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US 12,528,618 B1Granted
Scroll console
OwnerEvan Moran Davisinventor
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Abstract
A scroll console is provided. More specifically, the present invention is concerned with printed media and a device adapted for viewing said printed media in a continuous horizontal or vertical format. The scroll console further being configured to move from a closed configuration to an open configuration, wherein the closed configuration is adapted for transporting and storing printed media in the form of a scroll. Moreover, in the open position, the scroll console enables users to view the printed media in a continuous horizontal or vertical format.
Claims29
A scroll console device comprising:
- a telescoping backplate, wherein the telescoping backplate is movable from a first configuration to a second configuration;
- a first open-end box, the first open-end box defining a cavity, and wherein a bottom portion of the first open-end box is affixed to a top surface of a first end of the telescoping backplate;
- a second open-end box, the second open-end box defining a cavity, and wherein a bottom portion of the second open-end box being affixed to the top surface of a second end of the telescoping backplate;
- a scrolling mechanism, the scrolling mechanism being affixed to an opening on a first end portion of the first open-end box, and wherein a portion of the scrolling mechanism extends into the cavity;
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- wherein the first open-end box comprises:
- a second opening, the second opening being positioned on a second end of the first open-end box, where the second opening is distal from the first opening, and wherein a door is pivotally affixed to a lower portion of the second opening, and
- a slit, the slit being positioned on an interior side of the first open-end box, wherein the slit extends from the second end of the first open-end box towards the first end portion of the first open-end box, and wherein the slit extends in a direction that is parallel with a top surface of the first open-end box.
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A method of using a console to view a scroll, the method comprising:
- pivoting a first door towards an open position, thereby providing access to an internal cavity of a first open-end box;
- pivoting a second door towards an open position, thereby providing access to an internal cavity of a second open-end box;
- engaging a first scroll tube with a peg, the peg extending from a first scrolling mechanism into the cavity of the first open-end box;
- engaging a second scroll tube with a second peg, the second peg extending from a second scrolling mechanism into the cavity of the second open-end box;
- moving the scroll into the cavity of the first and second open-end boxes;
- moving the console from a closed configuration to an open configuration;
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- viewing a first surface of the scroll.
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A scroll console device comprising:
- a telescoping backplate, wherein the telescoping backplate is movable from a first configuration to a second configuration;
- a first open-end box, the first open-end box defining a cavity, and wherein a bottom portion of the first open-end box is affixed to a top surface of a first end of the telescoping backplate;
- a second open-end box, the second open-end box defining a cavity, and wherein a bottom portion of the second open-end box being affixed to the top surface of a second end of the telescoping backplate;
- a scrolling mechanism, the scrolling mechanism being affixed to an opening on a first end portion of the first open-end box, and wherein a portion of the scrolling mechanism extends into the cavity;
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- wherein the second open-end box comprises:
- an opening on a first end portion, the opening being configured for receiving a second scrolling mechanism;
- a second opening, the second opening being positioned on a second end of the second open-end box, wherein the second opening is distal from the first opening, and wherein a door is pivotally affixed to a lower portion of the second opening;
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- a slit, the slit being positioned on an interior side of the second open-end box, wherein the slit extends from the second end of the second open-end box towards the first end portion of the second open-end box, and wherein the slit extends in a direction that is parallel with a top surface of the second open-end box.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.