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US 5,400,993 AGranted
Adjustable overhead suspension apparatus for TV and VCR
OwnerClifton Hamiltoninventor
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Abstract
An adjustable overhead suspension apparatus for a TV and a VCR includes an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure, such as a ceiling or wall, a platform adapted to support a TV thereon, a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of the platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV, fasteners for adjustably tightening the overhead support assembly to one of the platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis, and a pair of auxiliary bracket clamps attached to and suspended below the platform and being adapted to support a VCR below the TV.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
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- (e) a pair of auxiliary bracket clamps attached to and Suspended below said platform and being adapted to support a VCR below the TV.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
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- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
- (e) each of said main bracket clamps including
- (i) a lower bracket arm attached at a lower end to one of said opposite ends of said platform and extendable upwardly along one of the opposite sides of the TV;
- (ii) an upper bracket arm having a top portion adapted to overlie one of the opposite top edges of the TV and a side portion extendable downwardly along one of the opposite sides of the TV;
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- (iii) complementary securing elements adapted to releasably secure said lower and upper bracket arms in side-by-side relationship to match the distance between said platform and top portion of said upper bracket with the height of the TV so as to thereby clamp the TV upon said platform.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
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- (e) an elongated articulated arm assembly adapted to connect with and mount said overhead support assembly from either a ceiling or wall support structure, said arm assembly including
- (i) a first arm member having a pair of opposite ends and being adapted at one of said oppoiste ends to attach to said overhead support assembly;
- (ii) a second arm member having a pair of opposite ends and being longer than said first arm member;
- (iii) a connector adapted to be mounted to either the ceiling or wall support structure and pivotally connected to one of said opposite ends of said second arm member;
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- (iv) a coupler attached to the others of said opposite ends of said first and second arm members and defining a pivotal joint therebetween.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
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- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
- (e) said platform including
- (i) a substantially flat base plate having pluralities of internally threaded holes defined in a pair of opposite end portions of said base plate,
- (ii) a pair of extension arms each having a main portion adapted to underlie said base plate and an upturned end portion attached on one end of said main portion and adapted for attachment to respective ends of said main bracket clamps and said overhead support assembly;
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- (iii) complementary attaching elements adapted to releasably attach each of said extension arms and said flat base in superimposed relationship to one another.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
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- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
- (e) said overhead support assembly including
- (i) an upper horizontal member, and
- (ii) a pair of vertical support members slidably mounted at their upper ends to the opposite ends of the horizontal member for undergoing adjustable movement toward and away from each other.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
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- (d) a pair of threaded fasteners for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
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- (e) means for limiting the tilting of said main bracket clamps and platform relative to said overhead suspension assembly, said tilting limiting means including a pair of tabs mounted to each opposite end of said platform and extending past one of a pair of lower ends of said overhead support assembly so as to provide stops limiting pivotal movement of said platform and thereby the TV thereon to a predetermined tilt angle in forward and backward directions relative to said overhead support assembly.
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An overhead suspension apparatus for a television set (TV) and a video cassette recorder player (VCR), said apparatus comprising:
- (a) a platform adapted to support a TV thereon;
- (b) a pair of main bracket clamps attached to opposite ends of said platform and being adjustable in height for extending along opposite sides and engaging opposite top edges of the TV so as to clamp the TV upon said platform, each of said main bracket clamps including
- (i) a lower bracket arm attached at a lower end to one of said opposite ends of said platform and extendable upwardly along one of the opposite sides of the TV, and
- (ii) an upper bracket arm having a top portion adapted to overlie one of the opposite top edges of the TV and a side portion extendable downwardly along one of the opposite sides of the T and attachable to said lower bracket arm;
- (c) an overhead support assembly mountable to a support structure;
- (d) means for adjustably tightly securing said overhead support assembly to one of said platform and main bracket clamps to hold the TV at a desired tilted position about a horizontal axis;
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- (e) a pair of auxiliary bracket clamps attached to and suspended below said platform and being adapted to support a VCR below the TV, each of said auxiliary bracket clamps including
- (i) a lower mounting arm having a bottom portion adapted to overlie one of the opposite bottom edges of the VCR and a side portion adapted to extend upwardly along one of the opposite sides of the VCR, and
- (ii) an upper mounting arm having a top portion attached under one of said opposite ends of said platform and a side portion adapted to extend downwardly along one of the opposite sides of the VCR and said side portion of said lower mounting arm and attachable to said side portion of said lower mounting arm.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.