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.
Claims19
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 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 base and outward away from the backside of the television;
- a second side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the base and outward away from the backside of the television, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are configured to couple the electronic device to the mount;
- a first flexible neck that protrudes from the inward side of base, wherein the first flexible neck couples the base to a first adhesive surface, wherein the first adhesive surface couples the first flexible neck to the backside of the television;
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- a second flexible neck that protrudes from the inward side of base, wherein the second flexible neck couples the base to a second adhesive surface, wherein the second adhesive surface couples the second flexible neck to the backside of the television,
- wherein the first flexible neck and the second flexible neck are configured to move independently of each other to change a first orientation of the first adhesive surface relative to the second adhesive surface and to change a second orientation of the first adhesive surface relative to the base.
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 base having an outward side and an inward side, wherein the inward side is configured to face towards the backside of the television;
- a first side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the base;
- a second side wall that protrudes outward from the outward side of the base, wherein the first side wall and the second side wall are configured to couple the electronic device to the mount, and wherein the first sidewall and the second sidewall are configured to protrude outward away from the backside of the television;
- a first flexible neck that protrudes from the base, wherein the first flexible neck couples the base to a first adhesive surface, the first flexible neck having a first spring configured such that moving a first distal portion of the first spring relative to the base causes the first adhesive surface to move relative to the base;
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- a second flexible neck that protrudes from the base, wherein the second flexible neck couples the base to a second adhesive surface, the second flexible neck having a second spring configured such that moving a second distal portion of the second spring relative to the base causes the second adhesive surface to move relative to the base, wherein the first and second adhesive surfaces couple the first and second flexible necks to the backside of the television.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.