Multi-Monitor Wall Mount Alignment on Uneven Surfaces
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing wall mount systems struggle to securely mount monitors on uneven or contoured walls while maintaining a continuous, planar display, as they often require individual adjustment and alignment of multiple monitors, which is complicated by the weight and shape of the monitors, leading to potential instability and awkward positioning.
Innovation Solution
A wall mount system featuring adjustable wall mount assemblies with depth, tilt, skew, and horizontal adjustment features, allowing for independent adjustment of each assembly to accommodate uneven walls, and a guide bar system that aligns monitors edge-to-edge, ensuring stable and level mounting of multiple monitors on non-planar surfaces.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If multiple monitors are individually mounted on uneven walls using conventional wall mounts, then each monitor can be supported, but the monitors cannot be aligned to form a continuous planar display
Solution Approach 1:
A linear guide bar is introduced as an intermediary component that connects multiple wall mount assemblies. The guide bar serves as a reference element that forces all mounted monitors to align along a common axis, eliminating the alignment problems caused by uneven wall surfaces while maintaining individual monitor support stability
Solution Approach 2:
The wall mount assemblies incorporate adjustable depth features that allow each assembly to be independently modified. This dynamic adjustment capability enables each mount to compensate for local wall irregularities while maintaining overall alignment through the guide bar constraint
2Strength
If wall mount assemblies are rigidly fixed to accommodate heavy monitors, then the monitors are securely supported, but the mounts cannot be adjusted to account for wall irregularities
Solution Approach 1:
The wall mount assemblies incorporate adjustable depth features that allow each assembly to be independently modified. This dynamic adjustment capability enables each mount to compensate for local wall irregularities while maintaining overall alignment through the guide bar constraint
Solution Approach 2:
The mounting system is divided into independent adjustable modules (wall mount assemblies) connected by a rigid guide bar. This segmentation allows each module to adapt to local conditions while the connecting element maintains overall system rigidity and alignment
3Reliability
If monitors are positioned closer to the wall to reduce leverage, then fastener separation is prevented, but positioning and orienting large monitors becomes more difficult
Solution Approach 1:
The guide bar acts as a mediator that transfers the alignment function from the wall mounting interface to the monitor mounting interface. This allows monitors to be positioned at optimal distances from the wall for ease of handling while the guide bar maintains precise alignment and prevents excessive leverage forces
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AI summary
A wall mount system for mounting a plurality of monitors on a wall. The system has a plurality of wall mount assemblies, a plurality of monitor interfaces adapted to receive an electronic display respectively, and a depth adjustment feature operably coupling each monitor interface to one of the wall mount assemblies and enabling the monitors to be positioned and adjusted to account for recesses or raised portions of the wall and present a continuous, planar monitor display surface.