US 4,622,767 AGranted

Easel-like support

AssigneeThe Antioch Publishing Company

InventorStephen P. Sullivan

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Abstract

A calendar pad support is molded as a generally planar plastic sheet having a stepped width strip or tongue formed into the sheet comprising a first rectangular portion hinged near the lower edge of the sheet and a second rectangular portion wider than the first and hingedly connected thereto. Notches are formed into the sheet adjacent to the end of the first portion and a tab is formed at the distal end of the second portion by elimination of the corners of the distal end of the second portion during molding with the tab being sized to fit within and be retained by the first and second notches when the first portion of the tongue is folded rearwardly away from the sheet and the second portion of the tongue is folded forwardly toward the sheet. Severable links connect the tongue to the sheet in the as-molded condition. A channel formed of the same material as the sheet and engaging the outer edges thereof opens to the rear of the sheet and extends beyond the front surface to present a matted outer surface of the channel to frame the calendar pad secured to the front of the sheet. Molded posts are formed into the front surface of the sheet and nylon threaded members having expanded heads are retained within smooth bores through the posts to hold the calendar pad to the support device. The sheet and channel include reinforcing ribs.

Claims12

Dependent claims

A support structure for a calendar pad, photograph or the like comprising:

a generally planar and rectangular single sheet of a relatively rigid material, said sheet having lower and upper edges;
a tongue of said material having one end thereof hingedly connected to said sheet near the lower edge thereof and extending toward and terminating at an opposite end near the upper edge of said sheet, said tongue having a first generally rectangular portion and a second generally rectangular portion wider than said first rectangular portion extending beyond said first portion and hingedly connected to said first portion to permit movement of said second portion toward the front of said sheet;
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first and second notches formed into said sheet on opposite sides of said first portion of said tongue and near the point where said second portion of said tongue is hingedly connected to said first portion, said second portion of said tongue having the corners of a distal end thereof cut away or otherwise removed to form a tab at the distal end of said second portion, which tab is sized to fit within said notches and extend therebetween;
whereby said first rectangular portion may be folded toward the rear of said planar sheet and said second rectangular portion may be folded toward the front of said planar sheet, said first and second rectangular portions being positioned such that said tab engages said notches to form a stable angular prop extending from the rear of said planar sheet to support said planar sheet in an inclined orientation for displaying whatever is secured to the front of said planar sheet.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.