attach to a flat surface such as a wall the mounting bracket includes a mounting bracket contact portion 11 and a pair of mounting bracket flanges 13 on each side thereof in the embodiment shown in fig1 6 a plurality of mounting bracket holes 18 are strategically placed and sized within the mounting bracket contact portion 11 to attach the mounting bracket 12 to the wall it should also be noted however that the mounting bracket 12 can be part of a larger support system and that the attachment of the mounting bracket 12 to the wall does not have to be direct instead the mounting bracket 12 can be connected to the wall via a plurality of intermediate components such as an articulating arm not shown or other brackets or plates these various components can be used to translation an attached electronic device away from or towards the wall to tilt the electronic device to the left or right or for other purposes in the embodiments shown in fig1 6 an adapter bracket 14 is rotatably coupled to the mounting bracket 12 like the mounting bracket 12 the adapter bracket 14 includes an adapter bracket contact portion 15 bounded by a pair of adapter bracket flanges 17 on each side thereof in one embodiment of the invention in the embodiment shown in fig1 6 a display bracket 16 is secured to the adapter bracket contact portion 15 and is configured to attach to a flat panel display or other electronic device via a plurality of display bracket holes 20 however it should also be noted that in other embodiments of the invention the display bracket 16 is not necessary and the adapter bracket 14 can attached directly to the respective electronic device as shown in fig1.