Wall mount adaptor

Abstract

A wall mount adaptor of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a wire loop with a plurality of front and back crossbars and a plurality of removably attachable shelves. Each shelf of the plurality of shelves may be removably attached by placing a curved portion of the shelf over a front crossbar, passing a back portion of the shelf between the front crossbar and a back crossbar (such as a back crossbar which corresponds to the front crossbar), and rotating the shelf such that the back portion thereof abuts the back crossbar.

Claims

1. A method of using a wall mount adaptor comprising: a wire loop having a left side, a right side, a top side, and a bottom side, all within a middle plane; a plurality of substantially identical removable shelves, each said shelf comprising: a single back sheet; and a single front sheet in a shape of a rectangle with two opposite longer sides and two opposite shorter sides, connected at a respective first longer side from said two opposite longer sides thereof to a first side of said single back sheet; wherein said single front sheet and said single back sheet are connected by way of an acutely angled bend; a wall attachment piece removably mountable to said wire loop, said wall attachment piece having: a base piece; a top piece, removably attachable to a first face of said base piece; a suction piece, removably attachable to a second face of said base piece; and an outer circular protrusion with a hollow center on said first face, said outer circular protrusion having portals cut therein; wherein said first face and said second face are opposite each other; a plurality of front crossbars substantially on a first side of said middle plane, wherein each of said plurality of said front crossbars has a left end and right end, said left end of each of said plurality of front crossbars connected to said left side of said wire loop and side right end of each of said plurality of front crossbars connected to said right side of said wire loop; and a plurality of back crossbars substantially on a second side of said middle plane, said second side being parallel to, and an opposite side of said first side of said middle plane, wherein each of said plurality of said back crossbars has a left end and right end, said left end of each of said plurality of back crossbars connected to said left side of said wire loop and said right end of each of said plurality of back crossbars connected to said right side of said wire loop; said method carried out by: removably attaching said suction piece to said second face of said base piece; removably attaching said base piece to a substantially vertical surface; removably placing a portion of said top side of said wire loop within said portals of said first face of base piece; and removably attaching said top piece to said first face of base piece such that said wire loop is between said base piece and said top piece; wherein a connection between said base piece and said top piece around said wire loop is sufficient to hold said wire loop substantially immobile against a normal force due to gravity.

2. The method of using the wall mount adaptor of claim 1, further comprising steps of: placing an angled bend of a first shelf of a plurality of shelves on a first front crossbar of said plurality of front crossbars such that a back sheet of said first shelf passes behind said first front crossbar and in front of a first back crossbar corresponding there-to; and rotating said first shelf such that said back sheet is substantially held in place from above by said first back crossbar and a front sheet of the first shelf is at substantially a 45 degree angle relative to said middle plane.

3. The method of using the wall mount adaptor of claim 1, comprising steps of: rotating a first shelf that is placed on a first front crossbar of said plurality of front crossbars about said first front crossbar such that a back sheet of said first shelf is between said first front crossbar and a first back crossbar from said plurality of back crossbars and is spaced-apart from said first back crossbar; and removing said first shelf from said wire loop.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein when said acutely angled bend is placed on a respective front crossbar of said plurality of crossbars, a weight of said front sheet of a respective shelf from the plurality of respective shelves causes rotation of said respective shelf about a fulcrum point comprising said respective front crossbar until a portion of said back sheet thereof abuts a respective back crossbar.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

(1) FIG. 1 shows a top and right perspective view of a wall mount adaptor of embodiments of the disclosed technology.

(2) FIG. 2 shows an exploded top and right perspective view thereof.

(3) FIG. 3 shows a right side elevation view thereof.

(4) FIG. 4 shows a front elevation view thereof.

(5) FIG. 5 shows a left side elevation view thereof.

(6) FIG. 6 shows a top plan view thereof.

(7) FIG. 7 shows a right side elevation view thereof with shelves removed.

(8) FIG. 8 shows a front elevation view thereof with shelves removed.

(9) FIG. 9 shows a left side elevation view thereof with shelves removed.

(10) FIG. 10 shows a top plan view thereof with shelves removed.

(11) FIG. 11 shows a right side elevation view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed.

(12) FIG. 12 shows a front elevation view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed.

(13) FIG. 13 shows a left side elevation view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed.

(14) FIG. 14 shows a top plan view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed.

(15) FIG. 15 shows a right side elevation view thereof with one shelf removed and one shelf unattached.

(16) FIG. 16 shows a top and right perspective view thereof with one shelf removed and one shelf unattached.

(17) FIG. 17 shows a right side elevation view thereof with one shelf attached and one shelf unattached.

