Foldable canvas blank
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorReed Sowder
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Abstract
A foldable canvas blank includes a working panel, the working panel comprising a top end, a bottom end, a right side, and a left side; a top end panel flexibly attached to the top end by a first top end hinge, the top end panel defining a top end locking slot extending through the top end panel; and a right side panel flexibly attached to the right side by a first right side hinge, the right side panel defining a right side edge surface distal from the working panel, the right side panel defining a right side locking slot, the right side locking slot intersecting the right side edge surface and extending inwards towards the working panel, the right side locking slot configured to engage the top end locking slot to secure the top end panel to the right side panel.
Claims17
A foldable canvas blank comprising:
- a working panel, the working panel comprising a top end, a bottom end, a right side, and a left side;
- a top end panel flexibly attached to the top end by a first top end hinge, the top end panel defining a top end locking slot extending through the top end panel;
- and
- a right side panel flexibly attached to the right side by a first right side hinge, the right side panel defining a right side edge surface distal from the working panel, the right side panel defining a right side locking slot, the right side locking slot intersecting the right side edge surface and extending inwards towards the working panel, the right side locking slot configured to engage the top end locking slot to secure the top end panel to the right side panel, the right side locking slot defining a curved portion, the curved portion defining a right side locking tab.
A foldable canvas blank assembled into a folded canvas, the foldable canvas blank comprising:
- a working panel, the working panel comprising a top end, a bottom end, a right side, and a left side;
- a top end panel flexibly attached to the top end by a first top end hinge, the top end panel defining a top end locking slot extending through the top end panel, the top end panel being folded into an assembled end shape to form a top frame end of the folded canvas;
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- a right side panel flexibly attached to the right side by a first right side hinge, the right side panel defining an insertion tab, the right side panel being folded into an assembled side shape to form a right frame side of the folded canvas, the insertion tab extending through the top end locking slot, the insertion tab positioned substantially perpendicular to the working panel.
A foldable canvas blank comprising:
- a working panel;
- a side panel flexibly attached to the working panel by a frame hinge;
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- a frame panel flexibly attached to the side panel by a frame hinge, the frame panel attached to the side panel opposite from the working panel, the frame panel defining a top frame cutout and a bottom frame cutout, a first right inner hinge and a first left inner hinge each extending from the top frame cutout to the bottom frame cutout, the frame panel comprising:
- a right inner flap attached to the first inner right hinge;
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- a left inner flap attached to the first inner left hinge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.