The present application claims priority under 35 USC § 119(e), and 37 CFR § 1.55 to co-pending and commonly owned Chinese Patent Application No. 202222347074.5 filed on Sep. 1, 2022, the entirety of which is incorporated by reference herein.
The present invention belongs to the field of device supports. It particularly relates to a rack for an audiovisual device such as a television and a hanging plate assembly for audiovisual device support.
Audiovisual devices are commonly used in daily life and work, such as liquid crystal televisions, and are increasingly used in office conference displays in addition to home viewing. In the case of home television, a television cabinet or a television fixation support is generally reserved for mounting a television. However, office conference rooms generally do not have such a design, and audiovisual devices are mostly fixed by supports. Of course, the supports may also be applied to fixation of home televisions.
Existing television supports generally have fixed mounting heights, which cannot fully meet the use requirements of various places. Therefore, some height adjustable supports have been created. For example, Chinese invention patent CN214198048U discloses a television rack with a support height adjustment function, which realizes height adjustment of a television by means of an upper support column and a lower support column which are telescopically movable and fixed. Chinese invention patent CN212960713U discloses a television support capable of adjusting height and angle of a television, where height of the television is adjusted by moving a movable rod up and down through rotation of a threaded structure.
The above height adjustment structures are relatively complicated and costly, and stability of the overall height adjustment mechanisms is poor at a high position.
The present invention aims to provide an audiovisual device support which is easy to mount and has a height adjustment function, and a hanging plate assembly applied to the audiovisual device support.
The audiovisual device support and the hanging plate assembly thereof of the present invention realize adjustment of a fixing height of an audiovisual device relative to a support surface by adjusting a fit state between a first hanging plate and a second hanging plate which are arranged detachably relative to each other, so as to meet diverse requirements in practical application. Furthermore, after being adjusted to a desired height, locking between the first hanging plate and the second hanging plate can be performed by a second fixture, so that the audiovisual device and the support or the hanging plate assembly are formed as a firmly connected whole, and force in any three-dimensional direction cannot separate them, so as to achieve the purpose of firm fixation.
Furthermore, the second hanging plate is arranged detachably connected relative to the first hanging plate, which also facilitates mounting of the audiovisual device. That is, the second hanging plate is detached and fixed to the audiovisual device, then the audiovisual device with the second hanging plate fixed is fitted to a support frame with the first hanging plate, and after the fit state is adjusted until the height of the audiovisual device meets the requirements, the second hanging plate is locked relative to the first hanging plate by the second fixture, thereby completing mounting process of the audiovisual device.
When the fixing height of the audiovisual setting needs to be adjusted, the locking between the two hanging plates by the second fixture is released, and then the fit state between the two hanging plates is adjusted to adjust the fixing height of the audiovisual device, and finally the second fixture is fitted in place.
Reference numerals in the drawings are as follows: 100. support frame, 200. hanging plate assembly, 11. upright column, 12. upper cross bar, 13. lower cross bar, 101. moving wheel, 102. object storage plate, 103. wire receiving member, 104. scale, 105. auxiliary support, 131 third fixing hole, 21. first hanging plate, 22. second hanging plate, 211. first hanging plate body, 212. upper fixture, 213. lower fixture, 214. hook portion, 215. hanging column, 201. first fixture, 202. first connecting wing, 203. first folding wing, 204. hanging column fixing hole, 205. locking hole, 206. second fixture, 221. second connecting wing, 222. second folding wing, 223. hanging hole, 224. first fixing hole, 225. second fixing hole, 226. communicating hole, 227. limiting hole, 228. locking limiting wall.
In order to make those skilled in the art better understand the present invention and thus define the scope of the present invention more clearly, the present invention is described below in detail with reference to certain specific embodiments of the present invention. It should be noted that the following description only illustrates some implementations of the inventive concept and part of embodiments of the present invention, specific direct description of related structures is merely for the convenience of understanding the present invention, and the specific features do not, of course and directly limit the scope of implementation of the present invention. Conventional choices and substitutions made by those skilled in the art under the guidance of the inventive concept should be considered within the scope of the present invention.
An audiovisual device support, comprises a support frame 100 and a hanging plate assembly 200, the hanging plate assembly 200 comprises a first hanging plate 21 and a second hanging plate 22 which are detachably connected, the first hanging plate 21 is fixed to the support frame 100, and the second hanging plate 22 is connected with an audiovisual device. The first hanging plate 21 is provided with a first connecting portion, the second hanging plate 22 is provided with at least two sets of second connecting portions along a length direction thereof, the second connecting portions fit with the first connecting portion to connect the second hanging plate 22 to the first hanging plate 21, and different second connecting portions are fitted to the first connecting portion to make the second hanging plate 22 have different fixing heights relative to the first hanging plate 212, thereby achieving the purpose of adjusting the fixing height of the audiovisual device.
A hanging plate assembly for an audiovisual device support has a structure the same as that of the hanging plate assembly 200 described above.
An audiovisual device support to fix an audiovisual device, such as a television, thereto serves to fix and support an audiovisual device such as a television.
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The support frame 100 comprises upright columns 11 vertically arranged, lower ends thereof are in contact with a support surface, such as the ground, and upper ends thereof extend upwards to increase height. The upright columns 11 can be arranged vertically or nearly vertically, and can also be partially curved. Furthermore, the upright columns 11 can be formed by assembling a plurality of components, and bottoms thereof have a shape conducive to vertical stability. For example, the bottoms of the upright columns 11 shown in the present embodiment has two legs.
