Display mounting device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12203589-B2
Application number	US-202217963922-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 11, 2022
Priority date	Oct 15, 2021
Publication date	Jan 21, 2025
Grant date	Jan 21, 2025

Abstract

A display mounting device includes a supporting pillar and a supporting pillar fixture. A display is mounted on the supporting pillar. The supporting pillar fixture is installed on a floor surface and coupled with the supporting pillar. In an extending direction of the supporting pillar, the display is detachably attached to a first end of the supporting pillar, and the supporting pillar fixture is coupled with a second end of the supporting pillar opposite to the first end in a rotatable manner. The supporting pillar fixture includes a rotation support that supports the supporting pillar in a rotatable manner. The rotation support allows for rotation of the supporting pillar within a range of angles between a first state where the extending direction of the supporting pillar is parallel to the floor surface and a second state where the extending direction of the supporting pillar is perpendicular to the floor surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A display mounting device, comprising:
a supporting pillar on which a display is mounted; and
a supporting pillar fixture installed on a floor surface and coupled with the supporting pillar,
wherein:
in an extending direction of the supporting pillar, the display is detachably attached to a first end of the supporting pillar, and the supporting pillar fixture is coupled with a second end of the supporting pillar opposite the first end in a rotatable manner,
the supporting pillar fixture includes a rotation support that supports the supporting pillar in a rotatable manner, and
the rotation support allows for a rotation of the supporting pillar within a range of angles between a second state in which the extending direction of the supporting pillar is parallel to the floor surface and a first state in which the extending direction of the supporting pillar is perpendicular to the floor surface,
the display mounting device further comprises:
a rotation aid that aids the rotation of the supporting pillar, the rotation aid including an elastic member; and
a lock mechanism that locks the supporting pillar when the supporting pillar is in the first state,

the lock mechanism includes:
a notch being a recess, formed in a part of the first end of the supporting pillar, extending to the second end of the supporting pillar,
a guide being a portion at which a part of the first end of the supporting pillar is slanted toward the notch,
a shaft biased in a direction toward the supporting pillar fixture by the elastic member, the shaft displaceable relative to the supporting pillar fixture in association with the rotation of the supporting pillar, and the shaft displaceable relative to the supporting pillar by moving along the guide in association with the rotation of the supporting pillar, and
a slide mechanism that allows a position of the shaft to slide perpendicularly to the floor surface in association with the rotation of the supporting pillar against a biasing force of the elastic member, wherein

the supporting pillar is locked by the sliding of the shaft vertical to the floor surface along the notch when the supporting pillar is in the first state.

2. The display mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein the supporting pillar includes:
a first supporting pillar,
a second supporting pillar connected to the first supporting pillar, and
an adjusting mechanism that adjusts a length of a connected portion between the first supporting pillar and the second supporting pillar to adjust a length of an entirety of the supporting pillar in the extending direction.

3. The display mounting device according to claim 1 , wherein
the supporting pillar includes an inner wiring compartment that accommodates a wiring connected to the display along the extending direction of the supporting pillar, and
the supporting pillar fixture has an opening that communicates with the inner wiring compartment.

Assignees

• Sharp Kk

Inventors

• Watanabe Hikaru
• Tabata Shinji

Classifications

• F16M11/10

  around a horizontal axis {(F16M11/12 takes precedence)} · CPC title

• F16M2200/024

  by positive interaction, e.g. male-female connections · CPC title

• F16M11/38

  by folding {, e.g. pivoting or scissors tong mechanisms} · CPC title

• F16M11/22

  with approximately constant height, e.g. with constant length of column or of legs (F16M11/42 takes precedence) · CPC title

• F16M11/046 Primary

  adapted to upward-downward translation movement · CPC title