Abstract:
A monitor support device for mounting flat screen monitors upon stands. The monitor support device includes a support member adapted to be mounted to a monitor stand; and a bracket assembly removably mounted to the support member and adapted to be coupled to a monitor.

Description:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to supports and more particularly pertains to a new monitor support device for mounting flat screen monitors upon stands. 
     Description of the Prior Art 
     The use of supports is known in the prior art. More specifically, supports heretofore devised and utilized are known to consist basically of familiar, expected and obvious structural configurations, notwithstanding the myriad of designs encompassed by the crowded prior art which have been developed for the fulfillment of countless objectives and requirements. 
     The prior art includes a pivot mount assembly and a slide mount assembly to allow the frame to longitudinally translate to permit fore-and-aft positioning of the touch screen monitor. Another prior art includes a rotatable hub which is connected to the back of the flat panel monitor. The rotatable hub is mounted for rotational movement which allows rotation of the monitor from a vertical format viewing position to a horizontal format viewing position. Further, another prior art includes a height adjustment which can be adjusted from sub-surface to super-surface upon installation and fixed in place with security screws. The user of the display would be able to adjust the angle of the display. In addition, another prior art includes a platform; a turntable coupled to the platform for rotation of the platform about a vertical axis; a support that includes a column, an extension and an arm joint disposed on the extension; a monitor mount that includes an arm joint. Yet another prior art includes a monitor that includes a computing device and a touch screen apparatus and method for mounting a plurality of display monitors. The apparatus can be easily moved toward and away from the user such that all the monitors mounted on the apparatus move in unison in the direction indicated by the user. While these devices fulfill their respective, particular objectives and requirements, the aforementioned patents do not disclose a new monitor support device. 
     SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION 
     The general purpose of the present invention, which will be described subsequently in greater detail, is to provide a new monitor support device which has many of the advantages of the supports mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new monitor support device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art supports, either alone or in any combination thereof. The present invention includes a support member adapted to be mounted to a monitor stand; and a bracket assembly removably mounted to the support member and adapted to be coupled to a monitor. None of the prior art includes the combination of the elements of the present invention. 
     There has thus been outlined, rather broadly, the more important features of the monitor support device in order that the detailed description thereof that follows may be better understood, and in order that the present contribution to the art may be better appreciated. There are additional features of the invention that will be described hereinafter and which will form the subject matter of the claims appended hereto. 
     In this respect, before explaining at least one embodiment of the invention in detail, it is to be understood that the invention is not limited in its application to the details of construction and to the arrangements of the components set forth in the following description or illustrated in the drawings. The invention is capable of other embodiments and of being practiced and carried out in various ways. Also, it is to be understood that the phraseology and terminology employed herein are for the purpose of description and should not be regarded as limiting. 
     It is an object of the present invention to provide a new monitor support device which has many of the advantages of the supports mentioned heretofore and many novel features that result in a new monitor support device which is not anticipated, rendered obvious, suggested, or even implied by any of the prior art supports, either alone or in any combination thereof. 
     Still another object of the present invention is to provide a new monitor support device for mounting flat screen monitors upon stands. 
     Still yet another object of the present invention is to provide a new monitor support device that is easy and convenient to dismount and remove. 
     Even still another object of the present invention is to provide a new monitor support device that can be rotated and positioned as desired. 
     These together with other objects of the invention, along with the various features of novelty which characterize the invention, are pointed out with particularity in the claims annexed to and forming a part of this disclosure. For a better understanding of the invention, its operating advantages and the specific objects attained by its uses, reference should be made to the accompanying drawings and descriptive matter in which there are illustrated preferred embodiments of the invention. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The invention will be better understood and objects other than those set forth above will become apparent when consideration is given to the following, detailed description thereof. Such description makes reference to the annexed drawings wherein: 
         FIG. 1  is an exploded rear perspective view of a new monitor support device according to the present invention. 
         FIG. 2  is an exploded front perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 3  is a front perspective view of the present invention. 
         FIG. 4  is a rear perspective view of the present invention. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION 
     With reference now to the drawings, and in particular to  FIGS. 1 through 4  thereof, a new monitor support device embodying the principles and concepts of the present invention and generally designated by the reference numeral  10  will be described. 