(18) FIG. 18 shows a top and right perspective view thereof with one shelf attached and one shelf unattached.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF EMBODIMENTS OF THE DISCLOSED TECHNOLOGY

(19) A wall mount adaptor of embodiments of the disclosed technology includes a wire loop with a plurality of front and back crossbars and a plurality of removably attachable shelves. Each shelf of the plurality of shelves may be removably attached by placing a curved portion of the shelf over a front crossbar, passing a back portion of the shelf between the front crossbar and a back crossbar (such as a back crossbar which corresponds to the front crossbar), and rotating the shelf such that the back portion thereof abuts the back crossbar.

(20) Embodiments of the disclosed technology will become more clear in view of the following discussion of the figures.

(21) FIG. 1 shows a top and right perspective view of a wall mount adaptor of embodiments of the disclosed technology. FIG. 2 shows an exploded top and right perspective view thereof. The wall mount adaptor includes an outer wire 10, which, in the embodiment shown, is in a substantially rectangular shape.

(22) The outer wire 10 has a plurality of front crossbars 20 and a plurality of back crossbars 30 attached thereto. The outer wire 10 includes a top side 12 which is closer to a top side of the outer wire 10 than any of the front crossbars 20 or back crossbars 30. The outer wire 10 surrounds a middle plane, and in the embodiment shown, substantially an entirety of the outer wire 10 lies within the middle plane.

(23) The wall mount adaptor includes a top removable attachment 60 for removably connecting the wall mount to a surface, such as a wall. In the embodiment shown, the removable attachment 60 includes a cover 62, a base 64, and a suction cup 66, with the cover 62 being removably attachable at a front side of the base 64 and the suction cup 66 being removably attachable at a back side of the base 64. Furthermore, in the embodiment shown, the cover 62 and the suction cup 66 are removably attachable to each other via the base 64, such that the base 64 is placed between the cover 62 and the suction cup 66 which they are removably attached to each other, without either the cover 62 or the suction cup 66 being attached to base 64 directly.

(24) In the embodiment shown, the base 64 further includes cutouts 68 configured to allow portions of the outer wire 10 to pass there-through. The cutouts 68, the base 64, and the cover 62 are sized such that when the outer wire 10 is removably placed within the cutouts 68 and the cover 62 is removably attached to the suction cup 66 via the base 64, the combination of the entire top attachment 60 is sufficient to hold the outer wire 10 substantially immobile against at least a force due to gravity. In various embodiments, the base 64 may be of any form so long as it is sufficient to removably attach to the outer wire 10 and to hold the outer wire 10 substantially immobile against at least a force due to gravity.

(25) In the embodiment shown, the base 64 includes three cutouts 68. Two of the cutouts 68 are sized and positioned to hold portions of the top side 12 of the outer loop 10. A third cutout 68 is sized and positioned to hold a stabilizing flange 13 of the outer loop 10. The stabilizing flange 13 of the outer lop 10 is sized and positioned such that when the outer wire 10 is removably placed within the cutouts 68 and the cover 62 is removably attached to the suction cup 66 via the base 64, the normal force between the stabilizing flange 13 and the cutout 68 in which it is located is sufficient to prevent the outer wire 10 rotating within the middle plane about a point within the middle plane. In various embodiments, the stabilizing flange 13 may be of any number of flanges, in any configuration, of any size, and at any location on the outer loop 10 such that, when the outer wire 10 is removably placed within the cutouts 68 and the cover 62 is removably attached to the suction cup 66 via the base 64, the stabilizing flange 13 is sufficient to prevent the outer wire 10 rotating within the middle plane about a point within the middle plane.

(26) The front crossbars 20 and the back crossbars 30, in the embodiment shown, include a plurality of attachments 40. These attachments 40 may be removable, and may include a portal for removability, such as a portal extending along a most elongated length thereof. In various embodiments, the attachments 40 may be deformable or rigid, and may be removably attachable to the crossbars 20, 30 by way of deforming the attachments 40, by way of hinges, or by any other means. The attachments 40 can be a silicone sleeve and can be reversibly deformable to temporarily deform and attach around a crossbar. Further, such an attachment 40 can prevent noise due to metal on metal contact of the parts of the wall mount adaptor.

(27) In various embodiments, the attachments 40 are connected to the bends 54 and/or portions of the back sheets 52 of the shelves 50, such that an attachment 40 is connected to each shelf 50 at locations thereof configured to abut the crossbars 20, 30. The attachments 40 may include cylindrical attachments, such as with portas thereof configured to attach to the crossbars 20, 30, or may include linings of a same material as the attachments 40. The attachments 40 may be removably attachable to the shelves 50.

