Mounting system with incorporated wireless system for use with audio/visual devices or the like

• US 9,091,386 B2
• Filed: 05/31/2012
• Issued: 07/28/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/14/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Peerless Industries Incorporated
• Inventors: Bentz, Timothy, Berkley, Paul, Laurendi, Frank
• Primary Examiner(s): HAUGHTON, ANTHONY MICHAEL
• Application Number:
  US13/484,950
• Publication Number:
  US 20120320506A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,153 Days
• Field of Search: 361/679.21, 361/679.41, 248917-920
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/08 around a vertical axis , e.g. panoramic heads F16M11/12 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: F16M 11/2014 around a vertical axis F16M11/2035 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 13/027 Ceiling supports
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1607 Arrangements to support accessories mechanically attached to the display housing G06F1/1603, G06F1/1605 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1626 with a single-body enclosure integrating a flat display, e.g. Personal Digital Assistants [PDAs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 1/1632 External expansion units, e.g. docking stations

Abstract

A mounting system for attaching a device to a surface and housing a wireless receiver for communicating a wireless signal to the device. According to various embodiments, the mounting system includes a surface mount portion, a device mount portion, and a receiver housing assembly. The surface mount portion is configured to attach to the surface and is operatively connected to the device mount portion. The receiver housing is connected to the device mount portion and is sized and configured to house a wireless receiver for receiving and communicating a wireless high definition signal to a device mounted to the mounting system.

Claims

1. A system for attaching a display device to a surface separate from the display device and housing a wireless signal receiver, comprising:

a surface mount portion configured to attach to the separate surface;

a device mount portion operatively connected to the surface mount portion, the device mount portion including a device mounting surface configured to attach to the separate display device; and

a receiver housing assembly configured to house the wireless receiver, the receiver housing assembly connected to one of a receiver housing assembly mounting surface of the device mount portion and a receiver housing assembly mounting surface of the surface mount portion.

2. The system of claim 1, further comprising the wireless receiver completely disposed within the receiver housing assembly, the wireless receiver configured to communicate a high definition wireless signal.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiver housing assembly is removable from the one of the device mount portion and the surface mount portion.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiver housing assembly is not removable from the one of the device mount portion and the surface mount portion.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein the receiver housing assembly comprises a receiver housing and a receiver housing lid, the receiver housing forming a compartment defined by a bottom and a plurality of walls extending therefrom, the receiver housing lid operatively engageable with the receiver housing.

6. The system of claim 5, wherein the receiver housing includes at least one cutout in at least one of the plurality of walls, the at least one cutout configured to provide access to the wireless receiver disposed within the receiver housing assembly for routing connectors between the wireless receiver and a device that is separate from the system.

7. The system of claim 5, wherein the receiver housing includes at least one receiver housing opening that is devoid of any portion of the system, thereby improving transmission strength of a wireless signal to the wireless receiver disposed within the compartment.

8. The system of claim 5, wherein the receiver housing lid further comprises an aperture tab, wherein when the receiver housing lid is operatively engaged with the receiver housing, the aperture tab partitions the compartment into a first compartment and a second compartment, wherein the wireless receiver is completely housed within the first compartment, and wherein an adapter is completely housed within the second compartment.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to mount a projector device to the surface.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein the system is configured to mount a flat panel television to the surface.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising a power module assembly configured to house a power module configured to supply power to the separate display device when connected thereto, the power module assembly operatively connected to the device mount portion.

12. The system of claim 1, wherein the position of the receiver housing assembly relative to the device mount portion is adjustable.

13. The system of claim 12, further comprising at least one lateral adjustment member coupled to both the receiver housing assembly and the device mount portion, the at least one lateral adjustment member configured to permit a distance between the receiver housing assembly and the device mount portion to vary.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein the receiver housing assembly includes a receiver housing assembly flange extending therefrom, and wherein the a fastener is used to couple the at least one lateral adjustment member to the receiver housing assembly via the receiver housing assembly.

15. A system for attaching a device to a surface and housing a wireless signal receiver, comprising:

a surface mount portion configured to attach to the surface;

a device mount portion operatively connected to the surface mount portion;

a receiver housing assembly configured to house the wireless receiver, the receiver housing assembly connected to one of the device mount portion and the surface mount portion; and

a power module assembly configured to house a power module configured to supply power to the device when connected thereto, the power module assembly operatively connected to the device mount portion,

wherein the power module assembly further includes a power module frame that is adjustable relative to the device mount portion and the surface mount portion, and wherein the power module is housed within the power module frame, such that the position of the power module is adjustable relative to the device mount portion and the surface mount portion when the power module is connected to the device.

16. The system of claim 15, further comprising at least one lateral adjustment member coupled to an external surface of the power module frame of the power module assembly and to an external surface of the device mount portion, wherein the at least one lateral adjustment member is configured to permit a distance between the power module assembly and the device mount portion to be varied.

17. The system of claim 16, wherein the power module frame includes a power module frame flange extending therefrom, and wherein a fastener is used to couple the at least one lateral adjustment member to the power module assembly via the power module frame flange.

18. A system for attaching an audio/visual device to a surface and housing a wireless signal receiver, comprising:

a surface mount portion configured to attach to the surface;

a device mount portion operatively connected to the surface mount portion; and

a receiver housing assembly configured to house the wireless receiver, the receiver housing assembly connected to one of the device mount portion and the surface mount portion;

at least one lateral adjustment member connecting the receiver housing assembly to the one of the device mount portion and the surface mount portion such that a distance between the receiver housing assembly and the device mount portion may be varied; and

a power module assembly including a frame that is configured to house a power module associated with the audio/visual device,

wherein the receiver housing assembly includes a receiver housing assembly flange extending therefrom,

wherein a fastener is used to couple the at least one lateral adjustment member to the receiver housing assembly via the receiver housing assembly, and

wherein the frame of the power module assembly is operatively connected to the device mount portion via another lateral adjustment member that allows the power module assembly to be moved laterally relative to the device mount portion when the power module is electrically connected to the audio/visual device.