Apparatus for mounting a display and a display control element

Abstract

A display mount system comprises a display mount, a display, a display control element, and a bracket. The bracket is secured to all of the display mount, the display, and the display control element. The bracket facilitates the supporting of both the display and the display control element in very close proximity with one another and without using a second mount (i.e., in addition to the display mount).

1 . A display mount system, comprising: 
 a display mount;    a display;    a display control element; and    a bracket, said bracket secured to each of said display mount, said display, and said display control element.    
   
   
       2 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of said bracket is positioned between said display and said display mount.  
   
   
       3 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said display control element is not visible from a position in front of said display.  
   
   
       4 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said display control element includes a housing for protecting said display control element from an environmental condition.  
   
   
       5 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said display control element includes a housing for protecting said display control element from unauthorized access.  
   
   
       6 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said display mount and said bracket employ overlapping arrays of screw holes in compliance with a VESA Mounting Interface Standard.  
   
   
       7 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said bracket and said display employ overlapping arrays of screw holes in compliance with a VESA Mounting Interface Standard.  
   
   
       8 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said bracket and said display control element have substantially the same thickness as one another.  
   
   
       9 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein each of said display control element and said bracket includes a locking hole, each of said locking holes overlapping with each other in an orientation configured to receive a lock.  
   
   
       10 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said bracket is formed from two walls that are generally perpendicular to each other, a first of said two walls secured to both of said display and said display mount, a second of said two walls secured to said display control element.  
   
   
       11 . The display mount system of  claim 1 , wherein said display, said bracket, and said display mount employ overlapping arrays of screw holes in compliance with a VESA Mounting Interface Standard, said screw holes configured to receive screws that penetrate all three of said display, said bracket, and said display mount.  
   
   
       12 . A bracket, comprising: 
 a first mounting surface configured to mate with a display;    a second mounting surface configured to mate with a display control element; and    a third mounting surface configured to mate with display mount.    
   
   
       13 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said first mounting surface employs an array of screw holes in compliance with a VESA Mounting Interface Standard.  
   
   
       14 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said third mounting surface employs an array of screw holes in compliance with a VESA Mounting Interface Standard.  
   
   
       15 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said first and third mounting surfaces are on opposite sides of said bracket.  
   
   
       16 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said first and third mounting surfaces are spaced apart from one another to create an interstitial space, said interstitial space being of substantially the same thickness as a thickness of a display control element, said display control element being mated with said bracket.  
   
   
       17 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said first and third mounting surfaces are generally parallel to one another, and wherein said second mounting surface is generally perpendicular to said first and third mounting surfaces.  
   
   
       18 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said first and third mounting surfaces are formed on opposite sides of a first wall, and wherein said second surface is formed on a side of a second wall, said first and second walls being generally perpendicular to one another.  
   
   
       19 . The bracket of  claim 17 , further comprising a fourth surface that is generally parallel to said second mounting surface, said bracket being hollow in the area circumscribed by said four surfaces.  
   
   
       20 . The bracket of  claim 12 , further comprising finger tabs configured to mate with a set of slots on a display control element.  
   
   
       21 . The bracket of  claim 12 , wherein said second surface includes a threaded hole for mating with a complimentary threaded hole on a display control element.  
   
   
       22 . The bracket of  claim 12 , further comprising a locking hole configured to receive a lock.