# US 11,994,252 B2 · Magnetic plate wall mount > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,994,252 B2 - Document ID: US11994252B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/880,291 - Filed: 2022-08-03 - Published: 2024-02-08 - Granted: 2024-05-28 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-03 - Applicants: Jacob Frost - Inventors: Jacob Frost - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11994252B2 ## CPC - F16M 11/041: {Allowing quick release of the apparatus} - F16M 13/02: for supporting on, or attaching to, an object, e.g. tree, gate, window-frame, cycle - F16M 13/027: {Ceiling supports} - G03B 21/00: Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor (devices for changing pictures G03B23/00) - A47G 1/17: using adhesives, suction or magnetism {(A47G1/168 takes precedence; suction cups for attaching purposes, equivalent means using adhesives F16B47/00)} - F16B 2200/83: Use of a magnetic material - F16M: FRAMES, CASINGS OR BEDS OF ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS, NOT SPECIFIC TO ENGINES, MACHINES OR APPARATUS PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; STANDS; SUPPORTS - G03B: APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR (optical parts of such apparatus G02B; photosensitive materials or processes for photographic purposes G03C; apparatus for processing exposed photographic materials G03D) - A47G: HOUSEHOLD OR TABLE EQUIPMENT (book-ends A47B5/00; knives B26B) - F16B: DEVICES FOR FASTENING OR SECURING CONSTRUCTIONAL ELEMENTS OR MACHINE PARTS TOGETHER, e.g. NAILS, BOLTS, CIRCLIPS, CLAMPS, CLIPS OR WEDGES; JOINTS OR JOINTING (couplings for transmitting rotation F16D) ## Abstract A dual plated magnetic plate mount comprising magnets, bolts, screws, and related hardware is disclosed herein. A magnetic cap and puck ceiling or wall mount for the consolidation or management of loose wires is also disclosed herein. The dual plated mount and magnetic cap and puck embodiments disclosed herein may be advantageously used to mount a projector to a wall or ceiling. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A magnetic plate mount for supporting a digital video projector, comprising: a ceiling plate; a mounting plate, wherein the mounting plate comprises a plurality of magnets secured within a plurality of countersunk magnet mount holes; wherein the mounting plate further comprises a plurality of counterbored slots for holding a plurality of bolts; wherein a mounting surface of the mounting plate comprises the plurality of magnets, the plurality of countersunk magnet mount holes, the plurality of counterbored slots, and the plurality of bolts; and wherein the ceiling plate and the mounting plate are magnetically connected to suspend the projector; wherein a mounting surface of the ceiling plate and the mounting surface of the mounting plate are flush when the mounting plate is attached to the ceiling plate. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The magnetic plate mount of claim 1 wherein the ceiling plate comprises a steel material. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The magnetic plate mount of claim 1 wherein the ceiling plate comprises two mount holes for attaching two drywall screws. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The magnetic plate mount of claim 3 wherein the two mount holes are countersunk. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The magnetic plate mount of claim 1 wherein the mounting plate comprises four slots. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The magnetic plate mount of claim 1 wherein the mounting plate comprises six slots. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The magnetic plate mount of claim 1 further comprising a projector attached to the mounting plate through a projector hanger attached to both the mounting plate and the projector. ### Claim 8 A magnetic plate mount for supporting a digital video projector, comprising: a ceiling plate comprising a plurality of countersunk mount holes; a mounting plate comprising a plurality of magnets, a plurality of countersunk mount holes, and a plurality of counterbored slots; wherein the plurality of magnets are secured within the plurality of countersunk mount holes of the mounting plate; the projector attached to the mounting plate through a projector hanger attached to both the mounting plate and the projector; wherein a mounting surface of the mounting plate comprises the plurality of magnets, the plurality of countersunk mount holes, and the plurality of counterbored slots; wherein the mounting surface of the mounting plate is magnetically attached to a mounting surface of the ceiling plate; wherein the mounting surface of the ceiling plate and the mounting surface of the mounting plate are flush when the mounting plate is attached to the ceiling plate; and wherein the ceiling plate is attached to a ceiling. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The magnetic plate mount of claim 8 wherein the projector is a wired projector comprising a plurality of cables. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The magnetic plate mount of claim 9 further comprising a plurality of magnetic caps attached to at least one of a wall or the ceiling, wherein the plurality of cables are attached to the plurality of magnetic caps. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The magnetic plate mount of claim 10 wherein the plurality of magnetic caps are attached to at least one of the wall or the ceiling by being magnetically attached to a plurality of mounting pucks attached to at least one of the wall or the ceiling. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The magnetic plate mount of claim 11 wherein the plurality of mounting pucks comprise a metal material, and the plurality of mounting pucks are adhered to at least one of the wall or the ceiling. ### Claim 13 (depends on 8) The magnetic plate mount of claim 8 wherein the plurality of magnets comprise a combined linear load strength of approximately 10 kg. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) A method of installing the magnetic plate mount of claim 8 to a ceiling comprising: attaching the ceiling plate to the ceiling by screwing a plurality of drywall screws into the ceiling through the plurality of countersunk mount holes in the ceiling plate; attaching a mounting frame of the projector hanger to the mounting plate by screwing a plurality of bolts through both the mounting frame and the plurality of counterbored slots of the mounting plate; and magnetically attaching the mounting plate to the ceiling plate.