Entertainment center cabinet

Claim 1

A cabinet comprising in combination a cabinet frame, said cabinet frame including in part cabinet top, bottom, opposite side and rear panels, said top, bottom and opposite side panels defining a front opening, said bottom panel having upper and lower horizontally disposed surfaces; a closure sized for removably covering an upper portion of said front opening; and a slide assembly including a horizontally disposed substantially rectangular base slidably supported by said cabinet frame for horizontal movements through said front opening between a cabinet frame inserted position in which it lies essentially coextensive with and adjacent said bottom panel upper surface and a fully extended position in which it is essentially removed from within the confines of said cabinet frame, said base having upper and lower horizontally disposed surfaces, a cabinet front rail depending from and at least coextensive with a front marginal edge of said base and cooperating with said closure to close said front opening when said base is in said inserted position, said front rail vertically extending at least to said bottom panel lower surface when said base is in said inserted position, base anti-tilt means in the form of caster means depending from said base lower surface adjacent said front rail for movement with said base and said front rail to support said base against tilting as the same is moved from its inserted position, whereat said caster means is located horizontally within the confines of said cabinet front opening, to its fully extended position, whereat said caster means is removed from the confines of said cabinet, said front rail having a vertical dimension below said base lower surface of sufficient extent with respect to that of said caster means to substantially hide said caster means from view, a swivel mechanism carried by said base upper surface to upstand centrally thereof and an entertainment unit supporting shelf supported by said swivel mechanism to reside horizontally above and in essential alignment with said base and for rotational movements about a vertically disposed axis.