Customizable mounting system for furniture
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1. A piece of furniture for housing electronic devices and configured to be placed against a wall, the piece of furniture comprising:
- at least two uprights having top ends, bottom ends, frontsides, and backsides, the backsides being sized and shaped to be placed against a wall and the backsides of the uprights defining a plane;
a cross-beam interconnecting the uprights;
a shelf for holding electronic devices, the shelf being removably connected to the cross-beam and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights;
a loadbearing base connected to the bottom ends of the uprights, the loadbearing base having a top generally perpendicular to the uprights; and
a panel for concealing wires of electronic devices, the panel being removably connected to the uprights between the loadbearing base and the cross-beam in such a way that an internal space is created between the panel and the plane defined by the backsides of the uprights and the internal space includes substantially all of the top of the loadbearing base said panel being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights, and said cross-beam being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights such that a frontmost surface of the panel is substantially flush with an outermost surface of the cross-beam.
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Abstract
This disclosure relates to pieces of furniture for housing electronic devices and that give the appearance of being permanently built into a wall. The pieces of furniture comprise panels which can easily be removed and which house and hide wires of electronic devices, giving the appearance that the wires are housed beyond the wall. Additionally, the pieces of furniture are designed to have electronic devices mounted thereon with little mounting (i.e., studs are unnecessary) or no mounting to secure the piece of furniture onto the wall.
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15 Claims
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1. A piece of furniture for housing electronic devices and configured to be placed against a wall, the piece of furniture comprising:
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at least two uprights having top ends, bottom ends, frontsides, and backsides, the backsides being sized and shaped to be placed against a wall and the backsides of the uprights defining a plane; a cross-beam interconnecting the uprights; a shelf for holding electronic devices, the shelf being removably connected to the cross-beam and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights; a loadbearing base connected to the bottom ends of the uprights, the loadbearing base having a top generally perpendicular to the uprights; and a panel for concealing wires of electronic devices, the panel being removably connected to the uprights between the loadbearing base and the cross-beam in such a way that an internal space is created between the panel and the plane defined by the backsides of the uprights and the internal space includes substantially all of the top of the loadbearing base said panel being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights, and said cross-beam being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights such that a frontmost surface of the panel is substantially flush with an outermost surface of the cross-beam. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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6. A system for housing electronic devices, the system comprising:
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a wall; and a piece of furniture for housing electronic devices and configured to be mounted against the wall, the piece of furniture comprising; at least two uprights having top ends, bottom ends, frontsides, and backsides, the backsides being sized and shaped to be placed against the wall and the backsides of the uprights defining a plane; a cross-beam interconnecting the uprights; a shelf for holding electronic devices, the shelf being removably connected to the cross-beam and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights; a loadbearing base connected to the bottom ends of the uprights, and having a top generally perpendicular to the uprights; and a panel for concealing wires of electronic devices, the panel being removably connected to the uprights between the shelf and the loadbearing base in such a way that an internal space is created between the panel and the wall, and the internal space encloses substantially all the top of the loadbearing base said panel being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights, and said cross-beam being curved and extending beyond the frontsides of the uprights such that a frontmost surface of the panel is substantially flush with an outermost surface of the cross-beam. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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