Mount System Adapted to Rotate and Extend a Monitor

Abstract

A mount system rotates a monitor between a retracted position and an extended position, and as the mount system rotates from the retracted position to the extended position, the mount system moves the monitor laterally along its longitudinal axis so that the rotating side of the monitor is moved away from the monitor. This allows the monitor to be installed recessed into the wall and swing the monitor open 90 degrees; or tilt the monitor down while lifting the monitor.

1 . A mount system adapted to reposition a monitor, the monitor having a back side, the mount system comprising:
 a wall bracket adapted to couple to a wall;   a monitor mounting bracket having a longitudinal axis, the monitor mounting bracket adapted to couple to the back side of the monitor, and the monitor mounting bracket adapted extend and retract along the longitudinal axis;   a chamber between the wall bracket and the monitor mounting bracket, the chamber adapted to rotate the monitor mounting bracket between a retracted position and an extended position; and   a beam having a proximate end and a distal end, the proximate end adapted to pivotably couple to the wall bracket, and the distal end adapted to move substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis of the monitor mounting bracket as the chamber rotates the monitor mounting bracket between the retracted position and the extended position, the distal end of the beam coupled to the monitor mounting bracket such that the monitor mounting bracket extends and retracts along the longitudinal axis as the distal end moves substantially parallel with the longitudinal axis.   
   
   
       2 . The mount system according to  claim 1  including a motor mechanically coupled to the chamber to rotate the chamber about its longitudinal axis. 
   
   
       3 . The mount system according to  claim 1  where the monitor mounting bracket includes an inner rail and an outer rail, the outer rail adapted to move along the longitudinal axis of the inner rail, and the distal end of the beam coupled to the outer rail to move the outer rail along the longitudinal axis. 
   
   
       4 . The mount system according to  claim 3  including a plurality of rollers between the inner and outer rails to slide the outer rail relative to the inner rail. 
   
   
       5 . A method of repositioning a monitor having a back side, the method comprising:
 rotating a monitor mount bracket adapted to couple to the back side of the monitor between an open position and a closed position relative to a wall bracket, the monitor mount bracket having a longitudinal axis, and the rotating having a rotating axis;   extending the monitor mount bracket along the longitudinal axis when the monitor mount bracket is moved from the closed position to the open position; and   retracting the monitor mounting bracket along the longitudinal axis when the monitor bracket is moved from the open position to the closed position.   
   
   
       7 . The method according to  claim 5  where the rotating the monitor mount bracket to tilt the monitor down which imposes moment of inertia due to the weight of the monitor about the rotating axis, and the extending is lifting the monitor which substantially counteract the moment of inertia.