CN101123705B - Extension mechanism for a mounting system - Google Patents
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Abstract
An improved mounting system for use with display units and other devices of various sizes. A mounting system of the present invention includes a surface mounting bracket and at least one device mounting bracket. At least one of the surface mounting bracket and the at least one device mounting bracket is expandable such that it is able to accommodate and support devices of different dimensions and weights.
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Technical field
The present invention relates generally to installation system.More particularly, the present invention relates to be used for installation system such as the such equipment of panel TV.
Background technology
This part is intended to for the present invention who in claim, narrates background or context are provided.The description here can comprise the design that can realize, but the design of having expected or having realized before must not being.So only if point out in addition at this, the content of in this part, describing not is specification and the prior art of claim in this application, should just not think prior art in this part owing to being included in.
In recent years, panel TV has become very popular in commercial and household application market.Because the price of plasma and liquid crystal display (LCD) flat-panel monitor continues to fall, and the raising of the quality of same equipment, more and more enterprises is bought this equipment to be used for family expenses and commercial entertainment purposes with the individual.
The consumer finds that a noticeable especially advantage that the panel TV unit is had is their thinner thickness.Because traditional " picture tube " TV has big thickness, the display that is used for this equipment is selected very limited.In house fitting-up, most users need cabinet for TV or large-scale recreation center to deposit TV.This cabinet or recreation center can take sizable floor space, and this is normally undesirable.In commercial affairs or education layout, the user usually installs the large-scale installation system of hanging that can hold TV.Yet these systems need specialty to install usually.On the other hand, use panel TV, for the user provides newer selection: TV is directly installed on the wall.Through TV is installed on the wall, people can not need take the floor space that other use can be arranged.
For resident and mercantile customer new chance is provided although introduce panel TV on a large scale, has also proposed new challenge.Particularly, panel TV is often very heavy, although thickness that panel TV has usually or profile are significantly less than traditional " picture tube " TV.For big screen panel TV, it is shockingly big that this weight also can become especially.Consider this big weight, the particularly important is that the user can be easily, safety and erection unit and needn't significantly regulating securely.
Many traditional wall type installation systems relate to the bigger metope installation bracket of use and a plurality of equipment installation bracket, and they are connected to the back side of TV or other display equipment.Each equipment installation bracket generally includes screw or similar fasteners, is used for respect to metope installation bracket permanent plant installation bracket.A kind of like this traditional device installation bracket comprises the pair of side parts that is used for limiting the installation contact portion.Last grab is positioned on each sidepiece with following leader, is defined for the dress Na Qu of metope installation bracket together.Last grab is formed on each sidepiece in essentially identical position.A plurality of openings are used for the traditional device installation bracket is connected to TV or other flat-panel monitors.
Although the installation system of the above-mentioned type is useful, some defectives are arranged.Particularly, present installation system comprises equipment installation bracket and metope installation bracket, and their size is specified to the TV that is used for some size range specially.Those skilled in the art will appreciate that importantly these parts can not be too little so that can not fully support the load of display unit.If these parts are too little, the material risk of existence is, installation system can not support whole load, and this can cause badly damaged display unit and possibly cause potential actual bodily harm near the people the display unit.In addition, it is also important that single installation system parts can not be too big for specific display unit, because this can cause installation system to extend beyond the edge of unit, this influence is attractive in appearance.
Consider above problem, the manufacturer of TV installing rack is not almost selected, and can only make a plurality of models of identical installation system, and each model is become to be used for the TV size of particular range by specialized designs.Although manufacturer and consumer's needs have been satisfied in this arrangement simultaneously, a plurality of models that need to make like products have increased complexity and cost with regard to manufacturer, and these costs are finally passed on to consumers.The existence of a plurality of models has also increased the complexity of the setter of installation system, because must guarantee to have obtained the correct installing rack that is used to install.
So need a kind of installation system of exploitation, can address the aforementioned drawbacks, the product of reliable in structure safety still is provided for the user simultaneously.
