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, 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; a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel; and a base panel, the base panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the base panel configured to secure to the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand.
Claims20
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, the main panel defining a top and a bottom, a portion of the main panel extending along the first side and the bottom defining a first leg, a portion of the main panel extending along the second side and the bottom defining a second leg, the first leg and the second leg defining a bottom main surface at the bottom of the main panel;
- 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;
- a second side panel hingedly connected to the second side of the main panel;
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- a base panel, the base panel positioned between the first leg and the second leg, the base panel defining a first base end and a second base end disposed opposite from the first base end, the first based end of the base panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a base hinge, the base panel disposed between the base hinge and the bottom of the main panel, the second base end defining a bottom base surface, the bottom base surface being substantially coplanar with the bottom main surface of the first leg and the second leg, the base panel configured to secure to the first side panel and the second side panel to form a base stand.
A folded easel comprising:
- a base stand comprising:
- a main panel defining a front main surface and a rear main surface, the front main surface opposite from the rear main surface;
- a side panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the side panel defining a side aperture and a locking key disposed within the side aperture;
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- a base panel hingedly connected to the main panel, the base panel secured to the first side panel and the second side panel, the base panel defining a corner, the base panel defining an enclosed locking slot proximate to the corner, the corner extending through the side aperture, the locking key engaging the enclosed locking slot;
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- a ledge connected to the main panel, the ledge comprising:
- a ledge subpanel hingedly connected to the main panel;
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- a locking subpanel hingedly connected to the ledge subpanel, the locking subpanel engaging the main panel.
A method for assembly a folded easel comprising:
- obtaining a foldable easel blank, the foldable easel blank comprising:
- a main panel, 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 support panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a support hinge;
- a base panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a base hinge, the base panel defining a corner, the base panel defining an enclosed locking slot disposed proximate to the first corner;
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- a side panel hingedly connected to the main panel by a side hinge, the side panel defining a side aperture and a locking key disposed within the side aperture;
- folding the side panel about a side hinge axis towards the rear main surface;
- folding the base panel about a base hinge axis towards the rear main surface;
- forming a base stand, forming the base stand comprising:
- securing the base panel to the side panel;
- removably stabbing the corner through the side aperture;
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- engaging the locking key with the enclosed locking slot;
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- folding the support panel about a support hinge axis towards the front main surface to form a ledge.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.