Patent ID: 8322673

Claim:
A television mounting system comprising: a wall plate; at least one monitor arm mountable on the wall plate; a rotating locking element permanently connected with the at least one monitor arm and moveable, by rotation of the rotating element less than a revolution, between an unlocked position for enabling dismounting of the at least one monitor arm from the wall plate and a locked position for preventing dismounting of the at least one monitor arm from the wall plate, wherein the rotating element includes a first side having a different height than a second side; wherein, when the rotating element is in the locked position and the at least one monitor arm is mounted on the wall plate, the first side of the rotating element is a first distance in a first direction opposite from a contact portion of the wall plate; and wherein the first distance is less than a second distance in the first direction the monitor arm must be moved for dismounting the monitor arm from the wall plate, such that, with the rotating element in the locked position and the monitor arm mounted on the wall plate, the first side when moved in the first direction contacts the contact portion opposite the first side in the first direction before the monitor arm can be moved the second distance in the first direction, thereby preventing dismounting of the monitor arm from the wall plate.