US 11,482,136 B2Granted

Display assembly with modular connectors

AssigneeAtomic Design, Inc.

InventorsNicolas Artale, Conway S. Allison

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Abstract

A modular display system includes a plurality of frames, each frame comprising a sidewall connected to a sidewall of another one of the frames by a frame connector. A panel is removably attached to a front face of at least one of the plurality of frames by a panel connector. A border element is attached to the sidewall of one of the plurality of frames by a border connector. The system is secured to a mounting surface via a cleat removably mounted to a sidewall of one of the plurality of frames. Each of the frames includes a plurality of connector receiving sections arranged about a perimeter thereof. The connector receiving sections define a commonly sized recess formed through the sidewall of the frame in a width direction thereof and are configured to accept each of the frame connector, the border connector and the cleat therein.

Claims17

Dependent claims

A modular display system, comprising:

a plurality of frames, each frame including:
at least one sidewall;
and
a plurality of connector receiving sections defined by the at least one sidewall and arranged about a perimeter of the frame, each connector receiving section defining a recess formed through the at least one sidewall in a width direction thereof, the recess of each connector receiving section includes a tapered profile in the width and extends generally between an interior side of the at least one sidewall and an exterior side of the at least one side wall;
a body of each frame connector having:
a first side having a width tapering toward a center of the body, and
a second side positioned opposite the first side and having a width tapering in a direction away from the center of the body for securing one of the plurality of frame sidewalls within another one of the plurality of frame sidewalls;
and
at least one frame connector selectively fixable within connector receiving sections of two frame sidewalls of the plurality of frames for connecting two frames together.

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A modular display system, comprising:

a plurality of frames, each of the frames having sidewall connected to a sidewall of an adjacent frame by a frame connector;
at least one panel removably attached to a front face of the plurality of frames by a panel connector;
a border element attached to an exterior side of a sidewall of one of the plurality of frames by a border connector;
a mounting cleat extending from an interior side of a sidewall of one of the plurality of frames for mounting the display system to an adjacent mounting surface;
and
a body of the frame connector having:
a first side having a width tapering toward a center of the body, and
a second side positioned opposite the first side and having a width tapering in a direction away from the center of the body for securing one of the plurality of frame sidewalls within another one of the plurality of frame sidewalls.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application: 17/081,353Filed 27 Oct 2020
Published: US 2022/0130286 A128 Apr 2022
Granted: 25 Oct 2022
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification9 codes

G09F 7/20
Means for attaching signs, plates, panels, or boards to a supporting structure: for adjustably mounting
G09F 9/3026
Characterised by the form or geometrical disposition of the individual elements: video wall, i.e. stackable semiconductor matrix display modules
G09F 7/06
Signs, plates, panels or boards using readily-detachable elements bearing or forming symbols: the elements being secured or adapted to be secured…
G09F 15/0006
Boards, hoardings, pillars, or like structures for notices, placards, posters, or the like: planar structures comprising one or more panels