Patent attributes
A mounting apparatus for positioning a television relative to a wall and a fireplace mantle includes a mounting plate coupled to a distal end of a positioning arm and is moved and positioned according to movement of the positioning arm. The positioning arm has a linear configuration with a proximal end mounted inside a wall housing which is itself mounted into a wall above the mantle of a fireplace. The positioning arm is pivotally movable between a retracted configuration completely inside the wall housing and a deployed configuration outside and extending away from the wall housing sufficiently that the plate (and television attached to the plate) is forward of and then below the outwardly extending mantle. The mounting plate is operable to tilt outwardly so as to clear the mantle and to swivel side to side at the viewing discretion of a user.
