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US 4,363,460 AGranted
Television stand
AssigneeKim Manufacturing Company
InventorJoseph W. Carroll
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AssigneeKim Manufacturing Company
InventorJoseph W. Carroll
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A stand for television sets comprising a pair of inverted T-shaped leg sections each comprising a pair of leg members of L-shaped configuration which interengage and nest to form a four-legged base. An elongated bolt member is fixed at the head end to one of the leg sections and has a threaded end projecting beyond the top end of the base. When the leg sections are nested, the bolt is disposed in a concealed elongated cavity defined by the leg sections. A closure cap assembly is mounted at the upper terminal end of one of the vertical portions of one of the leg sections and in the illustrated embodiment forms an integral subassembly therewith. The overcap assembly has a configuration and arrangement to vertically align the leg members relative to one another and provide a certain parallelism of the parts so that all the bearing surfaces are parallel to one another and to the support surface such as a floor. A tray to which the television set is locked by conventional security fasteners is supported on the closure cap and is adapted for limited rotational movement relative thereto.
A stand assembly comprising a pair of inverted generally T-shaped first and second leg sections, each leg section comprising a pair of hollow members of generally L-shaped configuration consisting of a vertical portion and a horizontal portion defining a pedestal member and a connecting member securing the vertical portions in spaced generally coplanar parallel relation to form a T-shaped leg section, a cap assembly secured to the upper ends of the vertical portion of said first leg section and having means engaging in the open terminal ends said second leg section thereby to align the vertical portions of the leg sections and position the horizontal portion in generally the same plane when the leg sections are interengaged and nested to form a four-legged assembly, a bolt member cooperating with said connecting members and engaging through said closure cap assembly and locking means engageable with the bolt member to secure the leg sections together.
A television stand assembly comprising a pair of inverted T-shaped first and second leg sections, each leg section comprising members of L-shaped configuration, consisting of an elongated vertical portion and a horizontal portion defining a pedestal member, an elongated bolt member mounted between the vertical portions of said first leg section, and a closure cap assembly secured at the upper terminal ends of the vertical portion of said second leg section, said closure cap assembly including a top cap with a central opening therein secured to the inner confronting faces of the vertical portion of said second leg section, a strap of inverted U-shaped cross section secured to and straddling the top cap with a pair of depending tabs which are spaced from the exposed side walls of said top cap to define slots of a width slightly greater than the thickness of the channel members and an overcap having depending side walls with a pair of spaced slots in each side wall which engage over the end walls of each of the vertical portions, said leg section interengaging and nesting to form a four-legged assembly wherein the bolt member engages through said closure cap assembly and locking means engageable with the bolt member to secure the leg sections together.
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