Patent ID: 7312836

Claim:
A mountable television display concealment device capable of exposing a television display, said concealment device comprising: a rigid planar panel with a front face, back face, and two rigid side edges; at least one support bracket with a front face, back face, and two side edges wherein one of the side edges is adapted for securing on a vertical surface; attachment means capable of fixedly engaging the rigid side edges of the planar panel to one of the side edges of each support bracket; and means for pivoting the planar panel up from a first retracted position wherein the planar panel covers the television display to a second extended position wherein the display is visible for viewing; wherein the rigid planar panel is moveable from a first configuration and a second configuration and in the first configuration said rigid planar panel is in a vertical configuration and wherein in a second configuration said rigid planar panel is in a horizontal configuration wherein the rigid planar panel extends horizontally from the support bracket and where the front, back and sides edges of the rigid planar panel are maintained in a rigid planar configuration when the panel is moved from the vertical configuration to the horizontal configuration.