     As best illustrated in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the monitor support device  10  may generally comprise a rigid support member  11  adapted to be mounted to a monitor stand  46 , and a rigid bracket assembly  19  removably mounted upon the support member  11  and adapted to be coupled to a monitor  45 . The support member  11  may include an arc-shaped planar member  12  having first and second sides  13 ,  14 , a curved outer edge  15  and a curved inner edge  16  forming an arc-shaped slot  47 . The support member  11  may also include an arcuate rib  17  conventionally and integrally attached to and protruding from the second side  14  of the planar member  12 . The arcuate rib  17  may be concentric with the outer edge  15  and the inner edge  16  of the planar member  12  and is spaced from the inner edge  16  of the planar member  12 . The planar member  12  may have bosses  18  spaced apart and conventionally disposed upon the first side  13  with each boss  18  having a bore  18   a  extending therein for coupling to the monitor stand  46 . 
     As shown in  FIGS. 1 through 4 , the bracket assembly  19  may include a first elongate bracket  20  having, opposed first and second end portions  21 ,  22  with holes  23  spaced apart and disposed through the first end portion  21  and with elongate openings  24  spaced apart and disposed through the second end portion for receiving conventional fasteners to couple the first elongate bracket  20  to the monitor  45 . The bracket assembly  19  may also include a second elongate bracket  25  having a disc-shaped hub  26  having planar sides  27 ,  28  and removably and conventionally coupled to the first elongate bracket  20  and removably disposed upon the support member  11  and also having first and second elongate extensions  30 ,  34  diametrically opposed to one another and conventionally and integrally attached to and extending outwardly from an outer edge  29  the disc-shaped hub  26 . Each of the first and second elongate extensions  30 ,  34  may have a proximate end portion  31 ,  35  which extends outwardly and is angled relative to one of the planar sides  28  of the disc-shaped hub  26 , and may also have a main portion  32 ,  36  which may be angled relative to the proximate end portion  31 ,  35  and may be disposed parallel to the planar sides  27 ,  28  of the disc-shaped hub  26 . The first elongate extension  30  may have holes  33  spaced along a length of the main portion  32  of the first elongate extension  30  and the second elongate extension  34  may have elongate openings  37  spaced along a length of the main portion  36  of the second elongate extension  34  for adjustably and removably receiving conventional fasteners to couple the second elongate bracket  25  to the monitor  45 . The bracket assembly  19  may further include a retainer  38  conventionally fastenable to the hub  26  of the second elongate bracket  25  and rotatably and movably mounted upon the support member  11  for mounting the monitor  45  upon the monitor stand  46 . The retainer  38  may include a disk  39  having an outer edge  42 , a first side  40  and a second side  41  with holes  44  disposed therethrough for receiving fasteners to fasten the retainer  38  to the hub  26 . The outer edge  42  of the disk  39  may be removably disposed in the arc-shaped slot  47  of the arc-shaped planar member  12  and is removably supported upon the curved inner edge  16  of the support member  11 . The retainer  38  may also include an annular flange  43  conventionally attached and disposed parallel to the first side  40  of the disk  39  and extending outwardly beyond the outer edge  42  of the disk  39 . The annular flange  43  may be engagable with the first side  13  of the arc-shaped planar member  12  to removably and securely retain the bracket assembly  19  and the monitor  45  upon the support member  11 . 
     In use, the first and second elongate brackets  20 ,  25  may be adjustably fastened with conventional fasteners to a back of a flat screen monitor  45 , and the support member  11  may be conventionally fastened with conventional fasteners to the monitor stand  46 . The retainer  38  may be conventionally fastened to the disc-shaped hub  26  and rotatably disposed in the arc-shaped slot  47  with the annular flange  43  engagable with the first side of the planar member  12  and with the disk  39  resting upon the curved inner edge  16  of the planar member  12  and the outer edge  29  of the disc-shaped hub  26  resting upon the arcuate rib  17  with the bracket assembly  19  being rotatably adjustable relative to the support member  11  and to the monitor stand  46 . 
     As to a further discussion of the manner of usage and operation of the present invention, the same should be apparent from the above description. Accordingly, no further discussion relating to the manner of usage and operation will be provided. 
     With respect to the above description then, it is to be realized that the optimum dimensional relationships for the parts of the invention, to include variations in size, materials, shape, form, function and manner of operation, assembly and use, are deemed readily apparent and obvious to one skilled in the art, and all equivalent relationships to those illustrated in the drawings and described in the specification are intended to be encompassed by the present invention. 
     Therefore, the foregoing is considered as illustrative only of the principles of the monitor support device. Further, since numerous modifications and changes will readily occur to those skilled in the art, it is not desired to limit the invention to the exact construction and operation shown and described, and accordingly, all suitable modifications and equivalents may be resorted to, falling within the scope of the invention.