Television receiver chassis

Claim 1

A TELEVISION RECEIVING SET COMPRISING: A DIRECT-VIEW TYPE OF CATHODE-RAY PICTURE TUBE HAVING AN ENLARGED SUBSTANTIALLY CONICIAL SECTION TERMINATING IN A RECTANGULAR DISPLAY SCREEN OF A PREDETERMINED HEIGHT AND WIDTH AND FURTHER HAVING AN ELONGATED REDUCED DIAMETER NECK SECTION; A CHASSIS ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A FOUR-SIDED, FOUR-CORNERED, BOX-LIKE OPEN FRAMEWORK OF TWO HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBERS OF SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL LENGTH AND LYING ONE ABOVE THE OTHER IN TWO DIFFERENT HORIZONTAL PLANES SPACED APART A DISTANCE LESS THAN THE HEIGHT DIMENSION OF SAID PICTURE TUBE, TWO VERTICALLY DISPOSED ELONGATED SUPPORT MEMBERS LYING IN TWO DIFFERENT VERTICAL PLANES NORMAL TO THE HORIZONTAL PLANES AND SPACED APART A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE LENGTH OF SAID HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED MEMBERS AND RIGIDLY CONNECTED TO SAID TWO HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED MEMBERS AT THE EXTREMITIES THEREOF, AND A PLURALITY OF ELECTRICAL CIRCUIT COMPONENTS MOUNTED ON A PLURALITY OF SAID SUPPORT MEMBERS; AND MEANS FOR RIGIDLY MOUNTING SAID CHASSIS ASSEMBLY AND PICTURE TUBE WITH AT LEAST THE NECK SECTION OF THE PICTURE TUBE ENCOMPASSED BY A PROJECTION OF SAID FRAMEWORK.