(28) The wall adaptor includes a plurality of shelves 50. Each shelf 50 includes a back sheet 52 and a front sheet 56, with an acute bent connection 54 there-between. The connection 54 is at a first side of the back sheet 52 and at a first side of the front sheet 56. The front sheet 56, in the embodiment shown, has stoppers 58 at a second side thereof, where the second side is opposite the first side. The stoppers 58, in the embodiment shown, are bent upward toward the front sheet 56 at an angle between substantially 85-95 degrees. In various embodiments, the stoppers 58 may be of any shape, may be in any number, and may be in any location such that when the shelves are placed on the crossbars as shown in the figures, the stoppers are sufficient to prevent objects 70 placed on the shelves 50 from falling off the shelves 50 at least against the normal force due to gravity.

(29) FIG. 3 shows a right side elevation view thereof. FIG. 4 shows a front elevation view thereof. FIG. 5 shows a left side elevation view thereof. FIG. 6 shows a top plan view thereof. In the embodiment shown, the shelves 50 are removably attached to the outer loop 10 by way of placement about the crossbars 20, 30. Specifically, the shelf 50's bend 54 rests atop one of the front crossbars 20, such that the shelf 50's front sheet 56 is in front of the front crossbar 20 and the shelf 50's back sheet 52 passes between the outer loop 10's middle plane and extends in front of and below a corresponding back crossbar 30. Thus, when the shelf 50 is placed in this way, the shelf 50's front sheet 56 is substantially at a 40-50 degree angle relative to the outer loop 10's middle plane and the shelf 50's back sheet 56 is substantially at a 10-20 degree angle relative to the outer loop 10's middle plane. In this way, a weight of an object 70 that is placed on the front sheet 56 of the shelf 50, as well as a weight of the front sheet 56 of the shelf 50, is sufficient to cause the shelf 50 to rotate about a fulcrum point of the front crossbar 20, and a normal force between the shelf 50's back sheet 52 and the back crossbar 30 is sufficient to prevent the shelf 50 from rotating substantially past the configuration shown in the figures.

(30) FIG. 7 shows a right side elevation view thereof with shelves removed. FIG. 8 shows a front elevation view thereof with shelves removed. FIG. 9 shows a left side elevation view thereof with shelves removed. FIG. 10 shows a top plan view thereof with shelves removed.

(31) The outer wire 10 has a plurality of front crossbars 20 and a plurality of back crossbars 30 attached thereto. Each of the front crossbars 20 is attached at a right end thereof to a right side 18 of the outer wire 10 and at a left side thereof to a left side 16 of the outer wire 10. Each of the back crossbars is attached at a right end thereof to a first end of a right connecting piece 32 and at a left end thereof to a first end of a left connecting piece 32. The right connecting piece 32 is attached at a second end thereof to the right side 18 of the outer wire 10, and the left connecting piece 32 is attached at a second end thereof the left side 16 of the outer wire 10.

(32) In the embodiment shown, each of the connecting pieces 32 are substantially identical in size, shape, and length. In other embodiments, the connecting pieces 32 may vary in size, shape, or length, such that distances between the outer wire 10 and each of the back crossbars 30 may vary.

(33) The outer wire 10, in the embodiment shown, is substantially planar (i.e., an entirety thereof lies in substantially a single plane) and surrounds the middle plane. Each front crossbar 20 of the plurality of front crossbars lies within a front plane which is adjacent to the middle plane. Each back crossbar 30 of the plurality of back crossbars lies within a back plane with is on a side of the middle plane opposite a side of the front plane. In the embodiment shown, each of the front plane, middle plane, and back plane is parallel with respect to each other.

(34) In other embodiments, the outer wire 10 may be any shape, so long as the plurality of front crossbars 20 are connected at either end there-to and are on a front side thereof and the plurality of back crossbars 30 at connected at either end there-to and are on a back side thereof, with a back side being opposite a front side.

(35) The crossbars 20, 30, in the embodiment shown, are arranged along the outer wire 10 such that each front crossbar 20 has a corresponding back crossbar 30 which is located there-below, and each back crossbar 30 has a corresponding front crossbar 20 which is located there-above. In the embodiment shown, a distance between each pair of corresponding front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30 is substantially identical, and a distance between each back crossbar 30 of a pair of corresponding front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30 and a front crossbar 20 of a second pair of corresponding front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30 located directly there-below is substantially identical. Furthermore, in the embodiment shown, a distance between each front crossbar 20 and a back crossbar 30 located there-above is closer than a distance between that front crossbar 20 and its corresponding lower back crossbar 30. In other embodiments, each front crossbar 20 may correspond to more than one back crossbar 30, or to none of the back crossbars 30, and each back crossbar 30 may correspond to more than one front crossbar 20, or to none of the front crossbars 20. Additionally, in other embodiments, distances between corresponding front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30 corresponding there-to may vary, as may distances between pairs of corresponding front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30.

