Low profile mounting system

摘要

A device mount for affixing a device to a surface such as a wall. The device mount has a surface bracket, an articulation mechanism, and a device mount plate. In various embodiments, the device mount further includes a tilt assembly. The surface mount bracket includes an upper surface bracket, a lower surface bracket and a vertical support positioned there between and connected to the lower all bracket and the upper surface bracket. The articulation mechanism has an inner articulating arm pivotally connected to the surface mount bracket and an outer articulating arm is rotatably connected to the inner articulating arm such that it maybe disposed substantially within a void of the inner articulating arm. The tilt assembly is connected to the outer articulating arm and pivotally connected to the device mount plate that is adapted to have a device mounted thereto, such that the device mount plate is selectively tiltable. The tilt assembly may comprise at least one friction hinge that substantially maintains the tilt angle of the device mount plate. When in a collapsed position, the inner articulating arm is substantially disposed between the upper surface bracket and lower surface bracket and the outer articulating arm is substantially disposed within the inner articulating arm presenting a thin profile.

主权项

1. A device mounting system, comprising:
an arm having a distal end having an upper portion and a lower portion, the arm adapted to pivot in relation to a surface about a first vertical axis to a position substantially parallel to the surface; a tilt assembly having an intermediate portion, a first end extending from the intermediate portion, and a second end extending from the intermediate portion and opposite the first end, the tilt assembly pivotally affixed to the distal end of the arm via a shaft extending from the upper portion to the lower portion through the intermediate portion of the tilt assembly and positioned at least partially within a relief of the arm defined by the upper portion and the lower portion, the tilt assembly adapted to pivot in relation to the arm about a second vertical axis, the tilt assembly further rotatable about a horizontal axis; and a device mount plate adapted to have a device mounted thereto, the device mount plate affixed to the tilt assembly at the first end and the second end of the tilt assembly, the device mount plate being selectively tiltable about the horizontal axis via the tilt assembly, wherein the tilt assembly is further adapted to pivot about the second vertical axis in relation to the arm to a first position such that at least a portion of the first end of the tilt assembly is received within the relief of the arm when the device mount plate is in a third position that is substantially parallel to the arm and the arm is substantially parallel to the surface, the second end extending away from the relief, and to a second position such that at least a portion of the second end of the tilt assembly is received within the relief of the arm when the device mount plate is in a fourth position that is substantially parallel to the arm and the arm is substantially parallel to the surface, the first end extending away from the relief.