Television stand
AssigneeRite-Hite Holding Corporation
InventorsJeffrey A. White, Susan L. Farrell
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Abstract
A television stand includes a shelf made of a ferrous sheet metal that helps shield a television or other audio/video items from the magnetic field of a nearby center-channel speaker. Other features of the stand include an open design to promote natural, convective airflow that helps cool audio/video components; numerous parts sharing a common material thickness for ease of manufacture; infinitely repositionable center supports; combination cable collector and bumper; metal grain-like finish with a clear protective coating; shelves and side panels with integral flanges for stiffness and/or mounting purposes; and the use of acorn nuts for not only fastening, but also for helping to prevent the television from being accidentally slid off the top shelf of the stand.
Claims24
A television stand for supporting at least one of a television and a center-channel speaker, comprising:
- a base;
- a first side panel disposed on top of the base and being bolted thereto;
- a second side panel disposed on top of the base and being bolted thereto;
- an upper shelf bolted on top of the first side panel and on top of the second side panel and being made of a ferrous metal able to help shield a magnetic field;
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- a plurality of mounting flanges extending substantially perpendicular from the first side panel and the second side panel and lying substantially parallel to the base and the upper shelf, wherein the plurality of mounting flanges facilitate bolting the first side panel and the second side panel to the base and the upper shelf.
A television stand for supporting a television, comprising:
- a base;
- a first lower side panel resting on top of the base and being bolted thereto;
- a second lower side panel resting on top of the base and being bolted thereto;
- a middle shelf resting on top of the first lower side panel and on top of the second lower side panel, wherein the middle shelf is bolted to the first lower side panel and the second lower side panel;
- a first upper side panel resting on top of the middle shelf and being bolted thereto, wherein the first upper side panel is above but space apart from the first lower side panel;
- a second upper side panel resting on top of the middle shelf and being bolted thereto, wherein the second upper side panel is above but spaced apart from the second lower side panel;
- a top shelf resting on top of the first upper side panel and on top of the second upper side panel wherein the top shelf is bolted to the first upper side panel and the second upper side panel;
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- a plurality of mounting flanges lying substantially parallel to the base, the middle shelf and the top shelf, wherein the plurality of mounting flanges extend outward from the first lower side panel, the second lower side panel, the first upper side panel and the second upper side panel, wherein the plurality of mounting flanges facilitate bolting the first lower side panel, the second lower side panel, the first upper side panel and the second upper side panel to at least one of the base, the middle shelf and the top shelf.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.