Self-erectable display and automatic locking mechanism for a self-erectable display

A method of forming a display apparatus, comprising:

• joining a first panel and a second panel together to form a first joint on a first side and a second joint on a second side to form a shroud;
• disposing a support member between the first panel and the second panel;
• coupling a first side of the support member to the first panel;
• coupling a second side of the support member to the second panel;
• and
• coupling an elastic member between the support member and at least one of the first joint and the second joint, the elastic member biasing the support member from a first position in which a first feature of the support member is disengaged from a first feature of the first joint toward a second position in which the first feature of the support member engages the first feature of the first joint.

A collapsible display, comprising:

• a shroud, including a first panel and a second panel joined along a first joint on a first side and a second joint on a second side;
• means for supporting disposed between the first panel and the second panel and coupled to the first panel and the second panel, the means for supporting movable between a first position in which a first feature of the means for supporting is disengaged from a first feature of the first joint and a second position in which the first feature of the means for supporting engages the first feature of the first joint;
• and
• means for coupling the means for supporting to the first joint or the second joint, the means for coupling biasing the means for supporting into the second position.