Tool-Free Monitor Saddle Bracket for Angled Retail Display
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Solution Overview
Problem
Retail stores face challenges in displaying consumer electronics in a visually appealing and secure manner, particularly in showcasing multiple products at optimal viewing angles without requiring tools for installation or adjustment, while managing cable visibility and security.
Innovation Solution
A wall mount system featuring a hanger and saddle bracket configuration that allows monitors to be mounted at oblique angles, adjustable without tools, with built-in flanges for cable management and quick-release mechanisms for easy product removal, integrated into a modular display system using standard gondola shelving.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If monitors are mounted on horizontal shelving units with security tethers, then product security is improved, but viewing angle optimization and aesthetic appeal deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate functional components: a hanger bar for security attachment to shelving, a bracket assembly for angle adjustment, and a monitor mounting interface. This segmentation allows each component to optimize its specific function while working together as a unified system.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket assembly incorporates adjustable elements that allow the monitor to be positioned at various oblique angles relative to the vertical axis. This dynamic adjustment capability enables optimization of viewing angles for different display locations and customer viewing positions.
2Reliability
If monitors are displayed in locked transparent display cases or on elevated shelves, then security is improved, but visibility and customer interaction deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
Instead of mounting monitors horizontally on shelves or in cases, the system positions them at oblique angles downward toward customers. This dimensional change in mounting orientation improves visibility and customer interaction while maintaining security through the hanger-bracket mechanism.
3Reliability
If component electronics are placed on shelving units with security tethers, then theft prevention is improved, but cable management and aesthetic appeal deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The bracket assembly integrates multiple functions: monitor mounting, angle adjustment, and cable management. The downwardly facing U-shaped channel and associated structures serve both structural support and cable routing purposes, consolidating security and aesthetic functions into a unified design.
4Ease of manufacture
If monitors are mounted at fixed horizontal positions on shelves, then installation simplicity is improved, but viewing angle optimization and customer experience deteriorate
Solution Approach 1:
The hanger bar is pre-mounted to the shelving unit with security features, and the bracket assembly is designed to attach to the hanger bar in a standardized manner. This preliminary preparation of mounting components simplifies the overall installation process while maintaining angle adjustment capabilities.
Solution Approach 2:
The bracket assembly allows adjustment of the monitor's angular parameters relative to the vertical axis. This parameter change capability enables optimization of viewing angles for different installation locations without complicating the basic mounting process.
Data Source
AI summary
In some implementations, a wall mount system includes a hanger and complementary saddle bracket mount adapted to retain a monitor at an oblique angle relative to a vertical axis such that the monitors are angled downwardly toward retail patrons. The saddle bracket can in various embodiments include a downwardly facing U-shaped channel that receives a complementarily configured hanger bar which is in turn mounted to a display fixture. Such a bracket configuration can permit, in various embodiments, a television monitor that has a saddle bracket attached thereto to be mounted to the display fixture without the use of tools. The saddle bracket is optionally adjustable without the use of handheld tools along a rail system that is mounted to a television monitor. The saddle bracket may further include outwardly extending flanges to receive and retain excess lengths of power cords extending from the monitor supported by the saddle bracket.