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Appliances designed to be mounted on the bottom of a structure such as an overhead cabinet system. The appliance has an integrated unit (or module) which includes a television tuner and, optionally, a player for an optically readable disk. The appliance also has a display unit of the flat screen typ

Appliances designed to be mounted on the bottom of a structure such as an overhead cabinet system. The appliance has an integrated unit (or module) which includes a television tuner and, optionally, a player for an optically readable disk. The appliance also has a display unit of the flat screen type. The display unit is attached to the appliance module by a universal pivot mechanism which allows the unit to be: (a) rotated and tilted to face a viewer, and (b) folded up against the appliance module and out of the way when the display unit is not in use.

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1. An appliance comprising:a module having a plurality of components for generating a video signal, and a casing having a top wall and a bottom wall, the casing housing said components; a display unit having a screen for displaying an image derived from said video signal; and a mechanism operably co

1. An appliance comprising:a module having a plurality of components for generating a video signal, and a casing having a top wall and a bottom wall, the casing housing said components; a display unit having a screen for displaying an image derived from said video signal; and a mechanism operably connected to suspend the display unit from the bottom wall of said casing such that said display unit can be rotated about a vertical axis relative to said casing and about a horizontal axis relative to said casing, the display unit suspending mechanism including: a support block having a bore and a plurality of pivot followers attached to said display unit, each pivot follower having a clutch segment; and a clutch operably configured to retain the display unit in an orientation to which the display unit is rotated; said clutch comprising the clutch segments of said pivot followers; said clutch segments being housed in the bore of said support block; and said clutch further comprising a plurality of clutch elements disposed in said support block and adapted to frictionally engage the clutch segments of the pivot followers.