Patent ID: 8813656

Claim:
A flat panel television console and support kit for use in a plurality of different user assembled configurations comprising: a flat panel television console assembly including upper and lower horizontally extending shelf supports, 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; a base plate having a top surface, a bottom surface, and a flange extending upwardly from said top surface; a vertical column capable of providing an elevated support for a flat panel television; said vertical column being detachably securable to said flange at a joint so that said vertical column extends upwardly from said console assembly when said flange extends upwardly from said console assembly; a sound bar/sensor shelf detachably secured to said vertical column and extending horizontally from said vertical column, said sound bar/sensor shelf being securable at a plurality of positions along the length of said vertical column; a flat panel television mounting frame; said kit being useful in a first configuration in which a base plate is fastened to said upper surface of said upper shelf so that said bottom surface of said base plate is in facing engagement with said upper surface of said upper shelf and said flange extends upwardly from said console, said flange receives said vertical column, thereby joining said vertical column to said console assembly, said flat panel television mounting frame is secured to said vertical column, and said flat panel television is secured to said flat panel television mounting frame; said kit being useful in a second configuration in which a flat panel television is mounted to said flat panel television mounting frame and said flat panel television mounting frame is secured to a wall above said console assembly, said base plate is inverted so that said flange extends through an aperture on said upper surface of said upper shelf, and said base plate is fastened to said upper surface on said upper shelf, said base plate forming a substantially flat surface on said upper shelf; said kit being useful in a third configuration in which said base plate is inverted so that said flange extends through said aperture on said upper surface of said upper shelf, said base plate is fastened to said upper surface on said upper shelf, said base plate forming a substantially flat surface on said upper shelf, and a flat panel television is supported on said upper shelf of said console.