Patent ID: 8985534
Filing Date: 2015-03-24
Classification: A47B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A flat panel television console and support kit for use in a plurality of different user assembled configurations comprising: a bridging structure having a first end and a second end; a vertical column having a lower end detachably secured to said bridging structure at a joint on said bridging structure so that said vertical column extends upwardly from said bridging structure, said vertical column providing an elevated support for a flat panel television; a flat panel television console assembly including a first leg and a second leg, upper and lower horizontally extending shelf supports supported between said first and second legs, and upper and lower shelves respectively carried on said upper and lower shelf supports, said flat panel television console assembly being capable of supporting a flat panel television on an upper surface of said upper shelf, said first and second legs each including a bridge receptacle at an upper end thereof; a flat panel television mounting frame; said kit including assembly instructions directing a user to assemble said kit in a plurality of different user assembled configurations, said assembly instructions directing a user to assemble said kit in a first configuration wherein a flat panel television is secured to said mounting frame, said mounting frame is secured adjacent to an upper end of said vertical column, and said first and second ends of said bridging structure are detachably secured in assembled relation with said bridge receptacles in first and second legs of said console assembly whereby said bridging structure is supported above said upper surface of said upper shelf and said vertical column supports said flat panel television above said console; said assembly instructions directing a user to assemble said kit in a second configuration wherein said flat panel television is secured to said mounting frame and said mounting frame is secured to a wall and said console assembly is positioned beneath said wall mounted flat panel television to support accessory components of said flat panel television; and said assembly instructions directing a user to assemble said kit in a third configuration in which a flat panel television is supported on said upper shelf of said console.