Foldable easel blank
AssigneePratt Corrugated Holdings, Inc.
InventorHannah Conrad
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Abstract
A foldable easel blank includes a main panel defining a first side and a second side, the first side positioned opposite from the second side, the main panel defining a locking aperture extending through the main panel from a front main surface to a rear main surface; a support panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the support panel defining a locking tab configured to engage the locking aperture; a first side panel hingedly connected to the first side of the main panel by a first side hinge; a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel by a second side hinge; and a base panel positioned between the first side hinge and the second side hinge, the base panel configured to engage the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand.
Claims9
A foldable easel blank comprising:
- a main panel defining a first side and a second side, the first side positioned opposite from the second side, the main panel defining a locking aperture extending through the main panel from a front main surface to a rear main surface, the front main surface positioned opposite from the rear main surface;
- a support panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the support panel defining a locking tab configured to engage the locking aperture;
- a first side panel hingedly connected to the first side of the main panel by a first side hinge;
- a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel by a second side hinge;
- and
- a base panel positioned between the first side hinge and the second side hinge, the base panel configured to engage the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand;
- and
- wherein:
- the main panel defines a top and a bottom;
- the base panel is hingedly connected to the main panel by a base hinge;
- a first base panel cutout extends from the bottom to the base hinge;
- a second base panel cutout extends from the bottom to the base hinge;
- a first leg is defined between the first base panel cutout and the first side hinge;
- a second leg is defined between the second base panel cutout and the second side hinge;
- the base panel is positioned between the first leg and the second leg;
- the first leg and the second leg define a bottom main surface at the bottom;
- the base panel defines a bottom base surface at the bottom;
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- the bottom main surface is substantially coplanar with the bottom base surface.
A method for assembly a folded easel comprising:
- obtaining a foldable easel blank in an unfolded position, the foldable easel blank comprising:
- a main panel defining a top and a bottom, the main panel defining a front main surface and a rear main surface, the front main surface positioned opposite from the rear main surface;
- a first side panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a first side hinge;
- a second side panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a second side hinge;
- and
- a base panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a base hinge, a first base panel cutout extending from the bottom to the base hinge, a second base panel cutout extending from the bottom to the base hinge, the base panel positioned between the first side hinge and the second side hinge, a first leg defined between the first base panel cutout and the first side hinge, a second leg defined between the second base panel cutout and the second side hinge, the base panel positioned between the first leg and the second leg, the first leg and the second leg defining a bottom main surface at the bottom, the base panel defining a bottom base surface at the bottom, the bottom main surface being substantially coplanar with the bottom base surface in the unfolded position;
- and
- folding the first side panel about the first side hinge towards the rear main surface;
- folding the second side panel about the second side hinge towards the rear main surface;
- folding the base panel about the base hinge towards the rear main surface;
- and
- forming a base stand, forming the base stand comprising:
- securing the base panel to the first side panel and the second side panel.
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