Patent ID: 7568313
Filing Date: 2009-08-04
Classification: F16M,G09F,H04N

Abstract:
1. A ceiling mount apparatus for mounting projectors and other audio/visual equipment on a ceiling comprising: a mounting board adapted for mounting on a ceiling said mounting board having a first planar side and an opposing second planar side; a mounting support in the form of a tubular member having first and second ends, the tubular member carried on the mounting board for supporting a projector on the mounting board; an aperture in the mounting board receiving the second end of the tubular member therethrough; a support plate carried on only the first planar side of the mounting board, the support plate including an aperture coaxially aligned with an aperture in the mounting board through which the mounting support extends with a portion of the mounting support on both first and second planar sides of the mounting board; clamp means positioned adjacent only the first planar side of the mounting board for clamping the member to the mounting board wherein the clamp means comprises: a body having a first leg, an opposed, spaced second leg, said first and second legs each having free ends and a central end leg joining the first and second legs; and a bracket, the bracket fixed to the support plate and to the clamp means.