In the present embodiment, there are two upright columns 11 arranged at intervals, and two cross bars are horizontally arranged between the two upright columns 11, including an upper cross bar 12 and a lower cross bar 13, and the upper and lower cross bars 12, 13 are also arranged at intervals. A spacing distance between the two upright columns 11 can be set as required to accommodate audiovisual devices with different sizes or widths.
In the present embodiment, lower portions of the upright columns 11 are further provided with object storage plates 102 for storing objects. The upright columns 11 are further provided with several wire receiving members 103 for receiving wires such as a power line and a signal line therein so as to avoid mess of the wires. In addition, the bottoms of the upright columns 11 are provided with moving wheels 101 to facilitate overall movement of the support, and the moving wheels 101 preferably also have locking mechanisms. The moving wheels and the moving wheels having the locking mechanisms may use known structures.
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A hook portion 214 is provided at the upper fixture 212 to hook the upper cross bar 12; the lower fixture 213 is fitted to the lower cross bar 13 to fix the first hanging plate 21 to the two cross bars. In the present embodiment, the lower fixture 213 is a crosspiece fitted to the lower end of the lower cross bar 13, and is fixed into a third fixing hole 131 of the lower fixture 213 by a first fixture 201. The first fixture 201 is a screw.
In other embodiments, the lower fixture 213 may be fixed to the lower cross bar 12 by other structures, such as a clip.
In the present embodiment, the first hanging plate body 211 comprises a first connecting wing 202 and first folding wings 203 located on both sides thereof. The first hanging plate body 211 can be obtained by bending a sheet-shaped base material, that is, both sides of the base material are bent to form the first folding wings 203, and the unbent middle portion is formed as the first connecting wing 202.
Hanging columns 215 are provided between the two first folding wings 203 to serve as first connecting portions, and there are several hanging columns 215 which are successively arranged at intervals from top to bottom. Both ends of the hanging columns 215 are fixed to the first folding wings 203, formed as components for the second hanging plate 22 to fit therewith and adjusting height. In the present embodiment, there are three hanging columns 215 which are respectively arranged at an upper end, a middle portion and a lower end of the first hanging plate body 211 to provide a stable hanging holding force. Also, the hanging columns 215 can stabilize the first folding wings 203, making the first hanging plate body 211 structurally strong.
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The second connecting wing 221 is provided with several first fixing holes 224 and second fixing holes 225 which are arranged at intervals, the first fixing holes 224 are circular through holes for a screw to pass through for fixing, and the second fixing holes 225 are elongated through holes for a screw to pass through for fixing and can allow position of the screw to be adjusted up and down therein so as to fix different brands or sizes of devices.
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In the present embodiment, the limiting holes 227 are vertically arranged. In other embodiments, the limiting holes 227 may be obliquely arranged.
In the present embodiment, external dimensions of the two second folding wings 222 are less than or equal to internal dimensions of the two first folding wings 203 to allow the second hanging plate 22 to be accommodated within the first hanging plate 21.
In the present embodiment, lower ends of the two hanging plate assemblies 200 are further provided with scales 104, the scales 104 are provided with graduations, one end of each scale is fixed to the hanging columns 215 located at the lower end of the first hanging plate body 211, and the other end thereof is vacant.
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Therefore, in the present embodiment, use of the hanging holes 223 and the limiting holes 227 make the second hanging plate 22 only displaced upwards relative to the first hanging plate 21 and keep still in the remaining three directions. The second fixture 206 fits with the locking limiting walls 228 to lock the upward displacement between the second hanging plate 22 and the first hanging plate 21, thereby completely locking the second hanging plate 22 and the first hanging plate 21.
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After the second fixture 206 is mounted, the audiovisual device is completely fixed on the second hanging plate 22.
In other embodiments, the second fixture 206 may not be fitted into the hanging holes 223 to be limited, but cylindrical or square limit through holes through which the second fixture 206 passes may be additionally provided on the second folding wings 222 of the second hanging plate 22 to serve as locking limiting portions, which also achieves the purpose of locking the two hanging plates 21 and 22 relative to each other. At this time, the second fixture 206 alone can achieve relative locking between the hanging plates 21 and 22.
The audiovisual device support and the hanging plate assembly thereof according to the present invention have the following beneficial effects:
The first hanging plate is connected to the frame by the upper and lower fixtures, and is preferably fixed to the upper and lower cross bars of the frame by an upper and lower fixing structure having a hook portion at an upper portion and a cross bar at a lower portion, which facilitates mounting process.
The relative distance between the two first hanging plates on the upper and lower cross bars can be adjusted, and the upper portion of each first hanging plate is hooked to the upper cross bar by the hook portion, and the lower portion is fixed to the lower cross bar by the first fixture, so that a distance between the two hanging plate assemblies can be set as required to meet mounting requirements of different brands or sizes of audiovisual devices.
The fixing height of the second hanging plate relative to the first hanging plate is adjustable, so that a mounting height of the audiovisual device can be easily adjusted. Furthermore, the height adjusting mechanism has a simple structure, is easy to use, is stable when connected, and is not easy to fall off.
After the second hanging plate is arranged at a desired height position, the second fixture passes through the first hanging plate to limit the first hanging plate, so that the second hanging plate is fixed to the first hanging plate without falling off even when subjected to a bottom-up impact force.
The support also has moving wheels to facilitate overall movement, and the support can also receive wires, mounting aids, and store objects.
During mounting, a scale may be used to assist in determining the mounting height or levelness of the audiovisual device.
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