Adjustable display mounting system
AssigneeManehu Product Alliance, LLC
InventorsBrian Newville, Lee Marc
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Abstract
A mounting system capable of mounting objects to support structures is disclosed. The mounting system includes a wall mount including a display bracket configured to hold the object, a fixed support bracket couplable 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.
Claims19
A television mounting device, comprising:
- a mounting bracket configured to mount to a vertical wall;
- a television bracket configured to hold a television;
- a hinge coupled to the television bracket and defining an axis of rotation;
- an arm including a first end coupled to the hinge and a second end rotatably coupled to the television bracket such that the axis of the rotation is held substantially parallel to the vertical wall, wherein the television bracket is rotatable about a first end axis of rotation relative to the first end, wherein the axis of rotation is spaced apart from the first end axis of rotation to allow the television bracket to rotate about the axis of rotation of the hinge independent of rotation about the first end axis of rotation;
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- an indexed drive assembly fixedly coupled to the television bracket, wherein the indexed drive assembly rotationally fixes the television bracket to a stationary component of the television mounting device to keep the television at a vertical orientation when the arm is moved from a raised position to a lowered position.
A display mounting device, comprising:
- a mounting bracket;
- a display bracket;
- a hinge;
- an arm rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket and rotatably coupled to the display bracket, wherein the display bracket is rotatable about an axis of rotation of the hinge relative to the arm, wherein the axis of rotation is spaced apart from a front side of the display bracket;
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- a drive assembly rotationally fixed to the display bracket, wherein the drive assembly is configured to generate a torque to position the display bracket relative to the arm when the arm moves relative to the mounting bracket.
A display mounting device, comprising:
- a mounting bracket;
- a single-pivot display bracket;
- a hinge defining an axis of rotation about which a television mounted to the single-pivot display bracket rotates relative to the mounting bracket;
- a connector rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket and rotatably coupled to the single-pivot display bracket;
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- a drive assembly operable to cause the single-pivot display bracket to rotate relative to the connector by applying a force to the single-pivot display bracket, wherein the drive assembly has a pair of motorized indexers having indexer teeth that engage the connector so as to transmit the force between components of the display mounting device, thereby causing rotation single-pivot display bracket relative to the mounting bracket.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.