plurality of connecting members when the second portion is in the extended position.

13. A mounting system for mounting a display unit to a wall, comprising:

a base having a mounting surface configured to operatively attach to the wall, an upper portion, and a lower portion, the upper portion being substantially parallel to the lower portion;

an adapter having a surface configured to operatively attach to the display unit; and

a plurality of connecting arms movably engaged with the base via guide paths formed in the upper portion and the lower portion, each of the plurality of connecting arms including;

a base engagement portion at a first end of the respective connecting arm and movably engaged with a guide path of the guide paths formed in the upper portion of the base and a guide path of the guide paths formed in the lower portion of the base, the base engagement portion being movable between a first position and a second position relative to the base,

an adapter engagement portion at a second end of the respective connecting arm, the second end being at an opposite end relative to the first end of the respective connecting arm, the adapter engagement portion being rotatably coupled at a fixed location to the adapter and operatively connected to the base engagement portion of the respective connecting arm, and

an intermediate portion extending between the adapter engagement portion and the base engagement portion, wherein the intermediate portion is selectively nestable within the base portion when the base engagement portion is at the first position, wherein at least a substantial part of the intermediate portion is not nested within the base portion when the base engagement portion is at the second position;

wherein a movement of the plurality of connecting arms relative to the base via the guide paths results in a translational movement of the adapter relative to the base between a retracted position and an extended position.

14. The mounting system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of connecting arms comprise a first connecting arm and a second connecting arm, and the mounting system further comprises a rod member rotatably connecting the adapter engagement portion of the first connecting arm and the adapter engagement portion of the second connecting arm to the adapter.

15. The mounting system of claim 13, wherein the adapter is rotatable relative to the base about an axis substantially perpendicular to a direction of translational movement of the adapter relative to the base.

16. The mounting system of claim 13, wherein the surface of the adapter is substantially parallel to the mounting surface of the base when in the retracted position and when in the extended position.

17. The mounting system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of connecting arms comprise a first connecting arm and a second connecting arm, and wherein the movement of the base engagement portion of the first connecting arm and the base engagement portion of the second connecting arm relative to the base results in a translational movement of the adapter in a direction substantially perpendicular to the mounting surface of the base.

18. The mounting system of claim 13, wherein the plurality of connecting arms comprise a first connecting arm and a second connecting arm, the mounting system further comprises a locking member selectively engageable with the base engagement portion of the first connecting arm and the base engagement portion of the second connecting arm when the adapter is in the extended position, thereby substantially locking the adapter in the extended position.

19. The mounting system of claim 13, wherein the adapter is nestable within the aperture when the adapter is in the retracted position.

20. The mounting system of claim 13, further comprising a plurality of locking tabs coupled to the base, each of the plurality of locking tabs securing one of the plurality of connecting arms when the base engagement portion of the respective connecting arm is in the first position.