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US 10,471,675 B2Granted
Method of forming a foldable backdrop and a foldable backdrop
OwnerBrian Woodmaninventor
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Abstract
A method of forming a foldable backdrop through a series of folds placed in a single sheet of foldable material selected for the backdrop. When the final step is taken of pushing a first bottom corner of the sheet under a first mountain fold and pushing a second bottom corner of the sheet under a second mountain fold, a base is formed out of a bottom half of the sheet. A tension in the sheet will force the top half of the sheet into a vertical position perpendicular to the base.
Claims19
A Foldable Backdrop, comprising:
- a centrally positioned crease horizontally across a single sheet of foldable material selected for the backdrop, the sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, the crease symmetrically dividing the sheet into a top half and a bottom half;
- a first mountain fold in the bottom half of the sheet spaced from the first side edge, the first mountain fold extending from the bottom edge to the crease;
- a second mountain fold in the bottom half of the sheet spaced from the second side edge, the second mountain fold extending from the bottom edge to the crease;
- a first valley fold from a first pivot point at the confluence of the crease and the first mountain fold to one of a first side edge, a bottom edge spaced inwardly from the first side edge or a first bottom corner of the sheet where the first side edge meets the bottom edge;
- a second valley fold from a second pivot point at the confluence of the crease and the second mountain fold to one of a second side edge, a bottom edge spaced inwardly from the second side edge or a second bottom corner of the sheet where the second side edge meets the bottom edge;
- the first bottom corner of the sheet being positioned under the first mountain fold and the second bottom corner of the sheet being positioned under the second mountain fold to form a base, whereby a tension in the sheet will force the top half of the sheet into a vertical position perpendicular to the base.
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A method of forming a foldable backdrop comprising:
- forming a centrally positioned crease horizontally across a single sheet of foldable material selected for the backdrop, the sheet having a top edge, a bottom edge, a first side edge and a second side edge, the crease symmetrically dividing the sheet into a top half and a bottom half;
- forming a first mountain fold in the bottom half of the sheet spaced from the first side edge, the first mountain fold extending from the bottom edge to the crease;
- forming a second mountain fold in the bottom half of the sheet spaced from the second side edge, the second mountain fold extending from the bottom edge to the crease;
- forming a first valley fold from a first pivot point at the confluence of the crease and the first mountain fold to one of a first side edge, a bottom edge spaced inwardly from the first side edge or a first bottom corner of the sheet where the first side edge meets the bottom edge;
- forming a second valley fold from a second pivot point at the confluence of the crease and the second mountain fold to one of a second side edge, a bottom edge spaced inwardly from the second side edge or a second bottom corner of the sheet where the second side edge meets the bottom edge;
- pushing the first bottom corner of the sheet under the first mountain fold and pushing the second bottom corner of the sheet under the second mountain fold to form a base, whereby a tension in the sheet will force the top half of the sheet into a vertical position perpendicular to the base.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.