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US 12,738,183 B2Granted
Display mounting system
AssigneeUnilumin Group Co., Ltd
InventorsMichael Ian Powick, Grant Arthur John Elliott, Marcus Robert Patterson
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Abstract
A modular display support structure is described, the modular display support structure comprising: a substantially vertical structural member including at least one mounting flange, and a receiving recess, the recess extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the structural member; and a mounting member including an interface flange to mate with the receiving recess, and an attachment flange; wherein the attachment flange includes a plurality of attachment apertures for each of a plurality of display panels. A system and method are also described.
Claims30
A modular display system comprising:
- a structural member configured to be mounted to a fixture, the structural member configured to be mounted substantially vertically, the structural member comprising a receiving recess, the recess extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the structural member;
- a plurality of display panels;
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- a mounting member configured to mount, support and/or align the plurality of display panels, the mounting member configured to be substantially retained by the structural member in at least one axis of movement, but to allow restricted translation in at least one translation axis and/or restricted rotation in at least one rotational axis, the mounting member comprising an interface flange to mate with the receiving recess, the interface flange extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the mounting member, and
- wherein the interface flange of the mounting member and the receiving recess of the structural member are configured to allow sufficient movement in an X axis to allow for alignment of the plurality of display panels within a predetermined tolerance limitation and to allow for different co-efficient of thermal expansion between the plurality of display panels and the structural member during a predetermined thermal cycle,
- horizontal spacers of approximately same width as each display panel. provided at least at the top and bottom to nominally position two or more structural members at the substantially the same spacing as the display panels
- wherein the spacers are screwed into in other consecutively, or a further comprising a header and a footer with slots to engage with each of the structural members.
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A modular display system comprising:
- a structural member configured to be mounted to a fixture, the structural member configured to be mounted substantially vertically, the structural member comprising a receiving recess, the recess extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the structural member;
- a plurality of display panels;
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- a mounting member configured to mount, support and/or align the plurality of display panels, the mounting member configured to be substantially retained by the structural member in at least one axis of movement, but to allow restricted translation in at least one translation axis and/or restricted rotation in at least one rotational axis, the mounting member comprising an interface flange to mate with the receiving recess, the interface flange extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the mounting member, and
- wherein the interface flange of the mounting member and the receiving recess of the structural member are configured to allow sufficient movement in an X axis to allow for alignment of the plurality of display panels within a predetermined tolerance limitation and to allow for different co-efficient of thermal expansion between the plurality of display panels and the structural member during a predetermined thermal cycle,
- further comprising a plurality of alignment holes in the mounting member configured to receive matching spigots on the display panels and a sliding lock to clamp the display panels to the mounting member.
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A modular display system comprising:
- a structural member configured to be mounted to a fixture, the structural member configured to be mounted substantially vertically, the structural member comprising a receiving recess, the recess extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the structural member;
- a plurality of display panels;
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- a mounting member configured to mount, support and/or align the plurality of display panels, the mounting member configured to be substantially retained by the structural member in at least one axis of movement, but to allow restricted translation in at least one translation axis and/or restricted rotation in at least one rotational axis, the mounting member comprising an interface flange to mate with the receiving recess, the interface flange extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the mounting member, and
- wherein the interface flange of the mounting member and the receiving recess of the structural member are configured to allow sufficient movement in an X axis to allow for alignment of the plurality of display panels within a predetermined tolerance limitation and to allow for different co-efficient of thermal expansion between the plurality of display panels and the structural member during a predetermined thermal cycle,
- wherein the modular display system is configured to allow for thermal expansion during the day of a building to which the structural member is mounted.
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A modular display system comprising:
- a structural member configured to be mounted to a fixture, the structural member configured to be mounted substantially vertically, the structural member comprising a receiving recess, the recess extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the structural member;
- a plurality of display panels;
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- a mounting member configured to mount, support and/or align the plurality of display panels, the mounting member configured to be substantially retained by the structural member in at least one axis of movement, but to allow restricted translation in at least one translation axis and/or restricted rotation in at least one rotational axis, the mounting member comprising an interface flange to mate with the receiving recess, the interface flange extending parallel with, and for a substantial portion of, a longitudinal axis of the mounting member, and
- wherein the interface flange of the mounting member and the receiving recess of the structural member are configured to allow sufficient movement in an X axis to allow for alignment of the plurality of display panels within a predetermined tolerance limitation and to allow for different co-efficient of thermal expansion between the plurality of display panels and the structural member during a predetermined thermal cycle,
- further comprising an attachment flange;
- wherein the interface flange has bulbed edges to avoid binding and wherein the attachment flange includes a plurality of attachment apertures for each of the plurality of display panels,
- further comprising Teflon® or low resistance bushes configured to reduce the interface flange binding to the receiving recess.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.