Patent ID: 7175152

Claim:
A system for mounting a flat panel electronic display on a fixed structure, the system comprising: a mount bracket adapted to be attachable to the fixed structure, the mount bracket having a periphery defining a plurality of spaced apart open notches; a device interface bracket selectively removably receivable on the mount bracket and adapted to be attachable to the flat panel electronic display, the device interface bracket having a plurality of fastening buttons, each fastening button having a base portion, a head portion, and a throat portion therebetween defining a slot, the fastening buttons spaced apart and positioned correspondingly with the notches of the mount bracket so that the slot of each fastening button receives the periphery of the mount bracket at a separate one of the notches when the device interface bracket is received on the mount bracket, wherein the fastening buttons are arranged on the device interface bracket in a polygonal or circular pattern so that the device interface bracket is capable of being received on the mount bracket in at least two orientations, the two orientations being at substantially 90 degrees relative to each other so that the flat panel display can be selectively interchangeably oriented in at least a landscape and a portrait orientation; and an elongate latch arm operably coupled with the mount bracket proximate a first notch of the plurality of notches, the latch arm being selectively shiftable between a latched position wherein a portion of the latch arm is aligned with the first notch to engage and retain in position the fastening button of the device interface bracket received in the first notch when the device interface bracket is received on the mount bracket, and an unlatched position wherein the latch arm is positioned away from the first notch to enable the device interface bracket to be freely engaged and disengaged from the mount bracket.