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US 10,293,986 B2Granted
Display system with packets having integral connectors
AssigneeAgs Company Automotive Solutions LLC
InventorLogan D. Pitts
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Abstract
A display system includes a plurality of packets that each include a cavity containing flowable material and a body portion that defines the cavity. The packets each include a header portion and a connector tab, with an aperture established through the header portion. The connector tab of each packet includes a neck portion and a retaining portion, which has a wider cross dimension than the neck portion. The retaining portion of one packet, when received through an aperture of a product or another packet, limits retraction from the aperture to join the packet with the product or other packet.
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A display system comprising:
- a plurality of packets configured to be disposed at a display structure, wherein each of said packets comprises a body portion having a cavity containing flowable material and a sealed perimeter portion that circumscribes said cavity;
- wherein each of said packets comprises a header portion at one end of said body portion and a connector tab at an opposite end of said body portion, and wherein said header portion has an aperture therethrough;
- wherein said connector tab of each of said packets comprises a neck portion and a retaining portion, and wherein said neck portion is disposed between said retaining portion and said body portion of the respective packet, and wherein said retaining portion has a wider cross dimension than said neck portion, and wherein said retaining portion has a wider cross dimension than said aperture;
- wherein, with said plurality of packets disposed at the display structure, said connector tab of a first packet of said plurality of packets is received through said aperture of said header portion of a second packet of said plurality of packets such that said neck portion of the first packet is disposed at said aperture of said header portion of the second packet;
- wherein, with said connector tab of the first packet received through said aperture of said header portion of the second packet, said retaining portion of the first packet is disposed at a side of said header portion of the second packet that is opposite from a side of said header portion of the second packet where said body portion of the first packet is disposed;
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- wherein, with said connector tab of the first packet received through said aperture of said header portion of the second packet, said retaining portion of the first packet limits retraction of said connector tab of the first packet from said header portion of the second packet.
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A display system comprising:
- a first packet and a second packet configured to be disposed at a display structure;
- wherein said first packet comprises a first body portion having a first cavity containing flowable material and a first sealed perimeter portion that circumscribes said first cavity;
- wherein said first packet comprises a first header portion at one end of said first body portion and a first connector tab at an opposite end of said first body portion, and wherein said first header portion has a first aperture therethrough;
- wherein said first connector tab of said first packet comprises a first neck portion and a first retaining portion, and wherein said first neck portion is disposed between said first retaining portion and said first body portion, and wherein said first retaining portion has a wider cross dimension than said first neck portion;
- wherein said second packet comprises a second body portion having a second cavity containing flowable material and a second sealed perimeter portion that circumscribes said second cavity;
- wherein said second packet comprises a second header portion at one end of said second body portion and a second connector tab at an opposite end of said second body portion, and wherein said second header portion has a second aperture therethrough;
- wherein said second connector tab of said second packet comprises a second neck portion and a second retaining portion, and wherein said second neck portion is disposed between said second retaining portion and said second body portion, and wherein said second retaining portion has a wider cross dimension than said second neck portion;
- wherein said first retaining portion is collapsible to a collapsible state so as to be received through said second aperture of said second header portion;
- wherein, with said first and second packets disposed at the display structure, and with said first retaining portion in its collapsed state, said first connector tab is received through said second aperture of said second header portion such that said first neck portion is disposed at said second aperture of said second header portion;
- wherein, with said first connector tab received through said second aperture of said second header portion, said first retaining portion is disposed at a side of said second header portion that is opposite from a side of said second header portion where said first body portion is disposed;
- wherein said first retaining portion is expandable to an expanded state when disposed at the side of said second header portion that is opposite from the side of said second header portion where said first body portion is disposed;
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- wherein, with said first connector tab received through said second aperture of said second header portion, and with said first retaining portion in its expanded state, said first retaining portion limits retraction of said first connector tab from said second header portion so as to join said first packet to said second packet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.