Mount and leveling system
View Patent ↗The present invention involves a projector mount and leveling system for securely connecting and aligning a working unit, such as a projector, to the ceiling of a room. The present invention has a ceiling component with upper and lower sections, the upper section of the ceiling component attaches to a mounting surface, typically the mounting surface is a ceiling, a mounting bracket connects to the lower section of the ceiling component; a plurality of offset articulated legs, each offset articulated leg having a proximal end, and a distal end with a threaded leveling barrel opening; and threaded leveling barrels, wherein the offset articulated legs connect to the mounting bracket at the proximal end, and the offset articulated legs connect at the distal ends to a projector with the threaded leveling barrels.
1. A mounting and leveling system connecting equipment to a mounting surface, comprising:
a) a component having upper and lower sections;
b) the upper section of the component connecting to the mounting surface;
a plurality of jointed articulated leg units each having a proximal and distal ends, each unit including at least two leg elements pivotally joined end-to-end; said units being joined to said component at their proximal end and to said equipment at said distal end; to provide an articulatable connection between the equipment and said mounting system and, wherein said distal end of said leg units including an aperture; and
c) a plurality of threaded leveling barrels having a top orifice, a bottom orifice, and a hollow center orifice, the threaded leveling barrel threads into aperture in said leg units; and
d) an adjustment screw having a screw head sized to fit inside the hollow center orifice of the threaded leveling barrels, and each screw having a shaft sized to be received through said bottom orifice, the screw connecting the threaded leveling barrels to the projector;
so that the equipment can be leveled as desired.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the leveling barrels include a side orifice therethrough sized to permit insertion of a turning tool.
3. The system of claim 1 wherein both of said leg elements includes first and second end portions, being in substantially parallel but offset planes; so that when said elements are joined and pivoted relative to each other as a unit, each element will have 360 degree freedom of rotation.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein each of each of said leg elements includes first and second end portions includes a longitudinal depression between said end portions, so that said leg elements are resistant to bending.
5. A mounting and leveling kit for connecting equipment to a mounting surface, comprising:
a) a mounting bracket having upper and lower sections;
b) the upper section of the bracket connectable to the mounting surface;
c) a plurality of mounting legs having a proximal end and a distal end with a threaded leveling barrel opening, the proximal end being connected to the mounting bracket;
d) a threaded leveling barrel having a top orifice, a bottom orifice, and a hollow center orifice, the threaded leveling barrel threads into the threaded leveling barrel opening of the jointed articulated legs; and
e) a plurality of screws having screw heads sized to fit inside the hollow center orifice and snuggly against the bottom orifice of the threaded leveling barrels, and each screw having a shaft sized to be received through said bottom orifice, the screws securely connecting the threaded leveling barrels to the equipment.