Television support member security mounting assembly

DETAILED DESCRIPTION The present invention relates generally to mounting systems for electrical appliances, such as television receivers, and more particularly, to a mounting assembly for securely mounting such an appliance in a substantially non-removable manner to a support surface tray.
Color and stereo television receivers and monitors are a necessary appliance for hotel rooms, hospital rooms and public meeting rooms.
Such appliances are tempting targets for burglars and thieves.
The theft of television sets is a serious problem to hotel chains and the like.
Other appliances, such as personal computers, video recorders and stereo equipment are also considered valuable targets of theft by their owners and thus, the need exists for apparatus to securely mount televisions within areas such as hotel rooms and to securely mount other appliances within a home or office.
Numerous such assemblies exist in the art.
Some security systems, such as that described in U.
S.
Pat.
No.
4,268,099 issued May 19, 1991 utilize cables attached to the television or appliance which attach to a rack or the like.
These cables are not a sufficient theft deterrent in that they can easily be cut with appropriate means such as a pair of cable cutters.
Other security systems, such as that described in U.
S.
Pat.
No.
4,738,428 involve the use of locking bars or straps.
Such systems are unusually bulky and may be circumvented by the use of a crowbar.
The present invention provides an alternative to such security systems and permits the relatively inexpensive secure, substantially non-removable mounting of expensive electrical appliances such as television receivers and monitors on various flat mounting surfaces such as pedestals or furniture.
The present invention also provides a mounting system for such in which a base member which is capable of swiveling is secured in place to a flat support surface and the appliance is substantially non-removeably attached to the base member.
In accordance with the present invention, a generally planar upper element serves as a base member and a lower element in the form of a swivel member is permanently and rotatably attached to the base member to permit the appliance to be rotated in a predesired manner after securement to the mounting assembly