Patents Assigned to Milestone AV Technologies LLC
  • Patent number: 8297578
    Abstract: A mount for attaching a projection device to an overhead structure includes a device interface operably attachable to the projection device and a device orientation adjustment structure operably coupled with the device interface. The device orientation adjustment structure has structure defining up to three independent axes for adjustment of projector pitch, roll, and yaw. A single selectively adjustable friction element may be provided to enable projector position to be fixed about for any one or all of the independent axes. A gear adjustment mechanism may be provided to enable fine adjustment of projector position. Moreover, any one or all of the independent axes may pass through the projector device, preferably proximate its center of gravity so that it is self balanced on the mount to ease adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jay Dittmer, Paul Smith
  • Patent number: 8254092
    Abstract: A mounting system for a flat panel display includes a wall interface assembly, a pair of arm assemblies, and a mounting assembly. The wall interface assembly can include a slide plate connected to arm assemblies which enable the arm assemblies and mount assembly to be horizontally shifted without the need to remove the mount from the wall and reattach it. The arm assemblies may be substantially hollow arms having removable covers for storing wires connected to display therein. The mounting assembly can also include a pair of brace arms each having two generally D-shaped members placed back-to-back and slidable relative to each other to enable the mount assembly to be expanded to mount various sized displays without extending beyond the width of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Scott Russell, Nick Stanek, Joel Pfister, Dominic Grey, Jim Wohlford
  • Publication number: 20120145873
    Abstract: A safety strap for securing flat panel displays to a support structure to prevent the flat panel display from tipping forward or side-to-side.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 6, 2010
    Publication date: June 14, 2012
    Applicant: MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Jim G. Wohlford, Jason Schmidt
  • Patent number: 8138469
    Abstract: A universal projector interface including a mount interface portion with a plurality of elongate arm assemblies coupled thereto. Each arm assembly is selectively rotatable and translatable relative to the mount interface, and includes a coupling portion. The coupling portion of each arm assembly is selectively shiftable between a first position in which the coupling portion is securely engaged with a projector attachment member on the projector and a second position in which the coupling portion is freely disengageable from the projector attachment member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 12, 2009
    Date of Patent: March 20, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jay Dittmer
  • Patent number: 8094438
    Abstract: A device for mounting an electronic display to a wall includes a support structure operably connected to a tilt head assembly and a display interface structure. The support structure includes an arm assembly that can be extended and rotated so that the electronic display avoids contacting the wall. The tilt head assembly includes an attachment member, guide structures for tilting the electronic display so that the electronic display remains self-balancing, and a plate for positioning the guide structures. The display interface structure facilitates attachment of the attachment member to the electronic display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jay Dittmer, Mathew Schuh
  • Publication number: 20120002393
    Abstract: A display mount includes a wall interface that can be attached on a wall and a display interface that can be attached to a flat panel display. The width of the wall interface can be adjusted to accommodate flat panel display of different sizes. The display interface can be positioned on the mounting interface and adjusted to achieve a desired viewing angle of flat panel display. The display mount enables the flat panel display to be self balancing at any point along the tilting travel of the display and avoids contact between the wall and the display when the display is tilted.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 7, 2010
    Publication date: January 5, 2012
    Applicant: MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventors: Nick Stanek, Peter Tribuno
  • Patent number: 8072739
    Abstract: A mounting system for an electronic display device includes a display interface having an interface member presenting a display mounting surface and a tilt head assembly defining a substantially horizontal tilt axis oriented generally parallel with, and spaced apart from, the display mounting surface. The tilt head assembly includes a control mechanism for selectively shifting the tilt axis between a first location spaced apart a first distance from the display mounting surface and a second location spaced apart a second distance from the display mounting surface, wherein the second distance is greater than the first distance.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 3, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jay Dittmer
  • Publication number: 20110234926
    Abstract: A low-profile mount for a flat panel electronic display that is selectively shiftable between a wall-confronting position wherein the back of the flat panel electronic display is disposed parallel and proximate to the wall surface and a tilt position wherein the top of the display is tilted away from the wall surface. The mount is configured so that points spaced apart forwardly from display receiving surfaces of the mount are shifted along a substantially horizontal axis as the mount is shifted between the wall confronting position and the tilt position. Advantageously, the display can be attached to the mount so that the points are horizontally registered with a center of gravity of the display such that the display is self-balancing at any point along the travel between the wall confronting position and the tilt position.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 31, 2009
    Publication date: September 29, 2011
    Applicant: MILESTONE AV TECHNOLOGIES LLC
    Inventor: Paul Smith
  • Patent number: 7988119
    Abstract: A mount for attaching a projection device to an overhead structure includes a device interface operably attachable to the projection device and a device orientation adjustment structure operably coupled with the device interface. The device orientation adjustment structure has structure defining up to three independent axes for adjustment of projector pitch, roll, and yaw. A single selectively adjustable friction element may be provided to enable projector position to be fixed about for any one or all of the independent axes. A gear adjustment mechanism may be provided to enable fine adjustment of projector position. Moreover, any one or all of the independent axes may pass through the projector device, preferably proximate its center of gravity so that it is self balanced on the mount to ease adjustment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2011
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jay Dittmer, Paul Smith
  • Patent number: 7975976
    Abstract: A recessed in-wall interface box assembly that is relatively easy to install in a finished wall, including accommodations for video and electrical wiring in the box, having an attractive appearance, and that is relatively simple and inexpensive to manufacture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 29, 2007
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jim Wohlford
  • Patent number: D641369
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 12, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Skull, Robert Hagen, Joe Bures, Peter Tribuno
  • Patent number: D642583
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 28, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Jay Dittmer, Jeff Bremmon, Jamie Brandt
  • Patent number: D643421
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: August 16, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Scott Russell, Joe Vail
  • Patent number: D646685
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 11, 2011
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Joseph Skull, Robert Hagen, Joe Bures, Peter Tribuno
  • Patent number: D662103
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jamie Brandt
  • Patent number: D662104
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 21, 2011
    Date of Patent: June 19, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jamie Brandt
  • Patent number: D663736
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 3, 2010
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventors: Nick Stanek, Sunny Sun
  • Patent number: D666207
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 8, 2012
    Date of Patent: August 28, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jamie Brandt
  • Patent number: RE43696
    Abstract: A mounting bracket apparatus for adjustably supporting a flat panel display from a wall. The mounting bracket includes a wall bracket, a display bracket and two traversing mounts. The traversing mounts are supportively disposed between the wall bracket and the display bracket, and driven along a pair of substantially parallel linear axes by a pair of actuators enabling vertical adjustment of the display bracket. The traversing mounts are flexibly coupled between the wall bracket and the display bracket, thereby enabling misalignment of the positions to adjust the skew of the display bracket relative to the wall bracket.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 8, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Jonathan W. Graham
  • Patent number: D672782
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Milestone AV Technologies LLC
    Inventor: Curtis Gross