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A display unit is provided, the display unit including a housing configured for mounting to the ceiling of an automobile, and a screen mounted on the housing for pivot about a first axis between a stowed position wherein the screen is embedded in the ceiling and a deployed position wherein the scree

A display unit is provided, the display unit including a housing configured for mounting to the ceiling of an automobile, and a screen mounted on the housing for pivot about a first axis between a stowed position wherein the screen is embedded in the ceiling and a deployed position wherein the screen projects from the housing to reveal a viewing surface of the screen. The screen also is pivotal about a second axis transverse to the first axis, promoting viewability of the screen.

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[ I claim:] [1.] In an automobile having a passenger seating area and a ceiling, a ceiling-mounted automotive display unit comprising;a mounting frame structure embedded in the ceiling in the ceiling ill a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile;a scre

[ I claim:] [1.] In an automobile having a passenger seating area and a ceiling, a ceiling-mounted automotive display unit comprising;a mounting frame structure embedded in the ceiling in the ceiling ill a location overhead and generally forward of the passenger seating area in the automobile;a screen structure mounted on the mounting frame structure, the screen structure including a viewing surface selectively viewable by a passenger in the passenger seating area; anda video control module mounted on the mounting frame structure in a location laterally spaced from the screen structure, the video control module being electrically connected to the screen structure to direct operation of the screen structure.