Patent ID: 8167253

Claim:
A TV stand for a flat panel TV display, the TV display not including a mirror, comprising: a base with at least a top horizontal shelf and a translucent frame on the top shelf; an upright rear support holding a TV not including the mirror juxtaposed with the frame with a bottom of the TV above the top shelf with the TV engaged with the rear support, such that the TV appears as though it is floating above the top shelf when mounted to the rear support and at least one lamp disposed in a bottom portion of the frame, the lamp being between the frame and TV when the TV is juxtaposed with the frame to illuminate the bottom portion of the frame to cause a floating appearance of the TV, wherein the TV stand further includes: a flat horizontal bottom shelf resting on floor-contacting pads, a rear edge of the bottom shelf fitting into a lower elongated horizontal groove of an upright support, a bottom of which upright support is coplanar with bottom surfaces of the pads; a flat horizontal middle shelf parallel to and spaced above the bottom shelf, a rear edge of the middle shelf being disposed in a middle elongated horizontal groove of the upright support, a shelf support bracket being attached to the upright support to support left and right sides of the middle shelf, the bracket including left and right segments that extend laterally away from each other to terminate in respective edge support segments extending from the left and right segments forward and parallel to each other and hence perpendicular to the left and right segments, the edge support segments respectively supporting left and right edges of the middle shelf; the top horizontal shelf being parallel to and spaced above the middle shelf and a rear edge of the top shelf and resting in a top elongated horizontal groove of the upright support, the top shelf being formed with a receptacle for an audio speaker, a metal shelf support bracket being attached to the upright support and supporting left and right sides of the top shelf, wherein the shelves becoming progressively smaller in area from each other from bottom to top, such that the bottom shelf extends forward of the middle shelf and the middle shelf is larger than the top shelf.