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ADA Files Patent for In-Wall iPad Mounting System
Unit mounts onto junction box for simple retrofits without the need to cut into walls.
ADA iPad/iPad in-wall mount is secured to a single- or double-gang junction box.
If you thought that in-wall mounting for an iPad or similar device was either 1) already patented or 2) not patentable, think again!
Audio Design Associates just filed a patent for mounting a portable electronic device in a junction box behind the wall.
Sound familiar? It seems the iPort division of Sonance/Dana Innovations already patented such a thing.
But that patent appears to cover the mounting of an iPad, iPod or similar device directly onto a wall, specifically, by cutting the drywall and securing the mount to it.
On the other hand, says ADA vice president Richard Stoerger, “We are not mounting it to the wall. We’re using an electrical box which is mounted to the studs.”
During CEDIA Expo 2011, ADA showed single- and double-gang boxes loaded with power and connectivity cables for an iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone.
The beauty of this solution, says Stoerger, is that you “don’t have to cut a big hole in the wall.”
The ADA product – featuring an aluminum construction and a cover that snaps on with a magnet – is expected to retail for $200 to $400 depending on the portable device (iPad or iPod for now).
In addition to providing this solution to its dealer base, says Stoerger, ADA is "reaching out to other industry partners who might be interested in also providing a similar solution to their customers."
Stoerger was especially proud of the patent filing since ADA founder Albert Langella, best known for inventing audio components "came up with this invention which has nothing to do with sound."
Audio Design Associates just filed a patent for mounting a portable electronic device in a junction box behind the wall.
Sound familiar? It seems the iPort division of Sonance/Dana Innovations already patented such a thing.
But that patent appears to cover the mounting of an iPad, iPod or similar device directly onto a wall, specifically, by cutting the drywall and securing the mount to it.
On the other hand, says ADA vice president Richard Stoerger, “We are not mounting it to the wall. We’re using an electrical box which is mounted to the studs.”
During CEDIA Expo 2011, ADA showed single- and double-gang boxes loaded with power and connectivity cables for an iPad, iPod Touch and iPhone.
The beauty of this solution, says Stoerger, is that you “don’t have to cut a big hole in the wall.”
The ADA product – featuring an aluminum construction and a cover that snaps on with a magnet – is expected to retail for $200 to $400 depending on the portable device (iPad or iPod for now).
In addition to providing this solution to its dealer base, says Stoerger, ADA is "reaching out to other industry partners who might be interested in also providing a similar solution to their customers."
Stoerger was especially proud of the patent filing since ADA founder Albert Langella, best known for inventing audio components "came up with this invention which has nothing to do with sound."
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News · Product News · Displays · Mounts and Lifts · Audio · Distributed Audio · Events · CEDIA · Ipad · Ada · Ipad Mount · Cedia 2011 ·About the Author
Julie Jacobson, Editor-at-large, CE Pro
Julie Jacobson is co-founder of EH Publishing and currently spends most of her time writing for CE Pro, mostly in the areas of home automation, networked A/V and the business of home systems integration. She majored in Economics at the University of Michigan, earned an MBA from the University of Texas at Austin, and has never taken a journalism class in her life. Julie is a washed-up Ultimate Frisbee player with the scars to prove it. Follow her on Twitter @juliejacobson.
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