Summary of the invention
The present invention provides a kind of display unit of various sizes and improved installation system of miscellaneous equipment of being used for.Installation system of the present invention comprises mounted on surface carriage and at least one equipment installation bracket.In said mounted on surface carriage and said at least one equipment installation bracket at least one can be expanded, and makes it can hold and support the more equipment of large scale and weight.In one embodiment of the invention; Equipment installation bracket expandable element can be connected on the top and/or bottom of said equipment installation bracket, causes said equipment installation bracket to be lengthened out and allows said equipment installation bracket to arrive more at a distance towards the top and the bottom margin of large equipment more.In another embodiment, wallboard can be expanded on direction from left to right, thereby allows wallboard towards more a left side and the right hand edge of large equipment arrive more at a distance.Use these extension mechanisms, single installation system can be used to install the equipment of many different sizes.
In conjunction with accompanying drawing, of the present invention these with other advantages and characteristic, with and structure and mode of operation will become obviously from the following specifically describes, components identical is represented with identical Reference numeral among a few width of cloth figure of all that wherein are described below.
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Fig. 1 is the perspective view according to the installation system of one embodiment of the present invention structure;
Fig. 2 is an interactional perspective view between equipment installation bracket and the equipment installation bracket extension mechanism in the installation system of displayed map 1;
Fig. 3 is an interactional reverse perspective view between equipment installation bracket and the equipment installation bracket extension mechanism in the installation system of displayed map 1;
Fig. 4 shows the equipment installation bracket separated from one another and the reverse perspective view of equipment installation bracket extension mechanism;
Fig. 5 is the end view that is used for the extending bracket flange on the bottom of equipment installation bracket 24;
Fig. 6 is the reverse perspective view according to the equipment installation bracket extension mechanism of a kind of alternate embodiments structure of the present invention;
Fig. 7 is the left view according to the equipment installation bracket of a kind of alternate embodiments of the present invention and equipment installation bracket extension mechanism;
Fig. 8 is the front view of arranging shown in Fig. 7;
Fig. 9 is the perspective view of arranging shown in Fig. 7;
Figure 10 is the perspective view according to the part of the mounted on surface carriage extension mechanism of Fig. 1;
Figure 11 is the front view according to a kind of mounted on surface carriage extension mechanism of alternate embodiments;
Figure 12 is the front view according to the mounted on surface carriage extension mechanism of another alternate embodiments;
Figure 13 is the front view according to the mounted on surface carriage extension mechanism of another alternate embodiments;
Figure 14 is the basis front view of the mounted on surface carriage extension mechanism of an alternate embodiments again; And
Figure 15 is the front view according to the mounted on surface carriage extension mechanism of another alternate embodiments.
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Fig. 1 has shown the installation system 20 according to one embodiment of the present invention structure.Installation system 20 comprises mounted on surface carriage 22 and a plurality of equipment installation brackets 24.In execution mode of the present invention shown in Figure 1, use two equipment installation brackets 24.Yet, in fact can use any amount of equipment installation bracket 24, this for example depends on the size and the weight of article to be installed.Mounted on surface carriage 22 is opened 26 through various surface mount boards and is installed on wall or other plane surfaces with the securing member (not shown), and equipment installation bracket 24 is connected on the back side such as the such display unit of panel TV.In the described execution mode of Fig. 1, equipment installation bracket 24 comprises grab part 30, is used to take in the top of mounted on surface carriage 22.
As shown in Figure 1, each equipment installation bracket 24 comprises that equipment contact carriage 32 contacts carriage 35 with installing.In various execution modes, equipment contact carriage 32 includes equipment contact pallet base 29, and equipment contact holder flange 33 slave units contact pallet base 29 extends.A plurality of follower (not shown) are used for contacting carriage 35 through a plurality of guide structure 37 connection devices contact carriages 32 with installing.Because this layout, equipment contact carriage 32 can move with respect to mounted on surface carriage 22.In one embodiment of the invention, guide structure 37 comprises straight basically slit.Yet other layouts also are possible.In another execution mode shown in Fig. 7-9, but dynamic friction crank 39 can be used for the frictional resistance and these parts of locking position relative to each other with respect to mounted on surface carriage 22 of conditioning equipment installation bracket 24 selectively.
