Television support and mounting kit

A flat panel television console and support kit for use in a plurality of different user assembled configurations comprising:

• a flat panel television console assembly including upper and lower horizontally extending shelf supports, and upper and lower shelves respectively carried on said upper and lower shelf supports, said flat panel television console assembly being capable of supporting a flat panel television on an upper surface of said upper shelf;
• a first short spine having a height which extends from a floor to said upper shelf support, said first short spine forming a structural component of said console assembly when said first short spine is secured to a said upper and lower shelf supports of said console assembly;
• a second long spine, having a height which extends from a floor to said upper surface of said upper shelf and further extends above said upper surface of said supper shelf terminating in an upper end which provides an elevated support for a flat panel television, said second long spine forming a structural component of said console assembly when said second long spine is secured to said console assembly;
• a cantilevered arm extending from said upper end of said second long spine;
• a flat panel television mounting assembly on a terminal end of said cantilevered arm;
• and
• an XYZ flat panel television mounting frame,
• said kit being useful in a first configuration wherein said first short spine is connected to said upper and lower shelf supports to transfer weight from the upper and lower shelf supports to the floor as a structural component of said console assembly, and a flat panel television is supported on said upper surface of said upper shelf of said console assembly,
• said kit being useful in a second configuration wherein a flat panel television is secured to said XYZ frame and said XYZ frame is secured to a wall above said console assembly, and further wherein said first spine is connected to said upper and lower shelf supports as a structural component of said console assembly,
• said kit being useful in a third configuration wherein a flat panel television is secured to said XYZ flat panel television mounting frame, and said XYZ flat panel television mounting frame is secured to said flat panel television mounting assembly at said upper end of said second long spine, and said second long spine is secured to said console assembly to support said flat panel television above said console assembly.