Remotely activated television swivel base

Claim 1

A remotely actuated apparatus for effecting rotative and vertical adjustment of a television receiving unit comprising, operator-actuatable transmitting means for producing a plurality of output signals, and a first and second receiving means each arranged for receiving a predetermined signal from said plurality of output signals, and a rectangular television receiving support base including an adjustable corner bracket means positionable within each corner of the support base along a support floor of the support base, and first drive means responsive to said first receiving means for vertically adjusting the support base, and second drive means responsive to said second receiving means for rotatably adjusting said support base, and further including a support case underlying said support base wherein said support case includes a plurality of case braces extending outwardly of said support case, and wherein said first drive means includes a first motor drive housing fixedly secured to and extending upwardly of said support case, and an adjustment housing vertically adjustable relative to said first motor drive housing, and wherein said adjustment housing includes the second drive means secured thereto wherein said second drive means includes an output drive for cooperation with a driven gear wherein said driven gear is fixedly secured to the floor of said support base, and wherein said adjustment housing includes a plurality of alignment pins extending through complementarily shaped openings extending through a floor of said support case for alignment of said adjustment housing relative to said support case, and wherein said first motor drive housing includes a rotatable output pinion rotatably and drivingly mounted from said first motor drive housing for cooperation with a vertical rack fixedly secured to said adjustment housing for vertical positioning of said adjustment housing, and wherein said adjustable corner bracket includes a plurality of "L" shaped vertical walls with padding formed to an interior of said walls and a bracket floor extending orthogonally outwardly relative to said walls for receiving said television receiver.