Shown in Fig. 1-4, one or more in case of necessity carriage extension mechanisms 38 removably are connected on the various device installation bracket 24.Each carriage extension mechanism 38 comprises base portion 40 and a pair of extending bracket flange 42.Base portion 40 comprises a plurality of base portion slits 47.The size of base portion slit 47 with arrange that the installing hole on the back side be suitable for equipment to be installed aims at.
Shown in Fig. 1-4, a series of extending bracket slits 44 are arranged in each extending bracket flange 36, each extending bracket slit 44 is aimed at the respective extension carriage slit 44 that relative carriage is expanded on the flange 36.Extending bracket slit 44 is aimed at at least one projection 43 on elongated top 27 that is positioned at equipment installation bracket 24 and/or the elongated bottom 28.In various execution modes of the present invention, projection 43 for example can comprise pin, screw, bolt etc. (and combination), and it is positioned in each elongated top 27 and the elongated bottom 28.Under the situation of screw, bolt or similar securing member, fastening can being used for of these parts is fastened firmly to elongated top 27 and/or elongated bottom 28 with extending bracket flange 36.As shown in Figure 4, for example, each projection 43 can be connected on the equipment installation bracket flange 46 of equipment installation bracket 24, and in this case, additional in case of necessity projection 43 can be used for relative equipment installation bracket flange 46.Yet single projection 43 also can be installed to or otherwise be operably connected on the equipment installation bracket flange 46 of equipment installation bracket 24.
Shown in Fig. 1-4, extending bracket slit 44 is inclined upwardly, and moves towards its center from the edge of extending bracket flange 36.In this arrangement, when projection 43 and required extending bracket slit 44 closely cooperated, extending bracket flange 36 with equipment installation bracket 24 " maintenance " in position.Fig. 5 has shown the similar arrangements that is used for exemplary extended holder flange 36, and it is used for the bottom of equipment installation bracket 24.
The active surface length of carriage extension mechanism 38 expansion equipment installation brackets 24 in case of necessity.Under the situation that less and/or lightweight display device will be installed, the normal length of equipment installation bracket 24 can be enough to make equipment installation bracket 24 complete support apparatus.On the other hand; When if the equipment more than much bigger and/or the recuperation will be installed; The user can be positioned at carriage extension mechanism 38 on elongated top 27 and the elongated bottom 28 in case of necessity, thereby produces longer rectifying surface to be used to the back side of the equipment that is operably connected to.In addition, the user has the ability that changes the extra length amount, is used for projection 43 close-fitting suitable extending bracket slits 44 said ability being provided through selection.
Fig. 6 has shown another embodiment of the present invention.In Fig. 6, a plurality of extending bracket slits 44 are replaced by the extending bore on the carriage extension mechanism 38 41.The size of extending bore 41 is suitable for admitting pin, screw, also can be installed to the projection of the other types on the equipment installation bracket 24.In case of necessity or also can on same extending bracket flange 36, use extending bracket slit 44 and extending bore 41 when needing simultaneously.In in these execution modes each; Also can comprise length mark 50; It can help the user to distinguish during installation process and select to use suitable extending bracket slit 44, guarantees that identical extending bracket slit 44 is used for each carriage extension mechanism 38 of installation system 20.
In various execution modes of the present invention, except equipment installation bracket 24 or as the substituting of equipment installation bracket 24, mounted on surface carriage 22 is extendible.But Fig. 1 and 10-15 have shown the various forms of this extended surface installation bracket 22.Shown in these figure, mounted on surface carriage 22 is formed by a plurality of parts, and these parts are engaged with each other through one in some mechanisms and aim at.
But Fig. 1 and 10 has specifically shown an extended surface installation bracket 22.But the extended surface installation bracket 22 in this execution mode comprises module, and said module is coupling part, center 60 and a pair of peripheral part 62 on its both sides.Coupling part, center 60 engages each peripheral part 62 slidably.In the execution mode shown in Fig. 1 and 10; This comprises that through making coupling part, center 60 upper and lower center connects horizontal supporting element 64 and realizes that said center connects horizontal supporting componentry ground and departs from the corresponding peripheral horizontal supporting element 66 that is positioned on each peripheral part 62.Therefore, peripheral part 62 can be in 60 fronts, coupling part, center (or in alternate embodiments in the back) slides, thereby can regulate total longitudinal length of surperficial installation bracket 22 in case of necessity.In case realize the desired configuration of mounted on surface carriage 22, mounted on surface carriage securing member 68, for example short screw can be used for peripheral part 62 is fixed to coupling part, center 60.
