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US 10,257,460 B2Granted
Mounting system
OwnerKurt William Masseyinventor
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Abstract
A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket coupleable to a vertical support structure, and a linkage assembly. The linkage assembly has a low-profile stowed configuration in which the object is held in a raised position close to the support structure. The linkage assembly moves to another configuration to move the object. The object can be held in a lowered position. A biasing mechanism can facilitate convenient movement of the object.
Claims22
A mounting system comprising:
- a television bracket;
- a fixed support bracket;
- an upper member rotatably coupled to the television bracket and the fixed support bracket, wherein the upper member rotates relative to the television bracket and the fixed support bracket when the television bracket is moved from a raised position for holding a television above a fireplace to a lowered position for holding the television in front of the fireplace;
- a lower member rotatably coupled to the television bracket and the fixed support bracket, wherein the lower member rotates relative to the television bracket and the fixed support bracket when the television bracket is moved from the raised position to the lowered position;
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- a counterbalance mechanism including
- at least one piston, wherein at least a portion of the upper member and at least a portion of the lower member move away from the at least one piston when the television bracket is moved from the raised position to the lowered position, and
- an adjustment mechanism connected to the fixed support bracket, the adjustment mechanism including a carriage pivotably coupled to an end of least one piston, wherein the carriage sides along a bracket of the fixed support bracket such that the carriage translates vertically to translate the end of the at least on piston along the fixed support bracket to position the end of the at least one piston at a first position to provide a first counterbalancing force, the adjustment mechanism is operable to move the end of the at least one piston to a second position to provide a second counterbalancing force.
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A mounting system, comprising:
- a display bracket configured to hold a television;
- a fixed support bracket;
- an upper member and a lower member each rotatably coupled to the display bracket and the fixed support bracket such that the display bracket is movable from a raised position to a lowered position, wherein a top portion of the display bracket is lower than a top portion of the fixed support bracket when the display bracket is in the lowered position;
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- a counterbalance mechanism configured to provide a counterbalancing force, the counterbalance mechanism including
- at least one piston, and
- an adjustment mechanism coupled to the fixed support bracket, the adjustment mechanism includes a carriage coupled to a first end of the at least piston, wherein the carriage translates vertically along the fixed support bracket to change a length of the at least one piston while the display bracket is held substantially stationary, wherein the carriage is configured to be held at a set vertical position while the display bracket is moved between the raised and lowered positions.
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A mounting system, comprising:
- a television bracket configured to hold a television;
- a fixed support bracket;
- a linkage assembly including an upper member and a lower member pivotally coupled to the television bracket and the fixed support bracket such that the television bracket is movable from a raised position to a lowered position below the fixed support bracket;
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- a counterbalance mechanism coupled to the fixed support bracket and including at least one piston having a fixed bracket end and an opposing end, and
- a slider coupled to the fixed bracket end of the least one piston, wherein a main body of the slider is held rotationally fixed while the slider translates between a raised position and a lowered position to adjust a length of the least one piston.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.