Patent ID: 7040724

Claim:
An adjustable home entertainment cabinet assembly for enclosing television sets of different sizes, comprising: a pair of spaced tower cabinets having tops, the tower cabinets having spaced, opposed inner sides and being movable between minimum and maximum spacing so as to position the inner sides adjacent the outer sides of television sets of different sizes; a bridge assembly extending between the tops of the cabinets, the bridge assembly including: a center section extending between the cabinets, the center section comprising an upper support member having opposite ends, each end resting on a respective cabinet top and being supported thereby, the length of the support member being such that the ends of the support member are supported on the tops of the cabinets when the cabinet are spaced apart by a desired spacing between minimum and maximum limits; the center section further comprising a bookshelf mounted on an underside of the upper support member and extending downwardly therefrom between the cabinets, the bookshelf including laterally spaced end panels and at least one bottom panel extending between the end panels; and a pair of end sections movably mounted on the center section and extending downwardly from the upper support member so as to cover gaps between the bookshelf end panels and the inner sides of the tower cabinets, the end sections being mounted for relative lateral movement on the upper support member so that the end sections can be positioned next to the inner sides of the cabinets for a full range of spacing between the minimum and maximum spacing.