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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 15, 2002
Filed:
Dec. 29, 1999
William L. Allan, Ocala, FL (US);
Ervin R. Pilarczyk, Ocala, FL (US);
Other;
Abstract
A digital-video-disc vehicle television has a thin ceiling-mountable TV housing ( ) having a front edge ( ) from which a preferably flat TV screen ( ) pivots adjustably downward from a stowage space ( ) and having a rear edge ( ) with a digital video disc (DVD) slot ( ). The TV housing is preferably oval-shaped with a major length of about fifteen inches and a major width of about eight inches. Thickness is about one-to-three inches, depending on type and plurality of components it uses. Intermediate the stowage space and the DVD slot are dome lights ( ) that preferably are adjustable for reading and a rearward-facing control panel ( ) that preferably has pushbutton control and is backlit. Audiovisual signaling ( ) is received selectively from remote or in-vehicle broadcasting sources and from the DVD player ( ) and transmitted to a speaker ( ) and to the TV screen as controlled by a control unit ( ). An FM transmitter ( ) is employed to enhance sound received from audio characteristics of the audiovisual signaling and transmitted to the speaker.