Adjustable TV Wall Mount for Non-Standard Stud Spacing
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wall mounts for electronic displays struggle to securely attach to non-standardly spaced wall studs, leading to suboptimal installations.
Innovation Solution
A wall mount design featuring adjustable wall attachment brackets with vertically spaced-apart apertures and sliding cross bars, allowing for secure attachment to any stud spacing, along with a friction adjustment mechanism to stabilize the cross bars.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If the mount uses fixed-position attachment holes, then the manufacturing and installation process is simple, but the mount cannot adapt to non-standard stud spacings
Solution Approach 1:
The mount transitions from a static fixed-hole design to a dynamic adjustable design where crossbars can slide horizontally within the wall attachment brackets along a slots, allowing the mounting positions to be dynamically repositioned to match various stud spacings
Solution Approach 2:
The mount divides the attachment system into separate adjustable components (wall attachment brackets with slots, sliding crossbars with adjustment mechanisms) that can be independently positioned and secured, enabling adaptation to different configurations
2Adaptability or versatility
If the cross bars are made slidable in apertures for adjustment, then adaptability to different spacings is improved, but the risk of cross bars moving or loosening increases
Solution Approach 1:
The crossbars are designed with sliding capability within the apertures, allowing them to be repositioned horizontally to match different stud spacings, while maintaining secure attachment through adjustment mechanisms
Solution Approach 2:
The position parameter of the crossbars can be changed by sliding them to different locations within the apertures, and this parameter is then locked to maintain stability during use
3Ease of operation
If multiple vertically spaced-apart apertures are provided, then positioning flexibility is improved, but the device complexity and number of components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The wall attachment brackets with multiple vertically spaced-apart apertures serve multiple functions: providing attachment points for crossbars at different heights, enabling vertical positioning adjustment, and accommodating various mounting configurations, thereby reducing the need for separate components for each function
Applied Scientific Principles
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Function Achieved in This Case
Enables secure and stable attachment of electronic displays to walls with non-standard stud spacings, ensuring a safe and optimal installation.
Implementation Method 1
each clamp disposed proximate a separate one of the spaced-apart apertures and adapted to selectively apply a friction force to the cross bar extending through the aperture to resist sliding of the cross bar
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AI summary
A mount for attaching a flat panel television to a wall includes a pair of wall attachment brackets, each wall attachment bracket defining a pair of vertically spaced-apart apertures, a pair of cross bars, each cross bar received through a separate one of the apertures in each wall attachment bracket such that the cross bars are vertically spaced apart and parallel to each other, the cross bars being selectively horizontally slidable in the apertures, an arm coupling assembly operably coupling the cross bars, at least one pivotable arm coupled to the arm coupling assembly, and a display interface operably coupled to the arm. The wall attachment brackets can be secured to wall studs at any spacing the wall studs may happen to have, and the cross-bars can slide in the apertures of the wall attachment brackets to position the arm attachment assembly and arm where desired.