Patent ID: 7261355

Claim:
An automotive center stack panel assembly comprising: an automotive instrument panel assembly; a recessed display chamber formed in said instrument panel assembly; a video display panel assembly mounted within said recessed display chamber; a rear pivot link assembly having a rear first fixed pivot end rotatably mounted to said automotive instrument panel assembly and a rear second fixed pivot end; a forward pivot link assembly having a forward first fixed pivot end rotatably mounted to said automotive instrument panel assembly and a forward second pivot end; and a control panel having an upper control panel end and a lower control panel end and a control panel slot guide, said rear second fixed pivot end rotatably mounted to said upper control panel end, said forward second pivot end slidably mounted within said control panel slot guide, said rear pivot link assembly and said forward pivot link assembly allowing said control panel to rotate such that said control panel is pivotable between a display hidden position and a display exposed position, said control panel covering said recessed display chamber when in said display hidden position.