US 12,244,959 B2
Television monitor with dual configuration support assembly
Glen Gihong Kim, Anaheim, CA (US); and Aung Khin Soe Win, Alhambra, CA (US)
Assigned to Vizio, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed by Vizio, Inc., Irvine, CA (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/578,870.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/139,060, filed on Jan. 19, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0232188 A1, Jul. 21, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 5/655 (2006.01); F16M 11/00 (2006.01); F16M 11/04 (2006.01); F16M 11/20 (2006.01); H04N 5/64 (2006.01); H04N 5/645 (2006.01); F16M 11/08 (2006.01); G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 5/655 (2013.01) [F16M 11/00 (2013.01); F16M 11/04 (2013.01); F16M 11/20 (2013.01); H04N 5/64 (2013.01); H04N 5/642 (2013.01); H04N 5/645 (2013.01); F16M 11/08 (2013.01); G06F 1/1601 (2013.01)] 27 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A television monitor assembly, comprising:
a television monitor having a height defining a monitor height axis and a width defining a monitor width axis, the television monitor further comprising a front surface and a rear surface spaced apart along a monitor thickness axis;
a first pair of support members, comprising a first base member and a first vertical member, the first base member having a first base member length defining a first base member length axis, a first base member width defining a first base member width axis, and a first base member thickness defining a first base member thickness axis, wherein the first base member length is greater than the first base member width and the first base member thickness;
a second pair of support members comprising a second base member and a second vertical member, the second base member having a second base member length defining a second base member length axis, a second base member width defining a second member width axis, and a second base member thickness defining a second base member thickness axis, wherein the second base member length is greater than the second base member width and the second base member thickness;
and a soundbar;
wherein the television monitor assembly has
(i) a free-standing configuration in which the first vertical member and the second vertical member are attached to the rear surface of the television monitor such that the length axis of the first vertical member is substantially parallel to the monitor height axis, the second vertical member length axis is substantially parallel to monitor height axis, the first vertical member is spaced apart from the second vertical member along the monitor width axis, the first base member is attached to the first vertical member such that the first base member length axis is substantially perpendicular to the front surface of the monitor, the second base member is attached to the second vertical member such that the length of the second base member length axis is perpendicular to the front surface of the monitor, and the soundbar is selectively attachable to the upper surface of the first base member and the upper surface of the second base member, and
(ii) a wall-mountable configuration, in which the first vertical member and the second vertical member are attached to the rear surface of the television monitor such that the first vertical member length axis is substantially parallel to the monitor height axis, the second vertical member length axis is substantially parallel to the monitor height axis, the first vertical member is spaced apart from the second vertical member along the monitor width axis; and the soundbar is selectively attachable to the bottom surface of the first base member and the bottom surface of the second base member.