Patent ID: 8970795
Filing Date: 2015-03-03
Classification: A47B,F16M

Abstract:
1. A sliding panel system for hiding a flat screen television, said sliding panel system comprising a frame structure consisting of a wall attachment panel adapted to be securely attached to a wall member, a pair of post members spaced from one another and attached to said wall attachment panel, upper and lower rail assemblies that are extendable, spaced apart, and parallel to one another and attached between said post members, a first side support bracket assembly connected between said upper and lower rail assemblies on first ends thereof, and a second side support bracket assembly connected between said upper and lower rail assemblies on second ends thereof, such that a space between said first and second support bracket assemblies can be adjusted by said extendable upper and lower rail assemblies; and first and second panel members respectively attached to said first and second support bracket assemblies, such that said first and second panel members can be moved between an open position wherein said panel members are spaced apart and a dosed position wherein said panel members are abutting one another; a looped cable forming an upper loop portion and a lower loop portion, said upper loop portion attached at one point to a first portion of said extendable upper rail assembly via a first connector, and said lower loop portion attached at a second point to a second portion of said extendable upper rail assembly that is movable from said first portion of said upper rail assembly via a second connector; such that when said looped cable is rotated in one direction, said extendable upper and lower rail members extend outwards and move said first and second panel members away from one another, and when said looped cable is rotated in the opposite direction, said extendable upper and lower rail members retract inwards and move said first and second panel members towards one another, said extendable upper rail assembly includes an elongated bracket member extending a length upon said upper rail assembly that is greater than a maximum width of a space between said first and second panel members when said upper rail assembly is fully extended; and wherein said elongated bracket member includes a pulley member on each opposite end portion thereof, such that said looped cable is wrapped around both pulleys forming a taught elongated loop.