Television and oven combination device

• US 6,809,295 B1
• Filed: 10/10/2003
• Issued: 10/26/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Debra C. Vargas
• Original Assignee: Debra C. Vargas
• Inventors: Vargas, Debra C.
• Primary Examiner(s): PELHAM, JOSEPH MOORE
• Application Number:
  US10/682,254
• Time in Patent Office: 382 Days
• Field of Search: 219/209, 219/214, 219/391, 219/393, 219/679, 219/720, 348/61, 348/739, 348/843
• US Class Current: 219/393
• CPC Class Codes: F24C 7/082 on ranges, e.g. control panels, illumination

Abstract

A television and oven combination device includes an oven having a back wall, front wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall. A flat-panel monitor has a viewing side, a rear side, a bottom edge, a top edge and a pair of side edges. At least one monitor support is attached to the back wall of the oven. The at least one monitor support includes an elongated member having an upper end and a lower end. The elongated member is vertically orientated. A coupler is attached to the upper end for coupling the elongate member to the flat-panel monitor.

Claims

1. A monitor and oven combination device, said device comprising:

an oven having a back wall, front wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall;

a flat-panel monitor having a viewing side, a rear side, a bottom edge, a top edge and a pair of side edges;

at least one monitor support being attached to said back wall of said oven, said at least one monitor support including;

an elongated member having an upper end and a lower end and being vertically orientated; and

a coupler being attached to said upper end for coupling said elongate member to said flat-panel monitor.

2. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 1, wherein said elongated member is selectively telescoping such that said flat-panel monitor may be selectively raised above or lowered below an upper edge of said oven.

3. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 2, wherein flat-panel monitor is pivotally coupled to said elongated member by said coupler.

4. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 1, wherein flat-panel monitor is pivotally coupled to said elongated member by said coupler.

5. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 1, wherein said coupler includes a plate attached to said bottom edge of said flat-panel monitor and a rod being attached to said upper end of said elongated member and extending upwardly through a slot in said plate such that said plate is pivotally coupled to said rod.

6. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 2, further including a storage housing being attached to said back wall, said storage housing having an open top, said open top being positioned generally adjacent to an upper edge of said oven, said storage housing having a size adopted for removably receiving said flat-panel monitor such that said flat-panel monitor may be selectively extended into said housing.

7. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 3, further including a storage housing being attached to said back wall, said storage housing having an open top, said open top being positioned generally adjacent to an upper edge of said oven, said storage housing having a size adopted for removably receiving said flat-panel monitor such that said flat-panel monitor may be selectively extended into said housing.

8. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 1, wherein said at least one monitor support includes a pair of monitor supports each attached to said back wall of said oven.

9. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 2, wherein said at least one monitor support includes a pair of monitor supports each attached to said back wall of said oven.

10. The monitor and oven combination device of claim 3, wherein said at least one monitor support includes a pair of monitor supports each attached to said back wall of said oven.

11. A monitor and oven combination device, said device comprising:

an oven having a back wall, front wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall;

a flat-panel monitor having a viewing side, a rear side, a bottom edge, a top edge and a pair of side edges;

a pair of monitor supports being attached to said back wall of said oven, each of said monitor supports including;

an elongated member having an upper end and a lower end and being vertically orientated, said elongated member being selectively telescoping;

a coupler being attached to said upper end for coupling said upper end to said bottom edge of said flat-panel monitor, said coupler including a plate attached to said bottom edge of said flat-panel monitor and a rod being attached to said upper end and extending upwardly through a slot in said plate such that said plate is pivotally coupled to said rod;

a storage housing being attached to said back wall, said storage housing having an open top, said open top being positioned generally adjacent to an upper edge of said oven, said storage housing having a size adopted for removably receiving said flat-panel monitor such that said flat-panel monitor may be selectively extended into said housing.

12. A device for mounting a flat panel monitor on an oven, the oven having a back wall, front wall, a pair of side walls and a top wall, the flat-panel monitor having a viewing side, a rear side, a bottom edge, a top edge and a pair of side edges, the device including:

a pair of monitor supports being selectively attached to said back wall of said oven, each of said monitor supports including;

an elongated member having an upper end and a lower end and being vertically orientated; and

a coupler being attached to said upper end for coupling said upper end to said bottom edge of said flat-panel monitor.

13. The device of claim 12, wherein said coupler includes a plate being selectively attached to said bottom edge of said flat-panel monitor and a rod being attached to said upper end and extending upwardly through a slot in said plate such that said plate is pivotally coupled to said rod.

14. The device of claim 12, wherein said elongated member is selectively telescoping.

15. The device of claim 14, further including a storage housing being attached to said back wall, said storage housing having an open top, said open top being positioned generally adjacent to an upper edge of said oven, said storage housing having a size adopted for removably receiving said flat-panel monitor such that said flat-panel monitor may be selectively extended into said housing.