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US 10,156,781 B2Granted
Spontaneous pop-up display device
AssigneeArovia, Inc.
InventorsShengliang Zhu, Alexander David Wesley
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Abstract
The present invention provides an improved collapsible portable, display device. The improved collapsible, portable display device, has a housing having a sliding member aligned on the exterior of the housing and sliding along the exterior of said housing between two operating positions, a collapsible screen capable of displaying an image when in an expanded operating position, and multiple collapsible members connected to said screen and connected to said sliding member and said housing, and the collapsible members move said screen between the collapsed and expanded operating positions as said sliding member moves between a first collapsed operating position and a second popped-up position.
Claims27
An improved collapsible, portable display device, comprising:
- a housing member having a sliding member aligned on the exterior of said housing member and sliding along said exterior of said housing member between two operating positions,
- a collapsible screen capable of displaying an image when in an expanded popped-up operating position, and
- multiple collapsible members, including mechanical energy storing mechanisms for partial member expansion, connected to said screen and rotatably connected to both said sliding member and said housing member, and for moving said screen between collapsed and expanded popped-up positions as said sliding member slidably moves between a first position for a collapsed screen and a second position for an expanded popped-up screen by sliding along said exterior of said housing member.
An improved collapsible, portable display device, comprising:
- a housing member having a sliding member aligned on the exterior of said housing member and sliding along said exterior of said housing member between two operating positions,
- a collapsible screen capable of displaying an image when in an expanded popped-up operating position, and
- multiple collapsible members, including mechanical energy storing mechanisms for partial member expansion, connected to said screen and rotatably connected to both said sliding member and said housing member, and for moving said screen between collapsed and expanded popped-up positions as said sliding member slidably moves between a first position for a collapsed screen and a second position for an expanded popped-up screen by sliding along said exterior of said housing member, and wherein each of said collapsible members comprise, multiple struts interconnected for collapsing and extending as a function of the position of said sliding member on said housing member and wherein one portion of each of said multiple struts is positioned in an extended position by said mechanical storage mechanism.
A collapsible display device, comprising:
- a housing member,
- a projector member having a lens assembly and operatively disposed in said housing member,
- a second lens assembly operatively disposed in said housing member,
- an electronics assembly disposed in said housing member,
- a moveable member positioned around the exterior of said housing member and moveable between two positions on said exterior of said housing member,
- a translucent screen member,
- at least four segmented arm members each having at least two main strut members for moving said screen member between a collapsed position and an extended operating position,
- each first main strut of each of said four segmented arm members is connected to said housing member in a rotatable manner,
- each second main strut of each of said four segmented arm members is connected to a corresponding first strut in a rotatable manner and connected to said moveable member in a rotatable manner,
- each of said four segmented arm members having a final main strut member deployed by a mechanical storage member and connected to said screen member, and
- a shroud member connected to said housing member and said screen member.
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A collapsible, portable display device, comprising:
- a housing member,
- a moveable member disposed around the exterior of said housing member and moveable between two operating positions on the exterior of said housing member,
- a plurality of segmented arm members for deploying a collapsible screen member for viewing images when in a first operating position each having:
- a first strut rotatably attached to said housing member,
- a second strut rotatably connected to said first strut about halfway up said first strut and rotatably connected to said moveable member,
- a third strut rotatably connected to said second strut,
- a fourth strut rotatably connected to said third strut at one end and rotatably connected to said first strut spaced apart from the rotatable connection to said third strut and rotatably connected at the opposite end to a fifth strut,
- said fifth strut is rotatably connected at the end opposite of said connection to said fourth strut, to one corner of said collapsible screen member, and said fifth strut is connected to a spring member rotatably connected to said fourth strut in a location spaced apart from the rotatable connection point of said fifth and fourth struts,
- said collapsible screen member comprising a flexible silicone or rubberized material suitable for displaying images clearly and mitigating wrinkles when properly tensioned for display by said fifth strut when in said first operating position, and
- a shroud member connected to said housing member and detachably connected to said screen member.
7 more elements
A portable, collapsible screen, for use with a projector, comprising:
- an elastic or flexible silicone or rubberized material suitable for displaying images clearly and mitigating wrinkles when properly tensioned for display.
An improved collapsible, portable display device, comprising:
- a housing member having a sliding member aligned on the exterior of said housing member and for sliding along said exterior of said housing member between two operating positions,
- a collapsible screen for displaying an image when in an expanded operating position, and
- multiple collapsible members, each including a mechanical energy storing mechanism for partial expansion of a portion of said member, connected to said screen and operatively connected to both said sliding member and said housing member for moving said screen between a collapsed and expanded popped-up position as a function of said position of said sliding member on said exterior of said housing member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.