Mounting assembly for mounting a TV onto a bed frame
An assembly for mounting a TV onto a bed frame comprises a base, a vertically oriented standard mounted within the base, a TV mounted thereon, and a vertically adjustable assembly slidably mounted upon the standard so as to be vertically adjustable along the vertical height of the standard so as to permit the vertically adjustable assembly to be fixedly connected to various different bed frames which may have various different height dimensions relative to or above the floor or other support platform.
1 . A connecting assembly for connecting an object to an article of furniture, comprising:
an article of furniture having a pair of oppositely disposed side frame members and an end portion extending transversely between said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members;
an object to be connected to said article of furniture;
a base adapted to be disposed upon a floor or support platform;
a vertically oriented standard fixedly connected at a lower end portion thereof to said base, having said object fixedly connected to an upper end of said vertically oriented standard, and disposed in front of said end portion of said article of furniture extending transversely between said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members;
an adjustable assembly, adjustably mounted upon said vertically oriented standard disposed in front of said end portion of said article of furniture extending transversely between said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members, so as to be capable of being fixed at various elevational positions along said vertically oriented standard; and
a pair of supports fixedly connected at first ends thereof to said adjustable assembly, adjustably mounted upon said vertically oriented standard disposed in front of said end portion of said article of furniture extending transversely between said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members, and having second ends thereof extending transversely away from said adjustable assembly in opposite directions so as to be fixedly connected to said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members of said article of furniture wherein a second end of a first one of said pair of supports is connected to a first one of said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members of said article of furniture while a second end of a second one of said pair of supports is connected to a second one of said pair of oppositely disposed side frame members of said article of furniture;
whereby as a result of adjusting the elevational position of said adjustable assembly along said vertically oriented standard, said adjustable assembly will be fixedly connected to said article of furniture which can have any one of a plurality of different height dimensions relative to the floor or support platform.
2 . The mounting assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein:
said object, to be supported by said vertically oriented standard, comprises a TV.
3 . The mounting assembly as set forth in claim 1 , wherein said adjustable assembly comprises:
an adjustment block mounted upon said vertically oriented standard;
a compression block interposed between said adjustment block and said vertically oriented standard; and
a plurality of bolts threadedly mounted within said adjustment block such that when said plurality of bolts are threadedly advanced within said adjustment block, said plurality of bolts will engage and compress said compression block so as to force said compression block into engagement with an external peripheral portion of said vertically oriented standard so as to fix said adjustment block, and said pair of supports fixedly connected thereto, at a predetermined height elevation along said vertically oriented standard.
4 . The mounting assembly as set forth in claim 3 , further comprising:
a guide sleeve interposed between said adjustment block and said vertically oriented standard so as to facilitate slidable adjustable movement of said adjustment block along said vertically oriented standard.
5 . The mounting assembly as set forth in claim 3 , wherein:
said compression block is fabricated from a material selected from a group comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (TEFLON®), nylon, and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene).
6 . The mounting assembly as set forth in claim 4 , wherein:
said guide sleeve is fabricated from a material selected from a group comprising polytetrafluoroethylene (TEFLON®) nylon, and ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene).