Wall Mount Assembly for Personal Electronic Devices
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Solution Overview
Problem
Personal electronic devices are fragile and prone to damage from drops or knocks, necessitating a mounting system that securely attaches them to a wall without causing damage and allows easy access and removal without marking the wall.
Innovation Solution
A mount assembly using removable adhesive strips and separate mounts that can be easily attached and detached from the wall, with adjustable features to accommodate various device sizes and orientations, and cord clips to manage power cords, ensuring stability and visibility while preventing wall damage.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Reliability
If a mounting system is used to securely attach personal electronic devices to a wall, then device safety and stability are improved, but the complexity of installation and removal increases
Solution Approach 1:
The mounting system is divided into separate components: a wall-mounted base unit and a device holder that can be independently attached and detached. This segmentation allows the system to provide secure mounting while maintaining simplicity in installation and removal through modular assembly
Solution Approach 2:
The wall-mounted base unit is pre-installed on the wall before the device holder is attached. This preliminary action simplifies the overall process by separating the complex wall installation from the simpler device attachment, allowing users to benefit from secure mounting without dealing with the full complexity of wall installation during device mounting
2Ease of operation
If a mounting system is designed to be easily removable from the wall without making holes, then ease of installation is improved, but the strength and stability of the mounting connection deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
A removable adhesive strip serves as an intermediary between the wall-mounted base unit and the wall surface. This intermediary provides sufficient holding strength for stable device mounting while allowing easy removal without damaging the wall, thus resolving the contradiction between ease of installation and connection strength
Solution Approach 2:
The adhesive strip's bonding parameters are optimized to provide adequate holding force for secure device mounting while maintaining removability. The adhesive strength is carefully controlled to ensure stability during use but allow clean removal from the wall without damage, balancing ease of installation with connection strength
3Adaptability or versatility
If the mounting system is made adjustable to accommodate various device sizes and orientations, then adaptability is improved, but the device complexity and number of components increases
Solution Approach 1:
The device holder incorporates adjustable positioning mechanisms that allow dynamic adjustment of the holder's angle and position on the wall-mounted base unit. This dynamic adjustability enables accommodation of various device sizes and orientations without requiring multiple different mounting systems, maintaining simplicity while improving versatility
Data Source
AI summary
A mount assembly for a personal electronic device includes first and second separate mounts, each mount having a generally planar back face having a rear, wall mount surface and a forward surface. A planar front face extends parallel to the back face. A side face extends between the back face and the front face. A bottom face extends between the back face and the front face. The bottom face has an upper surface and an under surface. The back face, the front face, the side face, and the bottom face of each of the first and second mounts form a receiver having an opening disposed away from each side face, such that, when the first mount and the second mount are mounted on a wall, the opening in the first mount receiver is proximate the opening in the second mount receiver.