US-12625399-B2 - Support body and display apparatus

US12625399B2US 12625399 B2US12625399 B2US 12625399B2US-12625399-B2

Abstract

There is provided a supporting body that is able to select a form of support to a display unit in accordance with a user's purpose or preference, an installation environment, or the like. The supporting body supports the display unit, and includes a first supporting unit and a second supporting unit that are detachably provided on the display unit, and a first form and a second form are configured to be selectable. In the first form, the first supporting unit is mounted at a first position of the display unit and the second supporting unit is mounted at a second position of the display unit. In the second form, the second supporting unit is mounted at the first position or a third position of the display unit, and the first supporting unit is mounted at the second position or a fourth position of the display unit.

Inventors

Hiroki Matsuoka
Masaki Fukano
Toshiaki Takahashi
Hiroyuki Takayama
Makoto Kikuchi
TSUYOSHI IWATSUKI
Hiroaki Yokota
Shigeya Kuwao
Hiroyuki Suzukawa

Assignees

SATURN LICENSING LLC

Dates

Publication Date: 20260512
Application Date: 20240715
Priority Date: 20191226

Claims (15)

1 . A display apparatus comprising: a main body including a front side that supports a display surface and back side opposed to the front side; a pair of supporting mounting sections at the back side at a bottom edge of the back side, wherein the supporting mounting sections bracket a vertical center position of the back side and are positioned such that each of the supporting mounting sections are between the vertical center position of the back side and a respective vertical side edge of the back side; and a pair of mounting sections that are engaged with the back side within the pair of supporting mounting sections, wherein the pair of the mounting sections are recessed with respect to a plane of the back side, and the pair of the mounting sections are engaged with the back side in either of two installation states in which in a first installation state, a first mounting section of the pair of the mounting sections is engaged on left side of the back side from a plan view perspective and a second mounting section of the pair is engaged on the right side from the plan view perspective.
2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pair of the mounting sections are engaged with the back side in which in a second installation state, the first mounting section of the pair of the mounting sections is engaged on right side of the back side from the plan view perspective and the second mounting section of the pair is engaged on the left side from the plan view perspective.
3 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein in the first installation state, the pair of the mounting sections have different attitudes when engaged than when they are engaged in the second installation state.
4 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein in the first installation state, the pair of the mounting sections holds the display apparatus at a higher position over a horizontal placement surface than when the pair of the mounting sections are engaged in the second installation state, and the first installation state is employed.
5 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein in the second installation state, the pair of the mounting sections holds the display apparatus at a lower position over a horizontal placement surface than when the pair of the mounting sections are engaged in the first installation state, and the second installation state is employed.
6 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein when in the first installation state, the pair of the mounting sections have different elevation angles when engaged than when the pair of the mounting sections are engaged in the second installation state.
7 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the back side comprises a pair of recess sections that accommodate the pair of the mounting sections.
8 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein geometric profiles of the mounting sections from a plan view perspective of the back side within the mounting sections differs depending on whether the mounting sections are engaged in the first installation state or the second installation state.
9 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the pair of the mounting sections are engaged with the back side via screws.
10 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the pair of the mounting sections when engaged have different surface area contacts with a horizontal placement surface depending on whether the mounting sections are engaged in the first installation state or the second installation state.
11 . A display apparatus comprising: a main body including a front side that supports a display surface and back side opposed to the front side; supporting mounting sections on the back side at a bottom edge of the back side; and a pair of mounting sections positioned such that each of the mounting sections are between a vertical center position of the back side and a respective vertical side edge of the back side when the pair of the mounting sections are engaged with the back side, wherein the pair of mounting sections attach to regions of the back side having a plurality of attachment holes therein at the bottom edge at the supporting mounting sections to accommodate the mounting sections, and the pair of the mounting sections are engaged with the back side in either of two installation states in which in a first installation state, a first mounting section of the pair of the mounting sections is engaged on left side of the back side from a plan view perspective and a second mounting section of the pair is engaged on the right side from the plan view perspective.
12 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein a geometric profile of each of the mounting sections is different from a plan view perspective of the back side depending on whether the pair of mounting sections are engaged with the pair of supporting mounting sections in the first installation state or a second installation state in which the second installation state is different than the first installation state.
13 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the regions of the back side comprises three attachment holes for engaging the respective mounting sections.
14 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the pair of the mounting sections are detachably attached to the back side and each of the mounting sections has a first base portion that extends beyond the bottom edge of the back side to support the display apparatus at a first attitude when the pair of the mounting sections are installed in the first installation state or the pair of the mounting sections are detachably attached to the back side and each of the mounting sections has a second base portion that extends beyond the bottom edge of the back side to support the display apparatus at a second attitude when the pair of the mounting sections are installed in a second installation state.
15 . The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the pair of the mounting sections are detachably attached to the back side and each of the mounting sections has a first base portion that extends beyond the bottom edge of the back side to support the display apparatus at a first attitude when the pair of the mounting sections are installed in the first installation state or the pair of the mounting sections are detachably attached to the back side and each of the mounting sections has a second base portion that extends beyond the bottom edge of the back side to support the display apparatus at a second attitude when the pair of the mounting sections are installed in a second installation state, wherein the first and second attitudes cause the bottom edge of the back side of the main body to be at a different height with respect to a placement surface.

