Swiveling Ceiling-Track Screen Mount for Stable Floor-Free Suspension
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing solutions for suspending movie screens and video monitoring equipment from ceilings or walls are often cumbersome, taking up valuable floor space and creating tripping hazards, and require specialized skills or expensive mounting brackets, which are not adequately supported by movable walls or curtains.
Innovation Solution
A hand-manipulable, track-engaging, swiveling, adjustable screen mounting framework comprising a beam with adjustable hangers, a pivot structure, and cantilevered booms with cradles that can be locked in place, allowing for level adjustment and angular positioning of the screen relative to the ceiling track.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Stability of the object's composition
If floor stands with extended legs or bases are used to support movie screens, then screen stability is improved, but floor space is consumed and tripping hazards are created
Solution Approach 1:
The invention transitions the support structure from the horizontal plane (floor stands with extended legs) to the vertical dimension (ceiling track mounting). The screen is suspended from above via a ceiling track system, eliminating the need for floor-based support structures and their associated space consumption and safety hazards.
2Stability of the object's composition
If specialized mounting brackets are used to attach video screens to walls, then mounting stability is improved, but device complexity and cost increase
Solution Approach 1:
The ceiling track system serves multiple functions: it supports various types of equipment (movie screens, lighting, speakers, props) and allows adjustable positioning along the track. This universal system replaces the need for specialized, screen-specific mounting brackets, simplifying the overall solution while maintaining stability.
3Adaptability or versatility
If adjustable hangers are used to suspend equipment from ceiling tracks, then positioning flexibility is improved, but device complexity increases
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger mechanism incorporates adjustable components that allow the suspension position to be dynamically changed along the ceiling track. The hanger can be positioned at different locations and locked into place, providing flexibility for reconfiguring the space while using a relatively simple mechanical adjustment mechanism.
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AI summary
A framework for temporarily suspending a movie screen from a ceiling track includes an oblong beam adjustably mounted to the track. A locking pivot mechanism secured to a middle part of the beam supports a pair of oppositely extending cantelevered booms. Each boom can have inwardly extending substantially parallel rails similar to a ceiling track. Each of the booms can carry variously sized locking cradles which can support a spar for a movie screen or other structures. A second locking pivot mechanism having a rotation axis mutually orthogonal to the first pivot mechanism can provide the booms with additional adjustability.