(36) In the embodiment shown, a combination of the base 64 and the suction piece 66 of the top attachment 60 has a width, measured from the front face of the base 64 to a face of the suction piece 66 opposite there-to, that is at least equal to a horizontal distance from a front face of the middle plane to a back face of the combination of a back crossbar 30 with a crossbar cover 40 removably attached there-to. In various embodiments, the base piece 64 and the suction piece 66 of the top attachment may be of any shape or size so long as a combination of the base 64 and the suction piece 66 of the top attachment 60 has a width that is at least equal to a horizontal distance from a front face of the middle plane to a back face of the combination of a farthest-back back crossbar 30 with a crossbar cover 40 removably attached there-to.

(37) FIG. 11 shows a right side elevation view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed. FIG. 12 shows a front elevation view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed. FIG. 13 shows a left side elevation view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed. FIG. 14 shows a top plan view thereof with shelves, top connector, and crossbar covers removed. In the embodiment shown, the outer wire 10 has a substantially uniform width throughout, and each of the crossbars 20, 30 have substantially identical widths, where the width of the outer wire 10 is greater than the width of the crossbars 20, 30. In other embodiments, these widths may vary.

(38) The outer wire 10, in the embodiment shown, includes a stabilizing flange 13. In this embodiment, the stabilizing flange 13 is substantially linear, is attached to the top side 12 of the outer wire 10, and is perpendicular to each of the crossbars 20, 30. In other embodiments, the shape, size, location, spatial orientation, and number of stabilizing flanges 13 may vary so long as when the top attachment 60 is removably attached to the outer wire 10, the connection of the stabilizing flange or flanges 13 there-to prevents rotation of the outer wire 10 within the middle plane about a point within the middle plane.

(39) FIG. 15 shows a right side elevation view thereof with one shelf removed and one shelf unattached. FIG. 16 shows a top and right perspective view thereof with one shelf removed and one shelf unattached. FIG. 17 shows a right side elevation view thereof with one shelf attached and one shelf unattached. FIG. 18 shows a top and right perspective view thereof with one shelf attached and one shelf unattached. In the embodiment shown, each of the shelves 50 is substantially identical in shape to all other shelves 50. Furthermore, in the embodiment shown, each of the shelves is removably attachable to each of the fairs of corresponding front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30.

(40) In various embodiments, some or all of the shelves 50 may vary in size or shape, such that some of the shelves 50 fit better on some pairs of corresponding crossbars 20, 30 than on other pairs, or only fit on some of the pairs of corresponding crossbars 20, 30. In further embodiments, two or more of the shelves 50 may have identical back sheets 52 and bends 54 but may vary in the sizes and shapes of their front sheets 56 or of their stoppers 58, such that the two or more shelves 50 are substantially interchangeable. In some embodiments, elements of one or more of the shelves 50, or an entirety thereof, are manually reversibly moldable between two or more different positions. Each of the shelves 50 may be of any size or shape so long as each shelf 50 may be removably placed on a pair of corresponding crossbars 20, 30 such that the shelf 50's bend 54 abuts the front crossbar 20 from above and a portion of the shelf 50's back sheet 52 abuts the corresponding back crossbar 30 from in front and below. In some embodiments, two or more of the shelves 50 may be stackable, such that when the stacked shelves are removably placed on a pair of corresponding crossbars 20, 30, the bottom shelf 50's bend 54 abuts the front crossbar 20 and a portion of either the top shelf 50's or the shelf 50 with the farthest-extending back sheet 52's back sheet 52 abuts the corresponding back crossbar 30 from in front and below.

(41) In embodiments, the crossbars 20, 30 may be movable along the right and left sides 16, 18 of the outer wire 10, either independently or in corresponding pairs of front crossbars 20 and back crossbars 30, such that a distance between each front crossbar 20 and its corresponding back crossbar 30 and/or a distance between each respective pair of corresponding front and back crossbars 20, 30 is variable. In embodiments in which the right and left sides 16, 18 of the outer wire 10 are not parallel to each other, some or all of the front crossbars 20 and/or back crossbars 30 may be extendable or collapsible along a longest extend thereof, such as by a telescoping mechanism.

(42) For purposes of this disclosure, the term substantially is defined as at least 95% of the term which it modifies.

(43) Any device or aspect of the technology can comprise or consist of the item it modifies, whether explicitly written as such or otherwise.

(44) When the term or is used, it creates a group which has within either term being connected by the conjunction as well as both terms being connected by the conjunction.

(45) While the disclosed technology has been disclosed with specific reference to the above embodiments, a person having ordinary skill in the art will recognize that changes can be made in form and detail without departing from the spirit and the scope of the disclosed technology. The described embodiments are to be considered in all respects only as illustrative and not restrictive. All changes that come within the meaning and range of equivalency of the claims are to be embraced within their scope. Combinations of any of the methods and apparatuses described hereinabove are also contemplated and within the scope of the invention.