But Figure 11-15 has shown the various specific implementations of extended surface installation bracket 22.Yet, but should be appreciated that multiple layout can be used for extended surface installation bracket 22.Figure 11 has shown a kind of layout, and coupling part, center 60 comprises interlock region 70 with peripheral part 62, and this interlock region 70 allows these parts to closely cooperate each other.In this arrangement, different coupling parts, center 60 can make up and cooperate so that produce the mounted on surface carriage 22 of different size with peripheral part 62.Figure 12 has shown the three parts layout that is similar to the layout shown in Fig. 1 and 10.Yet the coupling part, center 60 among Figure 12 does not comprise that upper and lower center connects horizontal supporting element 64.But coupling part, center 60 for example can be assemblied in the groove or slit on the back side of peripheral part 62, and the back that perhaps can be placed on peripheral part 62 simply is to obtain desirable layout.
Figure 13 has shown the another execution mode of mounted on surface carriage 22.In this embodiment, shown and to have used the parts more than three.In this specific implementations, can use a plurality of identical or different modules 72 in succession, thereby allow the user to form the mounted on surface carriage 22 of the required any length basically of installation process.
Figure 14 and 15 has shown other execution modes of mounted on surface carriage 22, wherein only uses two modules 72.In Figure 14, two modules 72 are engaged with each other slidably and to connect carriage 74 fixed to one another through using, and said connection carriage 74 is splice module 72 slidably.In Figure 15, can not need connect carriage.
The foregoing description of execution mode of the present invention is provided for example and description.This does not also mean that exhaustive or limits the present invention to disclosed definite form, can improve and change or can obtain to improve and change from enforcement of the present invention according to above instruction.Select and describe said execution mode, to enable those skilled in the art in various execution modes neutralizations through being suitable for expecting that the various improvement of special-purpose utilize the present invention so that explain principle of the present invention and practical application thereof.
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1. one kind is used to install the system of looking/listening equipment, comprising:
Can be connected to the equipment installation bracket on the article; And
The mounted on surface carriage, it is operably connected on the said equipment installation bracket and can be connected on the surface, and said mounted on surface carriage has longitudinal length,
Wherein, said equipment installation bracket comprises a plurality of modules that are engaged with each other slidably, thereby allows to change the longitudinal length of said mounted on surface carriage.
2. according to the system of claim 1, it is characterized by, said a plurality of modules are mutually the same.
3. according to the system of claim 1, it is characterized by, said a plurality of modules comprise four modules.
4. according to the system of claim 1, it is characterized by, said a plurality of modules comprise:
The coupling part, center; And
At least one peripheral part engages with coupling part, said center along the longitudinal axis of said mounted on surface carriage slidably.
5. according to the system of claim 1, it is characterized by, said a plurality of modules are interlocked with one another along the axis that is substantially perpendicular to said longitudinal length.
6. according to the system of claim 1; It is characterized by; Said equipment installation bracket comprises equipment contact carriage and at least one device extension carriage; Said at least one device extension carriage can be connected on the said equipment installation bracket with respect to equipment installation bracket in a plurality of positions, thereby allows to change the longitudinal length of said equipment installation bracket.
7. one kind is used to install the system of looking/listening equipment, comprising:
The equipment installation bracket, it can be connected on the article and comprise at least one equipment installation bracket extension mechanism, and said equipment installation bracket extension mechanism comprises:
Base portion, and
At least one flange, it extends and a plurality of openings is arranged therein from said base portion, said a plurality of openings selectively in a plurality of positions with and at least one engages of linking of said equipment installation bracket,
The mounted on surface carriage; It is operably connected on the said equipment installation bracket and can be connected on the surface; Said mounted on surface carriage has mounted on surface carriage longitudinal length; Said mounted on surface carriage comprises a plurality of modules that are engaged with each other slidably, thereby allows to change the longitudinal length of said mounted on surface carriage
Wherein, said equipment installation bracket is based on having adjustable equipment installation bracket longitudinal length with the certain openings of said at least one engages selectively.
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