Loudspeaker wall bracket

• US 7,523,906 B2
• Filed: 09/17/2003
• Issued: 04/28/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2002
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: B-Tech International Ltd. (Bennett International Group LLC)
• Original Assignee: B-Tech International Ltd. (Bennett International Group LLC)
• Inventors: Bennett, Martin Peter
• Primary Examiner(s): BAXTER, GWENDOLYN WRENN
• Application Number:
  US10/528,206
• Publication Number:
  US 20050236540A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,050 Days
• Field of Search: 248/288.11, 248/288.31, 248/292.14, 248/297.21, 248/181.1, 248/223.31, 248/223.41, 248/224.51, 248/224.7, 248/481, 248/288.51, D8354-355, D83/63, D83/73, D14/224, 403/90, 403/114, 403/115, 403/131
• US Class Current: 248/288.51
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/14 with ball-joint ball-jointed hinges F16C11/06 ; adjustable mountings employing universal joints for lighting devices F21V21/26 - F21V21/30
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 13/02 for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle

Abstract

A wall bracket for a loudspeaker or the like, particularly for use in the home theatre context, and comprising a wall plate (20) arranged for attachment to a wall, the plate having at least a pair of raised, laterally outward projecting flanges (21a, 21b); a bracket base arranged for engaging with the flanges and being thereby held to the wall plate, the bracket base having two substantially similar opposing parts (30, 40) each incorporating a substantially hemispherical socket (34); and a bracket mount (50) arranged for attachment to the loudspeaker etc, the bracket mount incorporating a ball member (51) adapted to be gripped between the bracket base sockets in a variety of configurations.

Claims

1. A wall bracket for supporting a loudspeaker and comprising:

a wall plate arranged for attachment to a home wall, the wall plate having a pair of raised flanges, one at each side thereof, projecting laterally outwards therefrom;

upper and lower bracket base members defining grooves arranged to slide onto said flanges and defining substantially hemispherical sockets and being constructed to embrace said wall plate;

a bracket mount comprising a mounting ball and a bracket arranged for attachment to the loudspeaker, the mounting ball having similar radius to the hemispherical sockets and being arranged for being captured and gripped therebetween and being pierced by a slot therethrough; and

a bolt deployable through the sockets and the slot in the mounting ball to clamp the upper and lower base members together around both the wall plate and the mounting ball, the slot being arranged to permit the bracket mount to be held in a variety of inclinations with respect to the wall plate.

2. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and having a grub screw and wherein the wall plate has an upper flange arranged for the grub screw to screw therein, the upper bracket base member being so pierced as to enable the grub screw to lock said upper base member to said wall plate.

3. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 2 and wherein said bracket mount has a concave mounting surface, whereby it is adapted for holding a body with curved or flat rear or side surfaces.

4. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and wherein the flanges are in parallel array.

5. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and wherein said upper and lower bracket base members have interfitting members whereby said bracket base members can be manually held together, with the ball in place, while the wall bracket is assembled.

6. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and wherein said bolt has an enlarged head to enable it to be finger tightened.

7. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and wherein said bracket mount has two mounting saddles, one normal to the other, whereby it is adapted to carry a body with curved or flat rear or side surfaces.

8. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and wherein said bracket mount incorporates holes or slots for attachment of the body.

9. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and wherein the wall plate defines a cable management hole wherethrough cabling for the body can be routed.

10. A wall bracket as claimed in claim 1 and adapted for use in a domestic context.

11. Use of a wall bracket according to claim 1 in a home theatre or home cinema context.