Monitor and attaching-detaching device therefor

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10315766-B2
Application number	US-201815882237-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 29, 2018
Priority date	Jan 31, 2017
Publication date	Jun 11, 2019
Grant date	Jun 11, 2019

Abstract

A monitor is configured to be detachably fixed to a wall surface and includes an attaching-detaching device configured to be positioned between the monitor and the wall surface and detachably fix the monitor to the wall surface. The attaching-detaching device includes a swing member having a distal end and a proximal end, a hinge mechanism configured to be attachable to the wall surface and support the proximal end of the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is swingable toward or away from the wall surface, a swing member engagement portion on a rear surface of the monitor opposite to a display screen of the monitor, the swing member engagement portion being engaged with the swing member, and a lock mechanism on the rear surface of the monitor, the lock mechanism being configured to lock the swing member in engagement with the swing member engagement portion.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A monitor configured to be detachably fixed to a wall surface, the monitor comprising:
an attaching-detaching device configured to be positioned between the monitor and the wall surface and detachably fix the monitor to the wall surface,
the attaching-detaching device including:
a swing member having a distal end and a proximal end,
a hinge mechanism configured to be attachable to the wall surface and support the proximal end of the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is swingable toward or away from the wall surface,
a swing member engagement portion on a rear surface of the monitor opposite to a display screen of the monitor, the swing member engagement portion being engaged with the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is inserted into the swing member engagement portion, and
a lock mechanism on the rear surface of the monitor, the lock mechanism being configured to lock the swing member in engagement with the swing member engagement portion.

2. The monitor according to claim 1 , wherein:
the swing member is swingably supported by the hinge mechanism about a center line extending in a transverse direction of the monitor,
the swing member engagement portion has an engagement hole configured to allow the swing member to extend therethrough in a vertical direction of the monitor, and
the lock mechanism is configured to lock the distal end of the swing member which extends through the engagement hole of the swing member engagement portion.

3. The monitor according to claim 2 , wherein, when the monitor is fixed to the wall surface via the attaching-detaching device and the distal end of the swing member is closest to the wall surface, the hinge mechanism is positioned adjacent to an upper end of the monitor in the vertical direction of the monitor, the swing member engagement portion is positioned below the hinge mechanism, and the lock mechanism is positioned below the swing member engagement portion.

4. The monitor according to claim 3 , wherein, when the monitor is fixed to the wall surface via the attaching-detaching device and the distal end of the swing member is closest to the wall surface, an entirety of the attaching-detaching device is positioned between the monitor and the wall surface.

5. The monitor according to claim 3 , wherein, when the monitor is fixed to the wall surface via the attaching-detaching device and the distal end of the swing member is closest to the wall surface, an entirety of the attaching-detaching device is positioned in an upper portion of the rear surface of the monitor.

6. The monitor according to claim 1 , wherein the wall surface constitutes a back surface of a passenger seat in a passenger aircraft.

7. A monitor configured to be detachably fixed to a wall surface on which a hinge mechanism is fixed, the hinge mechanism being configured to support a proximal end of a swing member such that a distal end of the swing member is swingable toward or away from the wall surface, the monitor comprising:
a swing member engagement portion on a rear surface of the monitor opposite to a display screen of the monitor, the swing member engagement portion being engaged with the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is inserted into the swing member engagement portion; and
a lock mechanism on the rear surface of the monitor, the lock mechanism being configured to lock the swing member in engagement with the swing member engagement portion.

8. An attaching-detaching device configured to detachably fix a monitor to a wall surface, the attaching-detaching device comprising:
a swing member having a distal end and a proximal end;
a hinge mechanism configured to be attachable to the wall surface and support the proximal end of the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is swingable toward or away from the wall surface;
a swing member engagement portion configured to be attachable to a rear surface of the monitor opposite to a display screen of the monitor and be engaged with the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is inserted into the swing member engagement portion; and
a lock mechanism configured to be attachable to the rear surface of the monitor and lock the swing member in engagement with the swing member engagement portion.

9. A monitor configured to be detachably fixed to a wall surface, the monitor comprising:
an attaching-detaching device configured to be positioned between the monitor and the wall surface and detachably fix the monitor to the wall surface,
the attaching-detaching device including:
a swing member having a distal end and a proximal end,
a hinge mechanism configured to be attachable to the wall surface and support the proximal end of the swing member such that the distal end of the swing member is swingable toward or away from the wall surface,
a swing member engagement portion on a rear surface of the monitor opposite to a display screen of the monitor, the swing member engagement portion being engaged with the swing member, and
a lock mechanism on the rear surface of the monitor, the lock mechanism being configured to lock the swing member in engagement with the swing member engagement portion,
wherein:
the swing member includes a first rod portion, a second rod portion, and a coupling portion,
the first rod portion and the second rod portion are positioned on an identical plane and each of the first rod portion and the second rod portion has a distal end and a proximal end,
the coupling portion extends in a transverse direction of the monitor and is configured to couple the proximal end of the first rod portion and the proximal end of the second rod portion,
the hinge mechanism is configured to support the coupling portion such that the first rod portion and the second rod portion are simultaneously swingable,
the swing member engagement portion includes a first swing member engagement portion configured to be engaged with the first rod portion and a second swing member engagement portion configured to be engaged with the second rod portion, and
the lock mechanism includes a first lock mechanism configured to lock the first rod portion and a second lock mechanism configured to lock the second rod portion.

10. The monitor according to claim 9 , wherein the first rod portion, the second rod portion, and the coupling portion are integrated as a single component.

11. The monitor according to claim 9 , wherein:
the first swing member engagement portion and the first lock mechanism are integrated as a first lock assembly, and
the second swing member engagement portion and the second lock mechanism are integrated as a second lock assembly.

12. The monitor according to claim 11 , wherein:
the rear surface of the monitor has a projecting portion,
the first lock assembly is positioned at a first end of the projecting portion, and
the second lock assembly is positioned at a second end of the projecting portion.

Assignees

• Panasonic Ip Man Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yokota Kiyoshi
• Tomita Kaname

Classifications

• B60R11/0235

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• B60R2011/0015

  Back-rests · CPC title

• B60R2011/0085

  with adjustment by rotation in their operational position · CPC title

• B64D11/00152 Primary

  Seat back fixtures for removable monitors, e.g. tablet computers · CPC title

• B64D11/00151

  Permanently mounted seat back monitors · CPC title