US 8,939,417 B1Granted

Mounting systems for electronic devices

AssigneeInnovelis, Inc.

InventorEric John Wengreen

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Abstract

Mounts can hold electronic devices. Some mounts can attach digital media players to a wall, such as a wall of a home or a backside of a television. In some embodiments, mounts include a tray with side walls that hold electronic devices at least partially inside the mounts. In several embodiments, mounts include flexible necks connected to adhesive surfaces. The flexible necks can flex independently of each other to enable a mount to attach electronic devices to a wall that is not flat.

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Dependent claims

A mount configured to hold an electronic device and configured to couple the electronic device to a backside of a television, the mount comprising:

a flat base having an outward side and an inward side, wherein the inward side faces towards the backside of the television;
a first side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the flat base and outward from the backside of the television;
a second side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the flat base and outward from the backside of the television, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall couple the electronic device to the flat base;
a first flexible neck that protrudes inward from the inward side of the flat base, wherein the first flexible neck couples the flat base to a first flat adhesive surface, the first flexible neck having a first distal end and a first proximal end, wherein the first proximal end of the first flexible neck is coupled to the inward side of the flat base, and the first distal end of the first flexible neck is coupled to the first flat adhesive surface, wherein the first flat adhesive surface couples the first flexible neck to the backside of the television;
a second flexible neck that protrudes inward from the inward side of the flat base, wherein the second flexible neck couples the flat base to a second flat adhesive surface, the second flexible neck having a second distal end and a second proximal end, wherein the second proximal end of the second flexible neck is coupled to the inward side of the flat base, and the second distal end of the second flexible neck is coupled to the second flat adhesive surface, wherein the second flat adhesive surface couples the second flexible neck to the backside of the television;
a first retaining lip coupled to the first side wall such that the first side wall couples the first retaining lip to the flat base;
and
a second retaining lip coupled to the second side wall such that the second side wall couples the second retaining lip to the flat base, wherein the first retaining lip protrudes towards the second retaining lip, and wherein the first retaining lip and the second retaining lip wrap partially around the electronic device,
wherein the first flexible neck and the second flexible neck are configured to flex independently of each other to change a first orientation of the first flat adhesive surface relative to the second flat adhesive surface and to change a second orientation of the first flat adhesive surface relative to the flat base.

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Abstract

A mount configured to hold an electronic device and configured to couple the electronic device to a backside of a television, the mount comprising:

a flat base having an outward side and an inward side, wherein the inward side faces towards the backside of the television;
a first side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the flat base and outward from the backside of the television;
a second side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the flat base and outward from the backside of the television, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall couple the electronic device to the flat base;
a first flexible neck that protrudes inward from the inward side of the flat base, wherein the first flexible neck couples the flat base to a first flat adhesive surface, the first flexible neck having a first distal end and a first proximal end, wherein the first proximal end of the first flexible neck is coupled to the inward side of the flat base, and the first distal end of the first flexible neck is coupled to the first flat adhesive surface, wherein the first flat adhesive surface couples the first flexible neck to the backside of the television;
a second flexible neck that protrudes inward from the inward side of the flat base, wherein the second flexible neck couples the flat base to a second flat adhesive surface, the second flexible neck having a second distal end and a second proximal end, wherein the second proximal end of the second flexible neck is coupled to the inward side of the flat base, and the second distal end of the second flexible neck is coupled to the second flat adhesive surface, wherein the second flat adhesive surface couples the second flexible neck to the backside of the television;
a first retaining lip coupled to the first side wall such that the first side wall couples the first retaining lip to the flat base;
and
a second retaining lip coupled to the second side wall such that the second side wall couples the second retaining lip to the flat base, wherein the first retaining lip protrudes towards the second retaining lip, and wherein the first retaining lip and the second retaining lip wrap partially around the electronic device,
wherein the first flexible neck and the second flexible neck are configured to flex independently of each other to change a first orientation of the first flat adhesive surface relative to the second flat adhesive surface and to change a second orientation of the first flat adhesive surface relative to the flat base.

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