Telescoping Rail Mount for Independent Display Adjustment
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing monitor mount systems lack efficient and wide-range adjustment capabilities for the lateral position of monitors relative to users, often requiring time-consuming and awkward steps to reposition displays.
Innovation Solution
A multiple display mount system featuring a base, vertical member, and pivotally connected arms with telescopic sections, allowing for independent lateral and vertical adjustment of each display, including telescopic arms for altering length and secure mounting heads that can be adjusted along a rail assembly.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If a fixed mount head at the end of an articulating arm is used, then the monitor position can be adjusted via arm articulation, but the range of lateral motion is limited and adjustment is time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
The mount system is divided into multiple independent segments: a base, a vertically adjustable column, multiple arms with telescopic sections, and a mount head. Each segment can be independently adjusted, allowing the monitor to achieve a wide range of positions through coordinated movement of segments rather than requiring complete disassembly and reassembly.
Solution Approach 2:
The system incorporates multiple degrees of freedom with adjustable components including vertical column adjustment, telescopic arm sections, and articulating joints. This dynamic structure allows continuous adjustment of monitor position in multiple directions simultaneously, providing both wide range of motion and quick repositioning capability.
2Ease of operation
If array rail with movable mount head is used, then lateral position can be adjusted along the rail, but the process requires dismounting and remounting the monitor which is time-consuming and awkward
Solution Approach 1:
The system separates the monitor mounting function from the position adjustment function. The mount head remains securely attached to the monitor while independent arm segments are adjusted to achieve repositioning. This eliminates the need to detach and reattach the monitor itself, making the process faster and easier.
Solution Approach 2:
The telescopic arms incorporate quick-adjust mechanisms that allow the arm length and position to be changed without tools or complex operations. The dynamic structure enables smooth transitions between positions while the monitor remains securely mounted, providing both ease of operation and time efficiency.
3Adaptability or versatility
If multiple displays are mounted to a single arm assembly, then space is utilized efficiently, but the range of motion for each display is limited and adjustments are not independent
Solution Approach 1:
Each display is mounted on its own separate arm assembly that connects to the common vertical column. This segmentation allows each display to be independently positioned and adjusted without affecting the other displays, while still maintaining a compact footprint through the shared column structure.
Solution Approach 2:
The vertical column serves as a universal mounting point for multiple independent arm assemblies. This multi-functional base structure supports various configurations of displays while each arm maintains full independence for adjustment, achieving both versatility and manageable complexity through standardized interface design.
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AI summary
A multiple display mount system that offers easy and efficient, independent lateral and vertical adjustment of each individual display. The system includes a base, a vertical member extending upwardly from the base, and a pair of arms extending laterally outward on opposing sides of the vertical member. A pair of display interfaces is operably coupled to a separate one of the arms. Each of the display interfaces can enable the electronic display received thereon to be tilted about a generally horizontal tilt axis extending through the electronic display, and/or enable the electronic display received thereon to be pivoted about a generally vertical axis extending through the electronic display. The arms may be pivotally connected to the vertical member to enable positioning of the displays, and the displays may be separately vertically positionable relative to the vertical member.