Systems and methods for mounting devices to a flat screen video monitor

Abstract

An audio-visual system includes a video monitor, such as a TV, and a soundbar. The soundbar is attachable to the video monitor by displacing a biased lock along a length, width, and/or height axis of the soundbar housing. Fasteners comprising detents are attached to a bottom surface of the video monitor and are spaced apart along a width axis of the video monitor. The soundbar includes a biased lock that comprises an engagement surface of a locking member that is biased in a first direction along a first axis. The detents engage and then disengage from the engagement surface, causing the soundbar to be locked to the detent and restrained from moving relative to the video monitor along one or more of a video monitor height, width, and length axis. The soundbar also has right and left speakers connected to respective right and left channels. When the soundbar sits on a horizontal surface with its upper wall above its lower wall, the right channel is connected to the right speaker, and the left channel is connected to the left speaker. When the soundbar is attached to the video monitor, it is inverted so that the soundbar's normally upper wall is below its normally lower wall. An inertial sensor detects the change in vertical orientation and provides a signal used by a controller that automatically reverses the channel connections so that the right channel is connected to the left speaker, and the left channel is connected to the right speaker.