Medallion Display Case
OwnerTerry G. Thorntoninventor
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Abstract
A display case housing a display board for displaying a variety of differently sized medal articles and their ribbon widths, where the display board is constructed of a plurality of rectangular chip-board or other like material slats, horizontally arranged, where each is over-lapped in stepped fashion, the lower edge of the first slat extending in front of the top edge of the second slat; where the outer edges of the overlapped slats are fixed in place; where the medallions are inserted through a vertical slot from the backside of the display-mounting board, positioned as preferred, and are displayed on the front side of the display board.
Claims20
A display board comprising a first slat and a second slat;
- wherein the first and second slats are approximately rectangular and horizontal;
- wherein each slat has a slat front and a slat back, a top edge and a bottom edge and two side edges;
- wherein the first slat is positioned above the above slat;
- wherein the bottom edge of the first slat overlaps the top edge of the second slat;
- wherein the bottom edge of the first slat rests on the front of the second slat, and the top edge of the second slat rests on the back of the first slat;
- wherein the horizontal overlap creates a vertical slot;
- and
- wherein the two side edges of the slats are held fixedly by two slat fasteners.
A display case comprising a display casing and a display board;
- wherein the display board comprises a first slat and a second slat;
- where the first and second slats are approximately rectangular and horizontal;
- wherein each slat has a slat front and a slat back, a top edge and a bottom edge and two side edges;
- wherein the first slat is positioned above the above slat;
- wherein the bottom edge of the first slat overlaps the top edge of the second slat;
- wherein the bottom edge of the first slat rests on the front of the second slat, and the top edge of the second slat rests on the back of the first slat;
- wherein the horizontal overlap creates a vertical slot;
- and
- wherein the two side edges of the slats are held fixedly by two slat fasteners;
- wherein the display casing has a door;
- wherein the door has an opening with a transparent cover;
- and
- wherein the door is rotatably attached to the display casing;
- and wherein the display board fits inside the display casing.
A display case comprising a display casing and a display board;
- wherein the display board comprises a first slat and a second slat;
- where the first and second slats are approximately rectangular and horizontal;
- wherein each slat has a slat front and a slat back, a top edge and a bottom edge and two side edges;
- wherein the first slat is positioned above the above slat;
- wherein the bottom edge of the first slat overlaps the top edge of the second slat;
- wherein the bottom edge of the first slat rests on the front of the second slat, and the top edge of the second slat rests on the back of the first slat;
- wherein the horizontal overlap creates a vertical slot;
- and
- wherein the two side edges of the slats are held fixedly by two slat fasteners;
- wherein the display casing has a door;
- wherein the door has an opening with a transparent cover;
- wherein the door is rotatably attached to the display casing;
- and wherein the display board fits inside the display casing;
- wherein the slat fasteners are U-channel fasteners;
- wherein the slat fasteners have a channel insert on each end of the fasteners;
- and
- wherein the board is rotatably attached to the display casing by means of two pivot hinge pins inserted into the channel inserts.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.