发明名称 Mounting bracket
摘要 An improved mounting bracket that provides an indication to an installer when a mount is not correctly aligned. The mounting bracket comprises a mounting contact portion and at least one side portion integrally connected to the mounting contact portion, with the at least one side portion defining a receiving region for accepting one or more retaining portions of a mount. The at least one side portion includes a first ramped surface at least partially outside of the receiving region. The first ramped surface configured to contact a retaining portion when the retaining portion is misaligned with the receiving region, thereby informing an installer of the misalignment.
申请公布号 US9253917(B1) 申请公布日期 2016.02.02
申请号 US201414244289 申请日期 2014.04.03
申请人 Peerless Industries, Inc. 发明人 Lam William Phuong;O'Keene Dugan;Monaco Garry
分类号 E04G3/00;H05K7/16 主分类号 E04G3/00
代理机构 Foley & Lardner LLP 代理人 Foley & Lardner LLP
主权项 1. A mounting system, comprising: a flat panel television; a mounting structure; and at least one mounting bracket, the at least one mounting bracket including: a mounting contact portion having a mounting contact surface configured to operatively attach to the flat panel television, the mounting contact portion having a longitudinal length and defining a longitudinal axis,independent and separated first and second side portions extending substantially perpendicular from the mounting contact surface, the independent and separated first and second side portions each coupled to the mounting contact portion along the longitudinal length of the mounting contact portion, the first side portion being substantially parallel to the second side portion, wherein the mounting contact portion, the first side portion and the second side portion cooperate to form a channel, andfirst and second substantially parallel ramping surfaces extending away from the mounting contact portion and disposed substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the first and second substantially parallel ramping surfaces each defining an incline and terminating proximate respective first and second hooks, the first and second hooks configured to accept a first retaining mounting structure portion of the mounting structure, wherein each of the at least one mounting bracket defines a receiving region extending substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis, the receiving region configured to receive, proximate the first and second hooks, the first retaining mounting structure portion, and wherein the first and second substantially parallel ramping surfaces are configured to contact the first retaining mounting structure portion to indicate a misalignment between the at least one mounting bracket and the mounting structure, and wherein the mounting contact portion, the first and second side portions and the first and second substantially parallel ramping surfaces are integrally formed as a single piece of material.
地址 Aurora IL US