Description

TECHNICAL FIELD The present disclosure relates to a supporting body that supports a display unit, and a display apparatus including a display unit and a supporting body. BACKGROUND ART In recent years, display apparatuses have been proposed that each include a display panel (a display unit) having a low profile and a large screen size (see PTLs 1 to 3, for example). CITATION LIST Patent Literature PTL 1: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2004-86046PTL 2: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2010-15098PTL 3: Japanese Unexamined Patent Application Publication No. 2012-141385 SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION As display units have increased in screen size and decreased in thickness in recent years, aesthetics is desired in supporting bodies that support the display units to cause the display units to stand on a floor surface, for example. It is therefore desirable to provide a supporting body that is able to select a form of support to a display unit in accordance with a user's purpose or preference, an installation environment, or the like, and a display apparatus including such a supporting body and a display unit. A supporting body according to an embodiment of the present disclosure supports a display unit to cause the display unit to stand on a placement surface, and includes a first supporting unit and a second supporting unit. The display unit has a display surface that spreads in each of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction, and has a center position in the horizontal direction, and a first edge and a second edge that are positioned opposite to each other in the horizontal direction with the center position interposed therebetween. The first supporting unit is detachably provided on the display unit. The second supporting unit is detachably provided on the display unit as a body different from the first supporting unit. Furthermore, in the supporting body according to the embodiment of the present disclosure, a first form and a second form are configured to be selectable. In the first form, the first supporting unit is mounted at a first position between the center position and the first edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit, and the second supporting unit is mounted at a second position between the center position and the second edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit. In the second form, the second supporting unit is mounted at the first position or a third position between the center position and the first edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit, and the first supporting unit is mounted at the second position or a fourth position between the center position and the second edge in the horizontal direction of the display unit. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS FIG. 1A is a front view of an entire configuration example in a first installation state of a display apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 1B is a top view of the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1A as viewed from above. FIG. 2A is a front view of an entire configuration example in a second installation state of the display apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 2B is a top view of the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 2A as viewed from above. FIG. 3 is a schematic back view of a back surface of a display unit illustrated in FIG. 1A. FIG. 4A is a first back view of a configuration example of a main part of a back surface in the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1A. FIG. 4B is a second back view of a configuration example of the main part of the back surface in the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 1A. FIG. 5A is a first back view of a configuration example of a main part of the back surface in the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 2A. FIG. 5B is a second back view of a configuration example of the main part of the back surface in the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 2A. FIG. 6A is a perspective view of details of a first supporting unit illustrated in FIG. 4A. FIG. 6B is a perspective view of details of a second supporting unit illustrated in FIG. 4B. FIG. 7A is a first schematic view of attitudes of the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B with respect to a placement surface. FIG. 7B is a second schematic view of attitudes of the first supporting unit and the second supporting unit illustrated in FIGS. 6A and 6B with respect to the placement surface. FIG. 8A is a front view of an entire configuration example in the first installation state of a display apparatus according to a second embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 8B is a top view of the display apparatus illustrated in FIG. 8A as viewed from above. FIG. 9A is a front view of an entire configuration example in the second installation state of the display apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present disclosure. FIG. 9B is a top view of the displ