Can I share my personal hotspot to ethernet devices using a laptop as a bridge?

I have an iPhone 4 on 3 UK, with unlimited data and unlimited tethering. I also have an LG smart tv, but no Wifi dongle with it, just standard RJ45 ethernet port.
Can I use my iPhone as a hotspot, connected to my laptop either via Wifi or USB, and set up an Ad-hoc network on the laptop to allow my tv internet access via ethernet cable? The laptop is running on windows 7 if that makes any difference.

I would like to create a similar setup using an iPhone 5, a Mac Mini running Mountain Lion and an Apple TV3. I have tried connecting the Mini to the iphone by wifi and sharing the connection to the ATV via ethernet but it didn't work. It will work if the ATV connects directly to the iPhone but that is slow and needs a lot of buffering to play 1080p movies from itunes.
Is there something else I need to do to make an ethernet connection work?

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