Folding tv cabinet

Abstract

A folding entertainment cabinet can be assembled and is connectable without tools. Hinged end walls, allowing for foldability, interconnect with rigid front and back walls. A rigid floor and a top removably connect to the unfolded frame structure for a completely rigid assembled cabinet structure. The rigidity of the cabinet supports a television and an interior vertical support wall adds additional support, while providing the means to add shelves for storage or additional entertainment components. Doors and windows may also be added, as needed, for functionality or aesthetics.

1 . A folding entertainment cabinet assembled without tools, the cabinet comprising:
 a rigid back wall comprising a rigid vertical planar wall having an upwardly extending ridge along the length of the back wall on an interior surface adjacent to a bottom edge of the back wall, at least a pair of wall clamp components spaced apart on adjacent to a top edge, and at least two upwardly protruding pegs spaced apart on the top edge;   a rigid front wall frame having at least one opening therein for accessing the interior of the assembled cabinet, the front wall frame further comprising an upwardly extending ridge along the length of the front wall frame on an interior surface adjacent to a bottom edge of the front wall frame, at least a pair of clamps spaced apart on adjacent to a top edge, and at least two upwardly protruding pegs spaced apart on the top edge;   a pair of folding end walls interconnecting the front wall frame and the back wall, each of the end walls comprising a vertical pair of panels hinged together vertically, each of the end walls connected to the front wall by a hinge and connected to the back wall by a hinge so that each of the end walls folds flat with the front wall and the back wall collapsed against the end walls in a first storage position and each of the end walls open out to form a vertical planar panel orthogonally connected to both the front wall frame and the back wall with the front wall frame and back wall spaced apart in parallel alignment interconnected by the end walls, the pair of folding end walls each having at least one upwardly protruding peg along a top edge;   a rigid cabinet floor comprising a rigid planar structure having a pair of bottom grooves along the length of the rigid cabinet floor, a first bottom groove adjacent to the front wall frame to receive the mating upwardly protruding vertical ridge inserted into the length of the first bottom groove, and a second bottom groove adjacent to the back wall to receive the mating upwardly protruding vertical ridge inserted into the length of the second bottom groove to create a rigid connection between the rigid cabinet floor and the rigid front wall frame and the rigid back wall;   a rigid cabinet top comprising a rigid planar structure having bottom holes spaced around the rigid cabinet top adjacent to the edges to receive the mating pegs from the top edges of the back wall, front wall frame, and end walls, and at least a pair of top clamp components on a bottom surface of the cabinet top adjacent to a front edge and adjacent to a back edge to mate with the wall clamp components for establishing a rigid connection between the cabinet top, front wall frame, back wall, and end walls, thereby forming a rigid frame cabinet structure in conjunction with the cabinet floor.   
     
     
         2 . The cabinet of  claim 1  further comprising at least one vertical cabinet wall extending between the front wall frame and the back wall, the at least one vertical cabinet wall comprising at least two downwardly protruding pegs spaced apart along the bottom edge to be inserted in mating spaced openings in a top surface of the cabinet floor and at least two upwardly protruding pegs spaced apart along the top edge to be inserted in mating spaced openings in a bottom surface of the cabinet top, thereby providing additional structural support and rigidity to the rigid frame cabinet and creating at least two vertically separated internal compartments in the folding entertainment cabinet. 
     
     
         3 . The cabinet of  claim 2  wherein the at least one vertical cabinet wall further comprising a series of spaced pairs of horizontally aligned holes forming a vertical array of spaced paired horizontal holes, and each of the end walls having a mating vertical array of paired spaced horizontal holes, and further comprising at least one horizontal shelf on at least one side of the vertical cabinet wall and a pair of shelf supports removable inserted in any of the mating pairs of horizontal holes in the vertical cabinet wall and the end walls and communicating with the at least one horizontal shelf to support the horizontal shelf in any of a variety of vertical positions within the entertainment cabinet.