Patent ID: 7855754

Claim:
A mountable television display concealment device capable of concealing a television display, said concealment device comprising: a housing comprising at least a moveable rigid planar front panel and a rigid planar back panel; driving means contained within the housing and comprising an electric motor coupled to a drive shaft, the drive shaft being positioned horizontally relative to the motor; a first extendable arm coupled at one end to a first end of the shaft and at the second end to the moveable rigid planar front panel; a second extendable arm coupled at one end to a second end of the shaft and at the second end to the back of the moveable rigid planar front panel; and a set of tensioning means each fixed at a first end to the rigid planar back panel and at a second end to one of the extendable arms; wherein the shaft is adapted to be rotatably acted upon by the motor such that the shaft engages the tensioning means to pivot the extendable arms from a first retracted position to a second extended position wherein a television display cover coupled to the rigid planar front panel covers the television display when said extendable arms are in said first retracted position and said television display is visible for viewing when said extendable arms are in said second extended position; wherein the rigid planar back panel of the housing is adapted for securing to a vertical surface.