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US 8,939,414 B2Granted
Backdrop for wall-mounted flat panel display installation and method
OwnerAnthony Richard Mannoinventor
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Abstract
A flat panel display installation and method employ a wall bracket assembly for installing a flat panel display on, and at a spacing away from, a support wall. A background member is connected to the wall bracket assembly and is located behind the flat panel display in the spacing. The background member extends past an outer periphery of the flat panel display to be visible as an ornamental backdrop against which the flat panel display is viewable.
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A flat panel display installation, comprising:
- a wall bracket assembly for installing a flat panel display on, and at a spacing away from, a support wall, the wall bracket assembly including a suspension rail, and at least one upright mounted on, and rearwardly of, the flat panel display, the upright having a hook for suspending the flat panel display from the rail;
- and
- a background member connected to the wall bracket assembly and located rearwardly behind the flat panel display in the spacing between the flat panel display and the support wall, the background member extending past an outer periphery of the flat panel display to be visible as an ornamental backdrop against which the flat panel display is viewable.
A method of installing a flat panel display on a support wall, comprising:
- connecting a background member to a wall bracket assembly that includes a suspension rail, and at least one upright having a hook;
- mounting the wall bracket assembly and the connected background member to the support wall;
- mounting the flat panel display on the wall bracket assembly, in front of the background member and at a spacing away from the support wall, by mounting the upright on, and rearwardly of, the flat panel display, and by suspending the flat panel display from the rail with the hook;
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- configuring the background member located rearwardly behind the flat panel display in the spacing between the flat panel display and the support wall to extend past an outer periphery of the flat panel display to be visible as an ornamental backdrop against which the flat panel display is viewable.
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