Elongated shell and internal gripper assembly
AssigneeRose Displays, Ltd.
InventorsDavid E. Pitcher, Thomas P. Burrous
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Abstract
An elongated shell and internal gripper assembly for gripping and supporting sheet-like posters or pictures for display purposes in a readily exchangeable manner. The assembly comprises an elongated, extruded gripper clip has a planar backing base pivotable distal-most poster receiving edge. The assembly includes an elongated, extruded receiving shell with a gripper clip receiving channel centrally arranged therein and an edge slot at a lowermost portion of the shell members. The gripper clip is slidably received within the receiving channel. The gripper clip has its distalmost receiving edge extending distally beyond the edge slot of the shell to permit display and exchange of a poster or picture therefrom.
Claims9
An elongated shell and internal gripper assembly for gripping and supporting sheet-like posters or pictures for display purposes in a readily exchangeable manner, said assembly comprising:
- an elongated, extruded gripper clip having a planar backing base pivotable distal-most poster receiving edge;
- an elongated, extruded receiving shell having a gripper clip receiving channel centrally arranged therein and also having an edge slot, wherein said gripper clip is slidably received within said receiving channel, said gripper clip having said distalmost receiving edge extending distally beyond said edge slot of said shell to permit display and exchange of a poster or picture therefrom.
A method of exchangably gripping and releasably supporting a sheet-like poster for display purposes by a gripper assembly comprising the steps of:
- arranging a first elongated extruded gripper clip in an elongated slot of an elongated extruded receiving shell, said elongated gripper clip being pre-loaded with a first sheet-like poster therein;
- removing said pre-loaded elongated extruded gripper clip from said elongated extruded receiving shell;
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- inserting a second elongated extruded gripper clip in said elongated slot of said elongated extruded receiving shell, said second elongated gripper clip being pre-loaded with a further sheet-like poster therein for display of further poster in place of said first sheet-like poster.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.